Quo Vadis GOP?

[Sheilbh]

It is a great song in fairness.

But it is weird for a young American to know it.

[Valmy]

It is a great song in fairness.

But it is weird for a young American to know it.

I am not lying about HoI4. My son and his friends in High School play against each other and they all know this song because of that game.

[Sheilbh]

Honestly I didn't know it was in HOI4.

But I can believe that - I legit think when someone's writing about the weird politics of young men online in the 2020s Paradox games will come up (possibly Paradox games plus lockdown too ). But I don't know - none of it makes sense to me. There are Enver Hoxha and Franco fancams out there and I just don't understand.

[Jacob]

It's typical of reactionary rightwingers to appropriate left leaning culture... Rage Agonst the Machine and now Bella Ciao. What's next? Bandiera Rossa?

[Sophie Scholl]

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[grumbler]

That can't be. Grumbler tells us that no one can be a fascist.

No, I am simply disagreeing with your assertion that everyone is a fascist.

[Syt]

Seems like somebody who is terminally online.  Average redditor type. 

The Caio Bella thing made me wonder if he wasn't one of those HoI4 weirdos.

We sang that song as kids during summer camp. And we turned out fine. Well, except the guy who became leader of the Hammer Skins, maybe.

[HisMajestyBOB]

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Me reading the news:

[Zoupa]

This kinda clashes with what his schoolmates said, describing him as very leftist.

[Jacob]

On one hand, I've recently been wondering if there is a line beyond which we can expect to see violent action from leftists, or even centrist-protect-democracy types. Is there a point at which violence will be triggered? If the assassin is indeed a leftist, the question to me is to what degree he's an outlier and to what degree he's an expression of broader trends.

On the other hand, if the assassination was motivated by a belief that Kirk was insufficiently radical in his reactionary rightism the question I will have is how the new GOP establishment respond to that. How do they respond to political attacks from their right flank, and how do they respond to physical attacks from those quarters?

[Josquius]

This ironic use of left wing slogans certainly seems to be working. The bbc is reporting it straight and implying he was left wing

Me reading the news

I think that's a lot of mainstream journalists right now too.

[garbon]

This ironic use of left wing slogans certainly seems to be working. The bbc is reporting it straight and implying he was left wing

Me reading the news

I think that's a lot of mainstream journalists right now too.

Things are slowly percoluating as before most things were reporting it as he must be left wing. Now more of a mix occurring. Nick Fuentes popping up a bit more.

[garbon]

I also learned that Laura Loomer has been deleting her tweets as she had until recently been very critical of Charlie Kirk.

[HVC]

I also learned that Laura Loomer has been deleting her tweets as she had until recently been very critical of Charlie Kirk.

I read a few people have been fired already. What happened to "why can't people take a joke" the right loves to say.

[Josquius]

I read a few people have been fired already. What happened to "why can't people take a joke" the right loves to say.

I'm seeing this one about a lot.
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And lots of iterations of "my parents had never heard of this guy so they looked him up and now they're happy he's gone"