I had a good idea of who and what these people are since I’ve been posting and lurking on various forums since the BBS days, through Usenet, and onwards.
When Donvict got “elected” the first time, you never saw so much hateful rhetoric from these types that suddenly felt they had a permission structure to say whatever they wanted because of Donvict. Obviously, some videos went viral where these Karens and Kens had meltdowns in public. But definitely the temperature went way up online. It was off the chart on Diaspora. I never blocked so many people in my life as I did on that platform in 2016 and 2017.
I knew Donvict was trouble for two reasons - first, they gave all these idiots a “uniform” right off the bat with those stupid hats. Same with his flawed character - he was a well-known figure even back in the 80s, and most (decent) people thought he was a total asshole.
Lastly, when it comes to conservatives and Republicans, they have a habit of calling anyone and everyone not in their little circlejerk a “Communist” and then trying to dehumanize them based on that bullshit characterization.
Online, you’ll notice the right just assumes everyone that doesn’t love Nazi bullshit and Donvict is a “Communist” and tricked by the Jews into trying to “replace” the white xtian man, etc…they’ve been saying this kind of shit for literal decades when they think they are among like-minded individuals, or anonymous.
The fact that they published such a book and it now gets endorsements from the likes of the VP should shock no one. If people thought that the Republican Party and the John Birch Society really ever had any distance from each other they were in deep denial.
I had a good idea of who and what these people are since I’ve been posting and lurking on various forums since the BBS days, through Usenet, and onwards.
When Donvict got “elected” the first time, you never saw so much hateful rhetoric from these types that suddenly felt they had a permission structure to say whatever they wanted because of Donvict. Obviously, some videos went viral where these Karens and Kens had meltdowns in public. But definitely the temperature went way up online. It was off the chart on Diaspora. I never blocked so many people in my life as I did on that platform in 2016 and 2017.
I knew Donvict was trouble for two reasons - first, they gave all these idiots a “uniform” right off the bat with those stupid hats. Same with his flawed character - he was a well-known figure even back in the 80s, and most (decent) people thought he was a total asshole.
Lastly, when it comes to conservatives and Republicans, they have a habit of calling anyone and everyone not in their little circlejerk a “Communist” and then trying to dehumanize them based on that bullshit characterization.
Online, you’ll notice the right just assumes everyone that doesn’t love Nazi bullshit and Donvict is a “Communist” and tricked by the Jews into trying to “replace” the white xtian man, etc…they’ve been saying this kind of shit for literal decades when they think they are among like-minded individuals, or anonymous.
The fact that they published such a book and it now gets endorsements from the likes of the VP should shock no one. If people thought that the Republican Party and the John Birch Society really ever had any distance from each other they were in deep denial.