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[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 112 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Breaking News, White Nationalist Likes Trump

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In other news, water has been found to be remarkably damp, according to scientists from Well-Duh Laboratories.

[–] Kandorr@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Yes but who funded this research? I bet NoShit Sherlock was behind it..

[–] Nusm@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Read all about it in this month's issue of DUH.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 55 points 1 year ago (6 children)

A lot of free speech "alphas" sure seem to want to be ruled.

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The true secret to (Alpha Males) is each and every one wants to be a subbie Omega to an even alphaer male.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Authoritarians literally believe that the only way to run things is to put a bully in charge of them. Not only don't they believe in democracy or cooperation, they don't believe in free speech or markets either.

(Markets are acceptable to an authoritarian only insofar as the bully in charge and his buddies are permitted to lie to, cheat, and steal from other market participants. It is strictly forbidden for other market participants to voluntarily organize to exclude the bully. Any form of organization that does not have a bully in charge of it is illicit to the authoritarian mindset.)

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously, they just want a kind father figure who will take care of them. Trump pretending to be that is pretty cruel. There's a whole lot more going on, but that's the core of it.

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[–] JuzoInui@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They embrace the darkness believing that they will escape their fate, little knowing that they will merely be disposed of LAST

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[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"Forget the Constitution" -- Party of the Constitution voter.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Absolutely wild that people feel comfortable saying that. What a shit show the right has become.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

On Reddit, anyway, on conservative safe spaces with flair you'll often see people self identifying as monarchists. It's a nice way of saying "fascist dictatorship". The leader would of course be psychologically identical to them in perpetuity, just because.

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[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How the fuck is this worth printing?

[–] iforgotmyinstance@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

It's Newsweek, which is a tabloid like The Sun.

[–] rebelappliance@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because it feeds the culture war so we don't unite against the billionaires destroying our middle class

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"No More Kings"

Thought everybody learned that as kids...

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you know, it was only Schoolhouse Rock holding this Republic together from the very beginning

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'd say we need to bring back Schoolhouse Rock, but we need to bring back Saturday Morning Cartoons first. :)

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[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

White nationalists love Trump a lot, not a shock.

[–] Dradious@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oh fuck I didn't realize we were declaring today. I hereby declare myself king of kings, all other kings are now subject to my rule, thanks.

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago
[–] potoo22@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] tills13@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The fuck is wrong with these people?

[–] Bodongs@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

He's a grifter. He doesn't believe anything he's saying, he's just like the guy he's pledging allegiance to. He'll collect in some way, whether it is in royalties from views, speaking engagements, or whatever. He's playing a character.

It doesn't excuse him or his bullshit. But guaranteed this is a grift on the manipulated masses.

[–] ki77erb@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

So very much.

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[–] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jesus these people are somehow navigating cognitive dissonance like it was the final frontier

[–] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

1000% these people wishing for a king have a "don't tread on me" flag.

[–] pearsche@lemdro.id 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Devious_Thoughts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it just a Nick Fuentes tweet?

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[–] chalupapocalypse@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It just shows how dumb they are, even if you wanted a king, why would you pick that fat loser lol

You idiots can't even find a corrupt piece of shit that is good at their job

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

why would you pick that fat loser

the answer to this has alway been "because no matter how badly he fucks everything up, he'll never get in the way of them being white christian nationalist terrorists"

[–] chalupapocalypse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean not to hype them up but we are lucky it was his dumb ass instead of cruz or anyone else who knows how to work the system that is also a racist racist piece of shit

Trump was real bad but it could have been much much worse

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

His stupidness was his draw, though. It's literally critical to his success that he was too stupid to work the system. Every time he said the quiet part out loud and violated the right's commitment to cryptofascism (tw: just tons of open hate speech and racial slurs) most of us didn't care, a few of us saw what was happening and were duly upset and enraged, but a significant portion of the population consisting of exasperated racists who were sick of getting no open support said "Finally..."

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[–] FARTYSHARTBLAST@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

Bitch, is Emperor Norton (Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico) a joke to you?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought Fuentes was helping Ye's campaign. What happened there?

[–] loobkoob@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He probably realised Ye isn't white.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So THAT'S why he was covering his face when touring with Fuentes! /s

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Real life Clayton Bigsby

[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

The same White Nationalists who want to defend "freedom" and our "democracy" also have no problem appointing a king of America.

oof

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Far-right activist Nick Fuentes voiced his support for Donald Trump by swearing allegiance to the former president in a video circulating on social media.

Trump, who surrendered at Atlanta's Fulton County Jail on Thursday after being indicted on 13 counts over allegations that he broke the law attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election result in Georgia, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, describing the case against him as a politically motivated witch hunt.

Fuentes—described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a white nationalist livestreamer who advocates pulling the Republican Party further to the extreme far-right end of the political spectrum—has had a rocky relationship with Trump.

Prior to November 2022, Fuentes was a vocal MAGA supporter who often spoke in favor of Trump and has criticized mainstream Republicans.

The Holocaust denier attended a dinner at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in November with rapper Kanye West, now known as Ye, along with two other men.

And I swear allegiance to God and Jesus Christ," Fuentes said in a video that was later shared to X, formerly Twitter, by account Right Wing Watch.


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[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

He makes money off this behavior. Ignore. It's the only thing these people can't stand, including Trump.

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

only cowards and peasants feel the need for a king

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Not surprised his followers would see him in such a limelight.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

We don't have kings, you kill-billy freak. If you want a dictatorship, move to a third-world country where you belong.

[–] dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Fucking what... I get it, they've been at this for a while. But what?

[–] Endorkend@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I somewhat get people thinking having a good king is better than a bunch of quibling politicians, but kings weren't all powerful and the quibling politicians in their day were still the ones that actually ran the show.

And if you're going to chose a king, why chose orange painted generic loudmouth manchild number 5322.

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