http://www.elle.com/culture/career-...top-telling-nazis-they-just-need-to-get-laid/
After seeing a mass of white men encircle the small, anti-racist opposition in Charlottesville, VA over the weekend, even dousing them in lighter fluid, and attacking them with lit torches, actor and comedian Michael Rapaport published a short, but angry video on Twitter, calling the assembly of white nationalists "revenge of the nerd protesters."
"You know your life ain't shit [if] you're a college student on a Friday night during the summertime, and you ain't gettin' no ass, and you decide to come out for a protest carrying tiki torches, talking shit," Rapaport exclaims. "Eat some pizza, take a few bongers...it's Friday night, try to get to second base with a girl, you fucking losers." The video is currently one of the most widely shared reactions to the events in Charlottesville, clearly emphasizing that Rapaport's sentiment is far from isolated. The framing of white nationalism, and fascism, as expressed by men, as being reactionary orientations—or inevitable backlash—against virginity or sexual frustrations is a destructive yet often heard maxim. This characterization, regularly dispensed in joke form, is espoused by not only the diverse cadres fighting against these depraved ideologies but those who ascribe to them.
Foor those who aren't already having sex with racists, it's easy to see how "don't have sex with racists" and "Nazi's just need to get laid" became prevalent reactions to racist violence. The weaponization of the construct of virginity, and the wider concept of the attainment of sex as a liberatory, man-making endeavor, has long served as a means to embolden violent masculinity, and foment greater patriarchal control. Sex, positioned as a prize to be attained, or—more destructively—a right for those who are "good," is a concept widely held by misogynists, including the reshaped pick-up artist (PUA) movement, whose access to sex in some cases is as unbridled and brutalizing as their misogyny and racism.
Positioning sex as an unmitigated good, and virginity as a direct insult to manhood, is a prevalent attitude that creates a social stratum of sexual power which fosters and even legitimizes violence. The clearest example would be the case of Elliot Rodger, who the media would refer to as "the virgin killer." The 22-year-old went on a shooting spree on May 23, 2014 in Isla Vista, California, leaving six dead, and injuring 14 others. His manifesto would reveal a building, obsessive rage that was focused almost entirely on his virginity, or "involuntary celibacy." Rodger's acquiring a girlfriend, or finally having sex, would likely never have diminished his unwavering contempt for women, and his entitlement. And yet his virginity, the very excuse he used to justify the deaths he caused, was offered as a swift explanation. To a society that still holds tight to the archaic myth of virginity, Rodger was an aberration, one that could have been saved should he have had sex, like a "real man."
The way in which manhood and sexuality—concepts that are so intertwined that they bleed into one another—are discussed as though the act of sex is what produces manhood, has proven unreservedly destructive for all of society. The male virgin stereotype and its association with weakness, and inexperience creates feelings of shame and powerlessness. But offering sex as a reward for good behavior—or, in the case of white supremacists, for meeting the lowest bar possible of not being a racist—is not a solution to their chauvinism and rage, and only furthers the objectification of women.
Engaging in sexual intercourse will not liberate the rising scourge of white supremacists of their racism, just as it will not liberate them of violent masculinity. The fight against this modern cabal of white nationalism won't be found between the bedsheets but in de-platforming them, and turning the fear that they have thrust upon countless communities against them. White supremacists will be followed at the heels by women who support their ideology, who organize with them, and have sex with them, so we must put a price on their hatred, beyond carnal intimidation. Let them fuck. We will fight.
After seeing a mass of white men encircle the small, anti-racist opposition in Charlottesville, VA over the weekend, even dousing them in lighter fluid, and attacking them with lit torches, actor and comedian Michael Rapaport published a short, but angry video on Twitter, calling the assembly of white nationalists "revenge of the nerd protesters."
"You know your life ain't shit [if] you're a college student on a Friday night during the summertime, and you ain't gettin' no ass, and you decide to come out for a protest carrying tiki torches, talking shit," Rapaport exclaims. "Eat some pizza, take a few bongers...it's Friday night, try to get to second base with a girl, you fucking losers." The video is currently one of the most widely shared reactions to the events in Charlottesville, clearly emphasizing that Rapaport's sentiment is far from isolated. The framing of white nationalism, and fascism, as expressed by men, as being reactionary orientations—or inevitable backlash—against virginity or sexual frustrations is a destructive yet often heard maxim. This characterization, regularly dispensed in joke form, is espoused by not only the diverse cadres fighting against these depraved ideologies but those who ascribe to them.
Foor those who aren't already having sex with racists, it's easy to see how "don't have sex with racists" and "Nazi's just need to get laid" became prevalent reactions to racist violence. The weaponization of the construct of virginity, and the wider concept of the attainment of sex as a liberatory, man-making endeavor, has long served as a means to embolden violent masculinity, and foment greater patriarchal control. Sex, positioned as a prize to be attained, or—more destructively—a right for those who are "good," is a concept widely held by misogynists, including the reshaped pick-up artist (PUA) movement, whose access to sex in some cases is as unbridled and brutalizing as their misogyny and racism.
Positioning sex as an unmitigated good, and virginity as a direct insult to manhood, is a prevalent attitude that creates a social stratum of sexual power which fosters and even legitimizes violence. The clearest example would be the case of Elliot Rodger, who the media would refer to as "the virgin killer." The 22-year-old went on a shooting spree on May 23, 2014 in Isla Vista, California, leaving six dead, and injuring 14 others. His manifesto would reveal a building, obsessive rage that was focused almost entirely on his virginity, or "involuntary celibacy." Rodger's acquiring a girlfriend, or finally having sex, would likely never have diminished his unwavering contempt for women, and his entitlement. And yet his virginity, the very excuse he used to justify the deaths he caused, was offered as a swift explanation. To a society that still holds tight to the archaic myth of virginity, Rodger was an aberration, one that could have been saved should he have had sex, like a "real man."
The way in which manhood and sexuality—concepts that are so intertwined that they bleed into one another—are discussed as though the act of sex is what produces manhood, has proven unreservedly destructive for all of society. The male virgin stereotype and its association with weakness, and inexperience creates feelings of shame and powerlessness. But offering sex as a reward for good behavior—or, in the case of white supremacists, for meeting the lowest bar possible of not being a racist—is not a solution to their chauvinism and rage, and only furthers the objectification of women.
Engaging in sexual intercourse will not liberate the rising scourge of white supremacists of their racism, just as it will not liberate them of violent masculinity. The fight against this modern cabal of white nationalism won't be found between the bedsheets but in de-platforming them, and turning the fear that they have thrust upon countless communities against them. White supremacists will be followed at the heels by women who support their ideology, who organize with them, and have sex with them, so we must put a price on their hatred, beyond carnal intimidation. Let them fuck. We will fight.
