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@lemm.ee
    312·
    1 year ago

    So why post this here and not /politics?

    Also, the dude is a troll, if the name didn’t give it away.

    • PizzaMan@lemmy.worldOP
      62·
      1 year ago

      I deleted my other response to give a more detailed one now that I have the time.

      So why post this here and not /politics?

      This is the conservative community, and this article is about conservatism. That alone means that this article is relevant. Additionally, this article was already posted at c/politics, so there would be no point making a second post there. Third, there is sentiment amongst conservatives that democrats are authoritarians instead of republicans, and articles like these clearly show the opposite. I had a whole conversation about /u/10a about this exact sort of thing.

      Also, the dude is a troll

      I’m not. Just because somebody disagrees with you doesn’t mean that they are a troll. If you want to know what a troll looks like, then look no further than the guy that got banned the other day for telling people to shoot themselves for being democrats.

      if the name didn’t give it away.

      I just couldn’t think of a name tbh. And conservatives have a habit of shooting/killing/calling for the death of political opponents (see quote above), so I had no intention of using an identifiable name.

      Responding to your other comment here

      it’s not really suited here

      “A community to discuss conservative politics and views.” is the purpose of this community. This article is about conservitve politics and views. I don’t know what else to tell you.

      And every time you do, all my posts get buried for the next few days.

      If your ideas cannot survive in the free market of ideas, then that is on you.

      • Throwaway@lemm.ee
        27·
        1 year ago

        I’m not saying you’re a troll, the jury is still out on that. But I’m saying the guy who calls himself stupider is a troll.

        • PizzaMan@lemmy.worldOP
          41·
          1 year ago

          Ah, I see what you meant now. I’m too used to you and others calling me a troll automatically, simply because I disagree.

          Regardless, from what I can tell, Stew Peters is his actual name, not a joke or troll name:

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stew_Peters

          https://www.havasunews.com/news/judge-rules-arizona-has-jurisdiction-to-hear-sheehy-s-defamation-lawsuit-against-national-podcaster-stew/article_b0e55b02-281c-11ee-9531-f761d2967534.html

          And double regardless, shit like this within conservatism should be a giant red flag no matter what subsection of conservatism is saying it. Being “ironically” racist is racist, similarly being “ironically” fascist is still fascist. /u/PeepinGoodArgs has explained this very well.

          • Throwaway@lemm.ee
            18·
            1 year 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·
              1 year 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·
                  1 year ago

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

                  • Throwaway@lemm.ee
                    15·
                    1 year ago

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

      • Throwaway@lemm.ee
        14·
        1 year ago

        Fluff or no, it’s not really suited here, except for brigaders to brigade some more. And every time you do, all my posts get buried for the next few days.