Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

hell yeah QAA interviewed chelsea manning

https://soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous/episode-145-interview-with-chelsea-manning

and the virgil metoo is in

When I was a teenager, I thought Virgil Texas was very funny. I asked him to proofread an essay I submitted to a website, and emailed it to him. The essay was about turning 16. We talked a little bit, and I thought he was very cool because he was funny and he lived in NY.

— Jennifer Seberg (@JenniferSeberg) June 9, 2021

cw: inappropriate behaviour with a 16 year old girl, although the thread is not graphic

So which of these dudes is gonna turn out to be a serial abuser?

― .oO (silby), Thursday, October 12, 2017 7:01 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i have been thinking about this too

― gbx, Thursday, October 12, 2017 5:04 PM (three years ago)

the verdict is in!

i now remember reading people calling him a paedo on the red scare reddit a year or two ago so this probably wasn't news to the other members

Oh cool

at the time i thought it was edgelording because he is a nerdy bespectacled guy who "looks like a paedo"

I mean

anyway, interesting timing on that sacking

is it true he dated a 16 year old

― fuck it (Left), Wednesday, 22 April 2020 21:49 (one year ago)

dated is probably the wrong word here. fuck this guy and fuck this culture

accuser says she was contacted by the Daily Caller

i already knew virgil was a scumbag but not to this extent

like I hate to say I told you so but of any group of four random dudes who want attention one of them is probably doing some heinous shit

ok I don't actually hate to say I told you so, it rules

xp Two, if they're getting attention.

yes afaict "this culture" is just straight men

Honestly thought Virgil was gay. or bi.

sexual abuse and exploitation of teenagers by adults is basically mainstream

hot ready and legal et cetera

Or I should say: I guess he’s bi?

I don't think sexuality as such necessarily has much to do with whether you are a person who will be abusive to a teenage fan who sends you an email

true enough

"this culture" i meant the whole edgy dirtbag vice adjacent thing in this instance but yes it's just patriarchy

Fuck him and also never trust a man who has done or even tried to do standup.

massive fuck you to everyone who so confidently asserted that the “allegations against” taibbi had been “debunked”. this is how you reproduce rape culture

Bringing on Matt Taibbi for an episode of your show with Virgil Texas is maybe not the best timing right now. https://t.co/JSSQxLZLPu

— Syndicalist Weedle Collective (@Weedledouble) June 10, 2021

Virgil has an accuser at least

how come i knew about this over a year before she came forward? honestly i don’t remember where i heard it but it has been out there for some time. why does it need to come to this every fucking time?

There was a list of online creeps years ago and VT was on it

now chapo stans and the crypto fascists in their orbit have been harassing her on social media to no one’s surprise. this could have been avoided

The fact that she was scared of being accused of being a pro-Trumper and that it delayed her coming forward is unbelievable, and a major illustration of the toxicity of that milieux. I hope she finds peace.

well yes. but there’s also the president and his fans

thank go’s she has the two of you to

how come i knew about this over a year before she came forward? honestly i don’t remember where i heard it but it has been out there for some time. why does it need to come to this every fucking time?

case*

anyway, fuck groomer creeps including “Virgil Texas”.

but thank christ you two unbearable clowns are here to victory dance

whoosh

the point is not that i am some kind of sleuth but that it was already more or less common knowledge. and yet

why do the people directly affected keep having to put themselves in the firing line like this so that if they’re lucky a few more people might now take seriously what is already widely known?

Because Hulk took down Gawker

there's nothing special going on here AFAICT in terms of toxicity, patriarchal abuses of power, and online stan culture, except that it stands out more when it appears to be in conflict with stated politics

trying to decide if BJG will cut him loose or double down, suspect the latter

(I mean that show will remain unlistenable regardless)

Left podcast world seems to have gone silent on this

but thank christ you two unbearable clowns are here to victory dance

― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Thursday, June 10, 2021 5:41 PM (forty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

what are you talking about ?

Expressing sadness that women are coerced into shutting up about sexual abuse because of toxic twitter culture is a victory dance? This is a weird thing to say.

Orb fail

A deeply moving podcast that leaves you with a million things to think about. @bariweiss https://t.co/qIPcXmyJON

— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) June 10, 2021

who needs her anymore

My homies put me on @CHAPOTRAPHOUSE

— LOLA (@GangstaBooQOM) June 10, 2021

on 530 when they were riffing on Naomi Wolf, Matt brought up one of my fav weird little things of the 90s - when everyone who grew up in Wisconsin called cash machines "time machines"

I heard you paint dog houses.

has Red Scare gotten any blowback for being total anti-Palestine idiots on pod in the past now that the issue's blown up in the discourse again or nah?

I just sort of assumed most ppl who know they're dummies stopped listening ages ago

yeah I guess, just seeing their star in the ascendant and while I'm not usually out for blood on these things in this particular case a cancellation would be in order

they can't be "cancelled" because they have a loyal simp audience and they're making the content they wish to hear, and any external criticism is just that, external. it would be like "cancelling" cum town - what's the point?