Here’s a little case study in alt-right hypocrisy.
Last week, like a lot of people, the wannabe self-help guru and alt-right opinion-haver who calls himself “DarkTriadMan” professed to be outraged by Kathy Griffin posing for photos with a stylized severed head of Donald Trump.
Given that DarkTriadMan’s whole schtick is based on the idea that men should act more like psychopaths if they want to get ahead in life, you wouldn’t think he’d be much bothered by Griffin’s admittedly dark stunt, but he made quite a show of his outrage, endlessly retweeting alt-right attacks on Griffin and adding his own spin to the news:
https://twitter.com/DarkTriadMan/status/870652822836195328
He was glad to see Griffin brought to tears by the reaction to her photos:
https://twitter.com/DarkTriadMan/status/870689717049634816
And fantasized about Barron Trump ultimately taking his revenge:
https://twitter.com/DarkTriadMan/status/869935774883500033
https://twitter.com/DarkTriadMan/status/869958745186590720
Today, in the wake of latest London attacks, Mr. Dark Triad seems to have gotten over his squeamishness about Griffin’s supposed call for violence against a sitting politician. Now he’s quite openly calling for the mass slaughter of Muslims.
https://twitter.com/DarkTriadMan/status/871471460543602688
https://twitter.com/DarkTriadMan/status/871355215215304704
He’s also talking about how great it would be if the mayor of London — a sitting politician, like Trump, with two children — were to be burned at the stake.
https://twitter.com/DarkTriadMan/status/871354479593091072
Or impaled:
https://twitter.com/DarkTriadMan/status/871353175466496000
Or torn apart by horses:
https://twitter.com/DarkTriadMan/status/871352151846658048
Or blinded and hung:
https://twitter.com/DarkTriadMan/status/871352529262694400
This is more or less what I’ve come to expect from the alt-right; their “moral outrage” is almost always in very bad faith. But it’s still a little surprising to see just how blatant their hypocrisy can be.
You’re all probably aware of our bonfire night thing. Traditionally we burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes. But there’s a place called Lewes. That’s the bonfire capital of Britain. They use contemporary effigies. Last year just about every one of their bonfire societies went with Trump. Apparently nobody objected to the police. The last time that happened was when they did Osama bin Laden.
It’s exactly the same shit that was done to the Dixie Chicks when they criticized Bush 2. Gotta punish those Women With Opinions.
I’m with SFHC. What’s the big fucking deal with the Griffin thing? Decapitation jokes are common and not even very edgy. I call covfefe on this whole BS story.
@JS-kun
Well, that’s it, you’ve convinced me! I required no further input other than for you to tell me I knew I was right.
Please subscribe me to your Youtube channel immediately and your Instagram page.
I would like to buy one of everything you have for sale.
@PeeVee-senpai
Right?
I was surprised at how utterly mundane and normal he is. I always thought he would be a really weird person, but he’s just yet another person who draws wacky shit on the Internet.
In another universe, he will grow up to be a successful and popular DeviantArt member with his own website and whatnot.
@Sir Alan
I’ve always wanted to see a bonfire night festival up close. Thanks for recommending where one can best see it.
@Axe,
#4 is supposed to be Richard the Lion-Hearted.
Still looking for #1 & 2.
Sorry, but I’m not buying that Barron really believed that was his father’s head. He seems like a pretty smart kid. Imo his daddy is using him as a prop to gain sympathy.
@Frances
I guarantee you he probably said “Huhuh, that’s cool,” when he saw that, and then did a gigglesnort, Beavis-style.
FTFY.
@Hippodameia
Thanks! I assume the 1st is Charlemagne? Tho he’s usually depicted older, I think, so I dunno…
@ fran
You’d probably like Lewes. It has a nice castle.
http://www.lewesbonfirecelebrations.com
@Axe
@Hippo
I think that first dude is Carolus Magnus Rex.
The other thing about “President Masks” re-used for horror is, good ones are relatively easy to find. I know exactly how hard it is to make a good “head mask” starting with silicone molding compounds and stuff.
It either requires expensive base materials, or high levels of skill. For a really good realistic mask, especially for closeups, it takes both. Or you could do it in CGI, but that’s not easy to do “Live” on the usual shoe-string budget.
Also, come on, it was clearly NOT the actual President’s head in either GoT or Kathy Griffin’s case.
It’s not even the first time a presidential candidate has been beheaded with photoshop.
http://www.madmagazine.com/blog/2016/06/08/hillary-celebrates-her-victory
Even Alex Jones noticed an earlier t-shit of Trump’s bloody head, sold at Walmart’s marketplace (aka 3rd party) before September 2016.
((Feel free not to click on the link, it’s just the usual Alex Jones blustering wind))
https://www.infowars.com/walmart-pulls-shirt-showing-beheaded-trump/
Warning: Don’t search for “clinton beheaded” unless you can stand some seriously disturbing pictures. I was trying to find examples of similar jokes made against Clinton.
[sticks a baked potato with cheese on a fork]
There, I’ve just traumatized poor Barron yet again.
It’s also tasty, does anyone want one? I made fresh Brazilian covfefe to go with it.
ROTFLMAO
Actually yes, I do want some. I always have room for food.
#2 is John III Sobieski of Poland.
@PeeVee
I was going to say he was a Russian Tzar.
He has a vaguely Eastern European look. Sorry if that sounds gross, I swear to Goddess I’m not one of those gross people who spends time thinking about how specific races are supposed to look.
@Sandra
You and I will get along splendidly, since everyone always says how much they enjoy my culinary ability.
I’ve been being lazy and not exercising my full ability, or I would have been doing up these Chinese recipes I’ve been studying from a cookbook I acquired recently.
I wondered why the decapitation joke was such a big deal but thought maybe I was just biased what with, you know, being French.
I agree, Kathy Griffin shouldn’t have apologized. I think she would have been better off if she hadn’t. Meaning, she wouldn’t have been attacked and vilified nearly as much, if she had simply reminded everyone it was satire, and it’s part of her job as a comedian to cross lines. The assholes who went after her saw her apology video, recognized she was vulnerable, and like the craven bullies they are, attacked.
I also find it very hard to believe that Barron thought the Trump mask was real. He’s 11 or 12 years old, not 6. He’s growing up in the internet age, for crying out loud.
I made three new vegan dinners.
Here’s a soy based roast thingy I picked up at the vegan food store.
http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo188/dhag85/20170523_182650_zpsson0odxn.jpg
It’s been rubbed with honey chipotle bbq sauce, garlic, salt and pepper. I made it with veggie broth, red onions and fresh thyme, and a side of Quorn pyttipanna.
On plate:
http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo188/dhag85/20170523_190514_zpshg02tkco.jpg
But here’s a more interesting thing I improvised together:
http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo188/dhag85/20170602_193338_zpsifrczxxq.jpg
It’s a gungo pea soup based on a classic Jamaican recipe, but heavily modified for vegan purposes (normally it would be made with beef and pig’s tail).
It’s got gungo peas (pigeon peas), yellow onions, new potatoes, mushrooms, thinly sliced and hard fried in butter and salt/pepper until almost crispy, veggie broth (lots), dried thyme, Chinese veggie dumplings, and habanero hot sauce. Definitely one of the best recipes I’ve ever made.
The last one was a wrap that I forgot to photograph. It had a mix of cannellini, kidney, soy, and black beans in chimichurri, spinach and arugula, grated carrots, red onions pickled in apple cider vinegar + water + sugar, vegan mozzarella, all wrapped in a wheat tortilla with a spread of pine nut hummus. Delish!
#1 is Charles Martel.
ETA, IP, every time you post your culinary creations, my mouth waters sooooo much!!
@ sinkable john
At the risk of doing my ‘everything was invented in Yorkshire’ thing…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Gibbet
Ten bucks says Barron didn’t even see the bloody* picture until well after the narrative’d been spread around. Because the poor kid’s even more of a prop than that rubber head was.
*In both the Aussie sense and the literal sense!
The pea soup reminds me of the Indian Dhal I made earlier last week with yellow split peas, curry powder, onion, garlic, geerah (or cumin, as Americans call it), and turmeric spices.
I make it very thick, so you can just eat it by itself if you want, and it’s extremely tasty and filling.
Some people put things like carrots and potato in theirs, but I’m a purist and like to just use split peas. I’ll have to try other ingredients, but I need to find things that accentuate the flavor of the dhal and don’t get in the way.
Indian lentil dishes are the best.