Furthermore, I would like to summon @Captain Manning for his opinion on this:
I agree with a lot of what you're saying. Things involving Ralph is where I noticed something was wrong. Specifically around the time of the sex tape shit. I couldn't comprehend why a "Christian conservative," who frequently criticized various degeneracy, would carry water for that fat fuck instead outright disavowing him, and I said as much.
However, that being said,
@A Real Munson also brings up a good point. His association with Ralph simply wasn't considered a big issue at the
very beginning of all this (circa early 2019). For example, nobody really batted at eye when he was involved with Tonkasaw shit and the trip to Knoxville. I think Ralph was still considered "okay" by most of the Farms at that early stage. Ralph became
much more of a glaring issue later.
The only thing I would add is to your analysis is since the Hedonism II shit came out, I've speculated that the whole thing with Ron, Monica, and black bulls might have projection on Nick's part. Ron's still not a good person, but some of Nick's invective toward him seems weird and uncomfortable in hindsight.
You're 100% correct in how you recall it going down. I try to be generous to the former fans of Rackets here as some are good people, but I still don't understand how they didn't catch onto this other than political blind-spots. Nick said a lot of things people wanted to hear at the time, so maybe that's why the obvious hypocrisy was overlooked.
Pretty much. I can only speak for myself though. Lots of people fell into that trap and have admitted as much. He said all the right things. For a while, anyways.
Null described what happened with as Nick "white pilling," people but, I think, regardless of what syntax you use, it's apparent that that he was working to convince people he was something he ultimately wasn't. It was a con.
EDIT: Elaboration.