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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
some thiel news, in which the tiny little man keeps trailblazing being the absolute weirdest motherfucker:
now you may read this and already start straining your eyes, so I strongly suggest you warm up before you read with the rest of the paragraph, which continues:
It is very important to notice and continually point out that these people appear to believe more fervently in their chosen demons than they do in their proclaimed god
Does anyone know what church Thiel is involved with? Iāve heard catholic as well as evangelicalā¦like are they making an exception to the gay marriage because heās rich??
Thiel isnāt known to be among any laity. He was raised as some flavor of evangelical fundie and follows a specific philosopher, RenĆ© Girard. He generally hasnāt gotten a pass on being queer from the wider Christian community, and if you want to hear some psychoanalysis of his closet then you might enjoy the relevant Behind the Bastards: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy.
Heās into AIDS denial too Iāve heard. thats made a big comeback among the far right lately.
Hm, I donāt believe in biblical apocalypse stuff, but if I did I wouldnāt think that the climate activist gambling her life to get supplies to the starving population in Gaza is the anti-christ.
I think a power hungry, wannabe vampire, billionaire with companies named after corrupting artifacts, more fits the bill.
The anti-christ also needs to be universally liked iirc. And the Catholic church explicitly bans calling out a time (and thus a person) as the anti-christ. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Council_of_the_Lateran if by a miracle Iām declared Pope (which is technically possible (yes, im unironically linking to r/neoliberal, it was one of the first hits on google, but Iām never beating the accusations)) I will excom all these people, Oprah giving out cars style. (vote for me you cowards).
Re: the white smoke, anyway, still available to become an antipope at reasonable rates.
that handy old adage: every accusation a projection!
Iām gonna be real disappointed if thiel is the anti-christ. Like disappointed in the writing and narrative of the universe
As a Dutch person, why canāt yall be normal about bikes? Just invest in separate bike lanes and protect people on bicycles from drivers (I really need to write out my
manifestoblog post on how I think car ownership turns you into a psychopath one day). It isnāt that hard. (Shoutout to the couple who was crossing the Houtribdijk (actually a dam, not a dike) on bikes last week)I remember seeing a particularly stupid libertarian guy argue against public transport by saying that car owners would lose out because the value of having a car would decrease. I think itās a crab in a bucket type mentality. Everyone should suffer from cars. I blame Big Car for this.
Hey thatās unfair, us North Americans are as normal about bikes as weāre normal about cars.