Wow that article is brutal
here is the article link:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/among-the-insurrectionists (
archive)
they are REALLY FUCKED. see archive to get article for free
“America first!” The phrase was popularized in 1940 by Nazi sympathizers lobbying to keep the U.S. out of the
Second World War; in 2016, Trump resurrected it to describe his isolationist foreign and immigration policies. Some of the chanters, however, waved or wore royal-blue flags inscribed with “
AF,” in white letters. This is the logo for the program “America First,” which is hosted by Nicholas Fuentes, a twenty-two-year-old Holocaust denier, who promotes a brand of white Christian nationalism that views politics as a means of preserving demographic supremacy. Though America Firsters revile most mainstream Republicans for lacking sufficient commitment to this priority—especially neoconservatives, whom they accuse of being subservient to Satan and Jews
regardless of what is true, optics are what matters, and Nick's America First movement is now the same as the Nazis. He failed in the optics department. And now all these clips are going to go mainstream of Nick's jokes, like the vox video.
They can just take clips of nick out of context and just burry him.
just lol at these optics:
The America Firsters and other invaders fanned out in search of lawmakers, breaking into offices and revelling in their own astounding impunity. “Nancy, I’m ho-ome! ” a man taunted, mimicking Jack Nicholson’s character in “The Shining.”
Literally going door to door in the capitol trying to attack law makers, which with
that vox clip, Nick and AF are beyond fucked. They can sentence alot of those AF people with easily 10 years in prison, and look into Nick with
RICO, as a criminal organization that sends its members to attack congressmen.
that daily grifter guy is obsessed with nick, i wonder if he was a fan and Nick roasted/blocked him then he just turned, clearly this guy is passionate about calling out Nick
yeah, he is doing his own grift on covering nick/AF, and gaining clout through that.
I dont know the lore, but it has something to do with
Jaredo Texas. I dont know the details, but he was some streamer on dlive. Jaredo Texas is massively butt hurt over some gay drama.
I mean TBF Nick and the irony bros did the same thing with TRS and the alt right, by criticizing the alt right to gain clout and followers/money. It was not about "optics war". This is illuminated by Nick's association with Catboykami, and this new shit with the capitol and the stop the steal rallies.
I mean just read the article above. Nick's optics are trash now, pretty ironic considering he made his brand making fun of the alt right for Charlottesville.
I mean Qtards are just as bad optics as marching in Stahlhelms.
Matt Hiembach is just as bad optics as the "Qanon Shaman"