Stew Peters Advocates for a Violent Overthrow of the Government | Right Wing Watch
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Stew Peters is a far-right virulently anti-LGBTQ bigot who regularly uses his nightly “The Stew Peters Show” program, speeches, and social media accounts to promote white nationalists and antisemites and to spread wild conspiracy theories, …
  • Throwaway
    18·
    9 months ago

    Im still not convinved he isn’t just a troll, especially with a birthday on april fools days, but that is a lot of effort.

    Red flag for what exactly? We all know assholes and idiots exist.

    • PizzaMan@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      9 months ago

      That second link is from a court case, which presumably would have his actual name. And again, I don’t care too much if he is a troll or not. The fact that conservatives embrace him at all is a problem.

      Red flag for what exactly?

      For conservatism. I’m sure you’ve heard this quote before, “If there’s a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, then you got a table with 11 Nazis.” This guy may not be a literal Nazi, but he is waving the flag of fascism for one reason or another, and he is quite successful in the right wing sphere from what I can tell.

        • PizzaMan@lemmy.worldOP
          3·
          9 months ago

          I’m saying that fascism is a problem within conservatism. And guys like this are an example.

          • Throwaway
            15·
            9 months ago

            Fascism is a problem across all over the political spectrum. Look at any tankie post if you want left wing fascism.

            • PizzaMan@lemmy.worldOP
              3·
              9 months ago

              Yeah, because if there is one thing fascists have been historically known for, it’s been pro-communism. In case it wasn’t clear, that was a joke, fascists put communists to death.

              Tankies are terrible, but nowhere near as big of a problem. This isn’t a both sides issue.

              • Throwaway
                16·
                9 months ago

                Fascism as a term is vague and isn’t limited to any one thing anymore, no one is talking about 1930s/1940s Italy anymore.

                  • Throwaway
                    16·
                    9 months ago

                    I was talking more of “They don’t want transwomen on the womens fishing team? Clearly fascist!” But even that brittanica article can’t seem to come up with one good definition beyond “populist tyranny” which I guess works. And tankies definitely fall under that.