Categories
alt-right anti-Semitism grandiosity irony alert literal nazis trump

Tila Tequila brings D-list celebrity glamour to Alt-Right conference in DC this weekend

Detail of Tila Tequila's Twitter header
Detail of Tila Tequila’s Twitter header

Tila Tequila is a bisexual former reality TV star of Vietnamese descent whose stage name incorporates the name of an alcoholic beverage made in Mexico. She’s also a Hitler-loving Alt-Right Trump fan who likes to joke about the Holocaust.

And so it’s perhaps less weird than it might seem at first glance that Tila spent the weekend at the annual National Policy Institute conference in Washington DC, a gathering of Alt-Rightists and fellow travelers, where she treated the attendees (and her Twitter followers) to Nazi salutes, anti-Semitic jokes, and an assortment of baffling pronouncements — ranging from an assertion that she’s an “alpha male” to a claim that she “willed Trump into [the] Presidency.”

Let’s take a look at some of Tila’s more, er, colorful Tweets from the convention.

https://twitter.com/AngelTilaLove/status/799809348755161088

https://twitter.com/AngelTilaLove/status/799843940967051264

It was a busy weekend for Tila, clearly, but she managed to find time for some anti-Semitic antics that she, at least, seems to have considered utterly hilarious.

https://twitter.com/AngelTilaLove/status/800144509606580224

https://twitter.com/AngelTilaLove/status/800213130592788481

She also posed with an assortment of Alt-Right personalities and fellow travelers, including “journalist” and beard-haver Chuck C. Johnson.

https://twitter.com/AngelTilaLove/status/799791671500308480

She lashed out at her critics:

https://twitter.com/AngelTilaLove/status/800213895654699008

https://twitter.com/AngelTilaLove/status/800214368461979648

And somehow managed to claim credit for Brexit and Trump’s electoral college win:

https://twitter.com/AngelTilaLove/status/800353825815023617

https://twitter.com/AngelTilaLove/status/800206868719300609

Apparently she’s taking lessons in reality-manipulation from Mike Cernovich and master persuader Scott Adams:

https://twitter.com/AngelTilaLove/status/800204046640574465

https://twitter.com/AngelTilaLove/status/800210289367089152

Given how this year has gone so far, I fully expect Donald Trump to name her to a cabinet position. Is there a Secretary of Delusional States?

198 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Handsome "Punkle Stan" Jack

Ever since she had a drug overdose and brain aneurysm a few years ago.

I don’t keep up with celebrity news, I don’t really care to look into celebrities’ lives deeper than what they’ve starred in, but that is some shit news right there.

Iseult The Idle
Iseult The Idle
8 years ago

She barely registers, honestly. I remember hearing her name but not why.

Anyway, re: the whole Cabinet discussion, and all the alarums and excursions thereunto: I’m waiting to see who’s left standing when the dust settles. Things are so unstable right now, it’s like they’re playing musical chairs and you get whatever post is in front of you when the music stops.

Citizen Justin
8 years ago

Didn’t the perpetrator of the Isla Vista massacre also think he could alter reality by the power of his mind? As I recall he tried to use it to win the lottery, with about as much success as you’d expect. Ms Tequila is falling back on the time-honoured principle of predicting/manipulating things that have already happened, which makes it a whole lot easier to claim victory.

Sinkable John : Pansy Ass Pinko, Regicidal Beast-of-Burden
Sinkable John : Pansy Ass Pinko, Regicidal Beast-of-Burden
8 years ago

Things are so unstable right now, it’s like they’re playing musical chairs and you get whatever post is in front of you when the music stops.

More like a conscious effort to put the worst possible people at each spot.

EsmeraldaMarcelli
EsmeraldaMarcelli
8 years ago

I eveyday still wonder about the USA and then I wonder why I still wonder…
Ps. Btw in Germany we have a bunch of serious morons too..

Hu's On First
Hu's On First
8 years ago

Isn’t Chuck autistic? It’s weird how so many of these people would have been among the first to be targeted by the actual Nazis.

authorialAlchemy
authorialAlchemy
8 years ago

The first time I heard of her, it was when she claimed she was white and an “Aryan princess”. :/

I don’t feel comfortable making fun of her either. It sounds like she has serious problems and she will be hurt by the Trump regime eventually.

calmdown
calmdown
8 years ago

@wwth

Ever since she had a drug overdose and brain aneurysm a few years ago. She has a young daughter and the father is (last I heard) suing for custody because he doesn’t believe she’s mentally stable enough to be a fit parent. I don’t really think she’s trolling, I think she’s probably unwell. I don’t really comfortable mocking her.

I feel exactly the same way. Thank you for expressing that so well. I hope it will suffice to say (and not break the rules) that although I cannot diagnose her, I just feel sorry for her and I fear for her and her child. She just makes me sad, not angry. I think bringing her up is relevant though, it shows that these people (big surprise) don’t respect anyone or anything and are willing to exploit people for their own gain.

Austin Loomis
8 years ago

Why, why do I keep finding Vietnamese who keep supporting neonazis?

I guess being opposed to the International Communist Conspiracy makes for strange bedfellows.

Bina
Bina
8 years ago

Heh. Looks like Tila & Co. got chased out of the restaurant where they were holding their little shindig:

On the 18th of November, the “suit-and-tie Nazi” National Policy Institute (NPI) attempted to hold a quiet dinner meeting in Washington, DC on the subject of white supremacy at an Italian restaurant on Wisconsin Ave called Maggiano’s. Anti-fascist protesters stormed the restaurant and got most of the way up the stairs to the second floor where NPI was meeting. A few got in via the elevator. The Washington Post is reporting that “a foul smelling liquid” was sprayed on NPI President Richard Spencer, notorious for peddling “white nationalism.”

One security guard or NPI member (not sure which) pushed back hard trying to force activists back down the stairs. He did so even though his pushing caused the wooden rail on the staircase to bow and bend under the weight of people being forced against it. Due to the height of the staircase this constituted acting in reckless disregard of human life, though anyone familiar with the history of fascism and Naziism would know this is par for the course.

Eventually activists withdrew to the outside of the restaurant, with many of the orginary, non-Nazi supporting diners on the first floor bursting out in applause for the performance of the protesters in confronting the Nazis upstairs in this tense time of Donald Trump. Outside, anti-fascists kept up a noisy dance party with a sound system,pots and pans, and other noisemakers until NPI slinked out a back exit. One who left early had a police officer summon a cabdriver who was then forced to give the Nazi a ride. Had he refused in front of police he would have risked an expensive ticket under a regulation normally used against cabdrivers who refuse rides to African-Americans.

Originally the Nazis were going to meet at The Hamilton, a hotel downtown but the Hamilton refused to host NPI after finding out who they really are. They then tried to throw off antifascists by claiming they would meet at Trump Hotel at 7PM to walk elsewhere. About 60 people held a protest at Trump Hotel, but they started at 6PM with more than enough time to be redirected when the true meetup point was found:Friendship Heights Metro. From there the Nazis were tracked to Maggiano’s, which one protesters said should be renamed “Mussolini’s” for hosting fascists after being clearly told by the protesters just who they are.

Schadenfreude is served, meine Damen und Herren.

calmdown
calmdown
8 years ago

it shows that these people (big surprise) don’t respect anyone or anything and are willing to exploit people for their own gain.

You’re Welcome!

-Captain Obvious

Imaginary Petal
Imaginary Petal
8 years ago

People who are mostly famous for having alliterative names always fuck up somehow.

Handsome "Punkle Stan" Jack

Eventually activists withdrew to the outside of the restaurant, with many of the orginary, non-Nazi supporting diners on the first floor bursting out in applause for the performance of the protesters in confronting the Nazis upstairs

comment image

Dan Kasteray
Dan Kasteray
8 years ago

I look at all these people on the Alt-right and I thank god I don’t have whatever psychological makeup that makes them want to join that shitpot of a movement.

Nothing sounds like a bigger losing proposition than joining with an inherently hierarchical, oppressive and iron rigid ideology like Nazism.

Do all of these idiots imagine that they’ll wind up at the top of the pyramid? Double so for the non-white non-cis members of the movement.

It’s like these people all think they’re god’s chosen when they’re just another red shirt or stormtrooper.

CriticalDragon1177
8 years ago

Tim Gueguen,

Tequila is a fool. In the right wing fantasy world she’s shilling for the only role open for her would be as someone’s sex slave, or as forced labour. Most likely it would be “Gee, Tila, thanks for the support. Now get the hell out of America, you aren’t white!”

I know. She really needs to use her brain a lot more than she does.

Laugher at Bigots, Mincing Betaboy

@Dan

You don’t get to racism by being humble, that’s for sure.

Handsome "Punkle Stan" Jack

These are a few days old, and someone has probably already posted them buuut…

The NSA Chief Says Russia Hacked the 2016 Election. Congress Must Investigate.

This was a stunning statement that has echoed other remarks from senior US officials. He was saying that Russia directly intervened in the US election to obtain a desired end: presumably to undermine confidence in US elections or to elect Donald Trump—or both. Rogers was clearly accusing Vladimir Putin of meddling with American democracy. This is news worthy of bold and large front-page headlines—and investigation. Presumably intelligence and law enforcement agencies are robustly probing the hacking of political targets attributed to Russia. But there is another inquiry that is necessary: a full-fledged congressional investigation that holds public hearings and releases its findings to the citizenry.

Russian hackers targeted Arizona election system

Hackers targeted voter registration systems in Illinois and Arizona, and the FBI alerted Arizona officials in June that Russians were behind the assault on the election system in that state.

The bureau described the threat as “credible” and significant, “an eight on a scale of one to 10,” Matt Roberts, a spokesman for Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan (R), said Monday. As a result, Reagan shut down the state’s voter registration system for nearly a week.

It turned out that the hackers had not compromised the state system or even any county system. They had, however, stolen the username and password of a single election official in Gila County.

The Arizona incident is the latest indication of Russian interest in U.S. elections and party operations, and it follows the discovery of a high-profile penetration into Democratic National Committee computers. That hack produced embarrassing emails that led to the resignation of DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and sowed dissension on the eve of Hillary Clinton’s nomination as the party’s presidential candidate.

Until now, countries such as Russia and China have shown little interest in voting systems in the United States. But experts said that if a foreign government gained the ability to tamper with voter data — for instance by deleting registration records — such a hack could cast doubt on the legitimacy of U.S. elections.

I don’t like this.

Handsome "Punkle Stan" Jack

Oooh, double post. How fun yay.

Ouroboros13
8 years ago

It feels like the openly-a-Nazi shit is getting normalized and it scares the hell out of me.

I really hate it too. But at least it makes it easier to spot the asshole in the room.

Nothing sounds like a bigger losing proposition than joining with an inherently hierarchical, oppressive and iron rigid ideology like Nazism.

Do all of these idiots imagine that they’ll wind up at the top of the pyramid? Double so for the non-white non-cis members of the movement.

It’s like these people all think they’re god’s chosen when they’re just another red shirt or stormtrooper.

That’s pretty much it. They think they’re the best people in the world, the gods among men who will reclaim their rightful place at the top of the food chain. But they’re mediocre people and never had a high position in the first place.

Mish of the Catlady Ascendancy
Mish of the Catlady Ascendancy
8 years ago

I saw her tweets yesterday, and in amongst the many comments were alt-righters gleefully celebrating “triggered liberals”. I never thought I’d see Nazi salutes becoming standard public fare, not in my lifetime. It’s fucking heartbreaking.

I don’t wish her any harm whatsoever, and I hope she comes out of this unhurt, but I find it difficult to feel sympathy for her, whatever struggles she’s had. Whether the nazi shit is serious, or for ‘lulz’, doesn’t ultimately matter to people on the receiving end.

ETA:
@Jack, I’ve posted about this a couple of times, too. Damn scary stuff indeed 🙁

Scildfreja Unnýðnes
Scildfreja Unnýðnes
8 years ago

In my opinion,

they don’t think that they’re going to be at the top. It’s not about them having personal power, it’s about being in a hierarchy that values their shitty opinions. They don’t care whether they personally get to decide who goes to the internment camps, so long as those uppity-so-and-so’s finally get what’s coming to them. They don’t care if people are suffering, that’s literally the point of the exercise – demonstration that my side is right by enforcing punishments on the other side.

People have several innate drives, one of the big ones is a Drive to Defend. This applies to defending values, along with defending people, places, things, etc. This drive to defend isn’t often expressed in modern society, and its expressions are usually subtle – victory by internet argument, or trolling, or grumbly under-the-breath comments directed at someones’ turned back. The neo-fascist movement is providing people with the opportunity to express this drive by the bucketful.

They don’t care if their life goes to hell and the economy collapses, so long as they can finally show those other guys who’s the boss. That’s really all there is to it, I think.

Handsome "Punkle Stan" Jack

@Scildfreja Unnýðnes

Yeah, that makes sense. People crave to have their opinions and viewpoints valued, have their worldview considered right.

But, you know, in good news, the Moana soundtrack is out and it’s amazing and awesome. You need to search Moana (Original Motion at least on Spotify to find it, if you use that, however. The deluxe edition has demos and instrumental versions of songs.

I am hyped.

calmdown
calmdown
8 years ago

Hey guys, this isn’t on the Tila Tequila business but I really do need help with something. This is the kind of article that’s been driving me abosolutely crazy when it gets posted on FB or (wherever):

http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/11/16/you-are-still-crying-wolf/

I’ll admit I wasn’t even able to finish the article because of how angry it made me. After years of thinking I was good at discourse I now realize I am terrible at it. I would really appreciate it if you guys could help me analyze this in a way that if I had to talk to someone like this I could hold the conversation. I know I couldn’t now. The racists I at least understand, the apologists are still just totally baffling to me. I cannot understand this and I just started crying with impotent liberal rage. (I also think it’s worth noting, that a disclaimer was posted by the person who shared saying please be careful who you share this with, to avoid hate crimes by the “bad apples” out there).

Yes, I am asking for validation from my hugbox, but I really am tired of reading this shit and not knowing how to respond, so I hope some of you all who like doing that type of thing can help. Thanks.

Bina
Bina
8 years ago

They don’t care if their life goes to hell and the economy collapses, so long as they can finally show those other guys who’s the boss. That’s really all there is to it, I think.

I refuse to let those fuckheaded incompetents be the boss of me. Or my country. Or anyone else’s. So, little neo-Nazis-who-are-too-chickenshit-to-call-yourselves-that (and who are too chickenshit to stand yer collective ground in the backroom of a restaurant)…DEAL WITH IT.

Also, there’s more Schadenfreude in the pipe. Get a load of Axl Rose:

“‘Hamilton cast harassed Pence,'” the GUNS N’ ROSES singer tweeted. “Do you ever stop whining? An apology? Seriously?! You won, this is the job, Get on with it or get out of the kitchen.”

Never thought I’d see the day I said this, but GO AXL! Ha, ha.

Scildfreja Unnýðnes
Scildfreja Unnýðnes
8 years ago

DAVID: http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a47983/mike-pence-cartoons-trump/

Oh my gosh that is the best thing ever. Mike Pence used to draw cartoons in law school, everybody. And they’re awful.

😀 😀

@calmdown, <3

I'll go look in a little bit!

EDIT: havent’ read it all, obv, but from a skim of it? Author is cherry-picking things that agree with their thesis and ignoring things which do not. There are *reams* of evidence on Trumps’ bigotry and racism; author says “you can believe he’s lying but here’s what his official platform is”. This ignores all of the actual things he’s said in favour of the polished statements his party/campaign has put together.