The Antisocial Socialist

 frandroid is making Podcast Friday a thing and I think that's a great thing. Warning in advance that my entries will not be as regular as Reading Wednesdays, and that they will probably mostly be It Could Happen Here because that's most of what I listen to.

Like today! When we talk about The Curious Case of Nazi Catboys. (Part 2 is here.) This is a two-part episode featuring Garrison Davis, who has spent too long spelunking in the worst parts of the internet and emerged with this questionable gem. They had been teasing it on Twitter for some time and I thought it was just a reference to some anime. But no. It's a whole thing.

If you're not familiar with the podcast, It Could Happen Here is a Behind the Bastards spinoff show. It focuses on The Crumbles, or the ways in which civilizations don't exactly collapse but slowly decline, as well as how to survive during collapse and, it is hoped, build a new world in the shell of the old. It tends to be less funny than BtB, though it often does an uplifting episode about union organizing or something to balance what is typically grimdark subject matter. Nazi Catboys is both grimdark and absolutely hilarious, so it balances itself I guess.

Anyway, the important question here is why do Nazis like catboys and femboys? Why are some catboys and femboys Nazis? Aren't Nazis all about homophobia and transphobia? Well, yes, but sometimes you're such a misogynist that you swing right back to being kinda gay? It's horseshoe theory in action except the horseshoe is flung at your head and breaks your brain. Garrison does a deep dive into Alienated Youth and how online subcultural spaces are vulnerable to fascist infiltration. Along the way there is some fascinating examination of gender and power dynamics amongst contemporary fascists.

The one omission, I think, is not talking more about the Night of the Long Knives and the doomed queer ancestors to today's Nazi catboys, but you know, it's only two hours of Nazi catboy content and there is a lot to get in. Especially once they get into Nick Fuentes' catboy fetish and everyone starts laughing too hard to breathe. Seriously, it is very, very funny. I know far too much about Nick Fuentes owing to another podcast I love, I Don't Speak German, so getting to know this side of him was certainly an interesting ride.

In conclusion: We need to fight for queer and trans rights for many reasons, but one is to make a world in which queer and trans kids can just be queer and trans and wear cat ears in normal ways instead of having to hide out in horrible internet spaces where they get converted to fascism. 

This is why punching Nazis. This is why no-platforming Nazis. This is why we don't treat fascism as simply another point of view to compete in the marketplace of ideas. This is why we shouldn't tolerate intolerance, be it those who burn black churches in Louisiana, those who murder Muslims in mosques, those who plow cars through crowds with a particular aim towards women, or those who shoot up synagogues.

I know I'm far more likely to die in a school shooting than in a synagogue shooting but it nevertheless goes to the bone, you know?

Via jamie_miller: As usual, VICE has the best coverage of everything. This article is about the struggle in Greece against Golden Dawn and their cop buddies; the author spent a night with anti-fascist protestors following the murder of rapper Killah P.

The political situation in Greece is terrifying; my heart goes out to everyone there who is fighting the good fight. If anyone hears of a way to help (is it International Brigades time yet? It almost feels like it is), do let me know?

Adolf Hitler, the Ultimate Avatar, by Miguel Serrano:
A recap of utter epicness
By sabotabby, Professional Internet Martyr

As you might know, I kind of have a thing for wacky conspiracy theories. The wackier the better, really. The best conspiracy theory of all time, of course, is the one where Hitler doesn’t kill himself at the end of World War II, but instead takes off in a UFO that transports him to Antarctica, where he finds the gateway to the hollow centre of the Earth. Yes, this is a thing that people believe. Said people are, well, occasionally prone to publishing books about their unique belief system. As much as I enjoy this theory, these books are, shall we say, a little difficult to read.

Because he hates me, apperception kindly e-mailed me Miguel Serrano’s 600-page opus on Hitler, yoga, deep ecology, and if I’m very, very unlucky, tantric sex as well. I am pretty sure that Chilean New Age Neo-Nazis are into tantric sex. I thought of obtaining some background information on Mr. Serrano for context, but the Wikipedia page detailing his belief system was so batshit insane that I think it left me more confused than elucidated.

At any rate, I’m going to read the entire fucking thing so you don’t have to.

( the literary equivalent of the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster lies beneath this cut )

And that’s the cliffhanger that ends Part 1. There are six parts. I am not entirely sure if I’m insane enough to read the rest, but you can start a betting pool if you’d like.

I can't put the counter up because I'm not sure when this photo was taken, but it does seem to be undeniably a picture of the Honourable Wife-Beater hanging around with an actual neo-Nazi. Not in the distant past, when he was just a stupid kid from Etobicoke, but recently.



That's Jon Latvis from RaHoWa (short for Racial Holy War) and he is not exactly quiet about his politics. The photo appears to have been posted by Latvis himself. If you can't read the text, it says: "Me meeting with Toronto's Mayor, Rob Ford to get an endorsement for the Latvian Homeguard—at City Hall," and was posted May 6th.

The story comes via Warren Kinsella, who is about as far from a trustworthy source as you can get, but it's also up on Anti-Racist Canada. I went to check out Latvis' Facebook account, which is surprisingly public but also very sparse. I mean, it's possible that there's a dude impersonating him who is also good with Photoshop, but there are more prominent Toronto neo-Nazis and Ford would hardly be the first right-wing wacko with far-right links.

ETA: Context!

“(Mayor Ford) condemns all forms of racism.”

Except, you know. When he makes comments about how Chinese people work like dogs or immigrants are the cause of gun violence in Toronto or when he slashes social programs that primarily benefit racialized communities. He likes purple people, though.

The piece-of-shit Nazi scumbag who killed a man at the Holocaust Museum in DC today was a Freeper. Anyone who's spent more than 30 seconds on FreeRepublic knows that it's a hotbed of seething, mindless hatred. They'll try to distance themselves (they are currently trying to argue that Muslims somehow did this), just like Operation Rescue is pathetically trying to distance itself from the misogynist bastards that killed Dr. Tiller, but this oughtn't fool anyone.

Also, he is a terrible artist.

All anger aside, this is scary as all hell.

(Hat tip: corvus.)

It's time for the Make Up Your Own Answers to Perplexing Questions Game!

Discussion Topic #1: What exactly did Matarazzi say to Zidane?

Alternately, if you're sick of the World Cup...

Discussion Topic #2: Bill White (a.k.a. the guy who called me a "Jew-demon in human form") got purged from the National Socialist Movement. Why?

First of all, in the "what the hell are you smoking?" category, we have this loverly article, courtesy of ARA.

White Nationalist Conference Ponders Whether Jews and Nazis Can Get Along
By JONATHAN TILOVE
March 3, 2006
NY Weekly

For the small, hardy band of right-wing Jews who attended this past weekend's American Renaissance Conference, the biennial gathering of white nationalists ended on a sour note.

The events Saturday, February 25, passed without major incident. But then, late Sunday morning, none other than former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke approached the microphone on the floor during the question-and-answer session for French writer Guillaume Faye. After congratulating Faye for stirring remarks that "touched my genes," Duke asked if there weren't an even more insidious threat to the West than Islam.

( Taking the Jew-hatred out of white nationalism is like taking the Christ out of Christmas... )

( Cut, because it's triggering. )

Ugh. I can't deal. Here's a bunny.

For the women of South Dakota, permission slip for an abortion.

It's a little thing, I know, but I'm really glad to be going to the IWD march this weekend.

On a much lighter note, if it wasn't $45, I would totally need an Eat Flaming Death, Fascist Media Pigs! t-shirt. Hopefully, it'll go down in price at some point like their other shirts. Short of that, I'm making it into an icon. (Hat tip: lovableatheist.)

Finally, please sign this.

From syndicalist and terry_terrible:

Timur, a guitar player of Russian hardcore band Sandinista!, was killed in a street fight by a group of neo-nazis in the country's supposedly cultural capital of St. Petersburg. Timur and a musician from another hardcore band were approached by nazis as they were coming back from Food Not Bombs food-giveaway. A young man in his twenties bled to death before ambulance arrived at the crime scene in roughly 20 minutes.

Sandinista's profile can be found at http://www.myspace.com/sandinistaxspbhc


Please post this information in your blog/bulletin board as a sign of our INTOLERANCE TO NAZI SCUM.

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I went to the anti-Sharon protest. Sharon, by the way, was a no-show, which most of us expected but still took some people by surprise. He addressed the United Jewish Communities General Assembly via video-conference at the Metro Convention Centre. We hung about outside and demonstrated. It was a remarkably good turnout for a cold, dark Monday night. I may post photos, but since it was so dark, they all turned out like crap. But every other person there had a camera so maybe someone's turned out better than mine.

On a shallow note, it was one of those demos where almost everyone was dressed sensibly, so it's too bad that I lose at nighttime photography.

Via jk_fabiani, if you haven't seen video footage of the Toledo riots, here's a link for you:

OMG riot!

It just looks like a lot of people running around to me. That's activist videos for you, though. If you look really close, you can spot my friend.

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Language geeks, particularly feminist language geeks: sonicage is having a fascinating discussion about male normative language that I just know some of you will love!

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Ganked from trollprincess: Chances are people you don't even know are being introduced to your journal every day, either randomly or through someone else. In addition to recent entries, people can get to know you better by what you posted in the past.

With that in mind, post a link to your entries on this day six months ago, nine months ago, a year ago, and two years ago.

Well, most of these are locked. I wonder how many lurkers I have, though.

Six months ago (April 20, 2005), I was babbling about how Heather Mac Donald was hilarious. There were also mentions of wombats and vultures.

Nine months ago (January 20, 2005), I was into peak oil before it was cool to be into peak oil.

One year ago (October 19 and 21, 2004), I discovered the reality-based community and was overjoyed that my phone wasn't working and tried to kick-start a Dr. Hunter S. Thompson for President campaign.

Two years ago (October 20, 2003), I was in the midst of a break-up with my partner of four years and dealing with The Cancer, Round One.