the alt-right

i know nothing about theatre. i also know little about classical music - can't read, don't play, and i'm certain there are still problems that exist there, i don't want to say all the old problems have been solved - but there's at least enough for me to be encouraged!

I'm only wary of classical enthusiasts who poo-poo contemporary composers. (That's most of them, I guess.)

dislike noe but his new one looks great :\

i'm not sure how "ben shapiro is an idiot and a philistine" was taken to mean "there are no great artists who were or are fascists".

obviously ben shapiro is not wagner or hamsun.

He's Daffy Duck in the era when Daffy just existed to be pissed off by Bugs Bunny. I miss the old loony Daffy.

ben shapiro is clearly an idiot, i don't know him or care to know him enough to judge whether or not he is a philistine.

He can't be a philistine - he's too stupid to have tastes, whether good or bad.

What a sad shame this shitbird couldn't eat his fried chicken in peace and quiet. Guess there are consequences for those that incite the harassment of parents of murdered children. Glad he is being sued and I hope the Sandy Hook parents take everything. pic.twitter.com/PkkmhKPB1a

— Vic Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) March 30, 2019

Ben Shapiro is instagram influencer adjacent.

Ben is obsessed with AOC because seeing someone nearly 6 years younger than him (who didn’t even go to Harvard) have such a massive effect on the political discourse reminds him that all his past precociousness has fizzled out and he’s basically a 35 year old youtuber. pic.twitter.com/0z3XkZmStr

— Insincere Hemingway (@theatlasofworld) March 30, 2019

tbh, i can kind of relate.

that tweet fair point, but let's not overlook the occam's razor explanation: that aoc makes ben incredibly horny and he's v mad and confused about it

bg otm, she confuses a lot of the fash like that

Fascism means never having to say you're horny

Seems degrading to say that the reason right wingers are obsessed with AOC isn’t bc she’s a dynamic young political figure championing causes diametrically opposed to their own but bc she’s so sexy and maybe says more about you than whoever you’re claiming is blinded by her hotness.

no

https://preview.redd.it/5uby0cbq2wo21.png?width=807&auto=webp&s=02f49257124f2cee1b18e8615c40a30b75a606cc

I don’t think that’s quite the smoking gun you think it is.

i don't think 'no it is YOU who is the horny one!' is quite the comeback you think it is either

I admire Ben Shapiro's stance on boiling down complex issues

Conservatism means being furious, scared, and horny all at the same time pic.twitter.com/4ozTbtPphI

— Ryan Boyd (@ryanaboyd) March 14, 2019

a bold stance from mr ben 'facts don't care about your feelings' shapiro xp

I agree with Mordy that arguments intended to expose the libidinous frailty of yr enemy are, at best, double-edged

claiming that her opponents find her hot is degrading to her even if you think you're safely imputing those beliefs to the opposition and not touting them yourself if you can't see that idk even if it's true (maybe especially if it's true) maybe they are obsessed with her bc she's v charismatic (aka appealing) and is promoting policies that they hate something that wouldn't reduce her to a sex object but make her like any other politician someone who is hated bc of what they stand for not bc of how they look. obama was a v handsome man but u didn't see ppl continually claiming that he was hated bc they just found him too sexy + it confused them (which is such a fucking stupid claim on its face - ben garrison is using her "sex appeal" to degrade her not bc his loins are so on fire he cannot but daydream over her visage).

like give her the minimum credit that they hate her bc she is a political threat and not bc they want to fuck her

Mordy OTM

like give her the minimum credit that they hate her bc she is a political threat and not bc they want to fuck her

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yeah, weird that a bunch of straight white conservative men weren't claiming that obama was too sexy, good point

aoc is a very charismatic personality who has been a tireless, and very effective, advocate for a lot of leftwing policies that have been kept out of mainstream american political thought for too long

she's also an attractive young woman who has been just as effective in rebutting a bunch of shit thrown her way by those same straight white conservative men, and i don't think it's too much of a stretch to imagine that those people, who by and large expect suberservient treatment from women, have found it confusing in their bathing suit area

There's nothing wrong with making men horny, I do it all the time. And when the attacks on AOC has consisted of stuff like her dancing to Lisztomania, with the accompanying tweets claiming this showed she was completely incapable of being a politician, it's quite straightforward to think they drew that conclusion because they thought sexy = unpolitical. Which is basically saying their horniness confused them.

i can't find it within myself to take umbrage at the implication that ben shapiro is a hypocrite of low moral character

it's not about giving _her_ credit, it's about giving _them_ credit for being motivated by anything beyond personal feelings, and truthfully i don't think they deserve that credit

I...agree with Fred

otm xp

xp about making men horny all the time?

keeping men horny and confused is just good praxis

right-wing memes consistently portray AOC as a ditz (90% of them are just recycled "dumb blonde" jokes), I think Fredrik is right here

They’re monsters. I think it’s inappropriate to talk about who might find her attractive and whatever though—even from the standpoint of being critical of the alt right. She isn’t inviting this kind of attention. She is just trying to be a member of congress and advocate for her constituents.

She’s facing gender based attacks from the right. Period. Their psychological motivations aren’t worth discussifn.

It’s gross to think about and irrelevant.

i just assume that we're affirming fred's statement that he is constantly making men horny.

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I'm at a point in my online life where my mind is so broken I genuinely can't tell if the artist believes this is a good or bad thing pic.twitter.com/tuCfRsoSzY

— please @ me for access to my powerful brain (@ChrisCaesar) March 31, 2019

There might be a bit of projection at work here too, given how the conservative movement has deployed/manipulated the sexual attractiveness of women on their side

keeping men horny and confused is just good praxis

― Simon H., Monday, April 1, 2019 6:11 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

updating my entry for fred on my xls with this new info

Is Alessandra Mussolini alt-right?

i think being a direct descendant, and fanatical admirer of, benito mussolini makes you about as trad-right as it’s possible to be

There's nothing wrong with making men horny, I do it all the time.

ILX politics threads being exhibit A of this most unlikely phenomenon.

I actually think the horniness is really caused by their sublimated attraction to left-wing political ideas.

I am serious about this--a lot of conservatism boils down to a kind of Protestant disciplinary project (both disciplining others and oneself). Resisting AOC's "hotness" as a principle of how serious (ie, Elected and not Damned) they are is very important.

There's nothing wrong with making men horny, I do it all the time.

― Frederik B, Monday, April 1, 2019 8:28 AM (ten hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i love this so much