Jim Goad's Group Hug

Keith has been especially quiet, these days. He's miffed because word got out that he was divorcing his wife of 20 years. I happen to know her very well, and she has been having a very difficult time as a result of all this. Everyone is just moving on with their lives, at this point. Jim bought a house, and he loves it. Keith and Lynn got a divorce, and now Keith is trying to sell his house. Lynn had to move back home, and the podcast is, in my opinion, better than ever.
 
Keith has been especially quiet, these days. He's miffed because word got out that he was divorcing his wife of 20 years. I happen to know her very well, and she has been having a very difficult time as a result of all this. Everyone is just moving on with their lives, at this point. Jim bought a house, and he loves it. Keith and Lynn got a divorce, and now Keith is trying to sell his house. Lynn had to move back home, and the podcast is, in my opinion, better than ever.
Huh. Didn't know any of this. I'm not too familiar with Keith or his work outside of co-hosting Jim Goad's Group Hug. Indeed, Keith was a fish out of water and audibly awkward, so perhaps it was fate they went their separate ways. And yes, the podcast is much better without him.

Your response prompted me to check out Keith's Soundcloud page. In this episode, he explains why he left the podcast. Towards the end, Keith accuses Jim of failing to pay him after promising to do so despite not demanding any remuneration. Keith then went onto add that Jim made a snide remark that he wouldn't pay Keith for failing to be a funny co-host. Finally, he accuses Jim of never returning a DVD Keith lent him.
 
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Jim took a real pounding on a Luke Ford livestream. He was so butthurt about it that Luke took the unprecedented (for him) step of editing the stream. But Matt Forney has the raw goods.

Jim spent most of the podcast crying that Luke was letting people gang up on him. Also interjected every few minutes to beg Luke to let his "co-host" join the stream. (Dude is a sidekick, not a co-host. His role is to sit there and pretend Jim is hilarious.) He berated Luke for not letting the guy in and letting him be outnumbered by people younger, funnier and smarter than he is.

When Jim wasn't whining about getting pwned by 20-somethings, he was repeatedly shouting out the URL of a pic of himself with his older, busted stripper single mom gf. He thinks she's a real catch and that everyone will be jealous of him getting to be the 140th guy she's given access to her holes.

Hard not to cringe watching a 60 year old man literally (and repeatedly) flexing his muscles on a webcam at Millennials, telling them to "say it to my face" and "I get better pussy than you." Rather sad tbh. He can't see himself the way the rest of the world does. Accusing people of being "obsessed" with him and then trying to present his dossiers on each one of them, Kurt Eichenwald-style.

And if you want to set him off, just say the word "Boomer." Holy shit. Talk about touching a nerve. He said that considering a person's membership in a specific generation raised under a specific set of circumstances is as ridiculous as astrology. :story:
 
There's no way any of this will make sense without first placing everything into context, but since there are people uninitiated with the Matt Forney and Jim Goad feud, I'll give you the whole story. The Matt Forney thread is full of more peripheral information, but anyways...

Jim published an article titled "In Defense of Degeneracy" addressing the moralism and increasingly puritanical attitudes within the alt-right and "alternative influence network" which includes Traditionalist Catholics. Jim got pretty annoyed with these buzzkills and warned that humorless attitudes will fail to endear the movement to normal people who're tired of left-wing political correctness.

Having jumped from alt-right to Christ, Forney didn't take too kindly to this and chalked Jim's attitude up to the prejudices of his time of birth. Keep in mind Jim never identified with being either Gen-X or Boomer and previously went over this on his podcast with Nick Fuentes. Still, Jim Goad loves a good debate, so the two agreed to a have a discussion with Forney choosing Davis Aurini as moderator. Jim allowed Forney to choose the moderator to prove that he could outargue Forney on his own turf:

As you can see, the debate quickly goes off the rails and the two just exchange insults throughout the entire evening. At one point, Jim brings up Forney's sexual liaison with Ann Sterzinger to which Forney confessed to what in court could legally be considered rape. As to whether she considered their sexual liason rape, she was too drunk to remember much of what happened and thus deeply ambivalent. Ann had the integrity not to press charges or claim rape because she couldn't condemn a man to a life behind bars for lack of knowledge and confidence in the facts.

Speaking personally, I think the whole thing was just a gigantic LARP because I'd be surprised Forney that doesn't lose his babydick in his fat folds. The two probably had a failed one-night stand where Forney couldn't get it in because he's just too fat so he ended up fucking her perineum.

Later that night, Jim appeared on The Weekly Sweat to discuss the debate with the IronyBros:

Things went quiet until it was later revealed that Edwin Oslan had conspired with Matt Forney in a failed plot to ruin an Ann Coulter event hosted by David Cole. Jim brought this up on a livestream with Richard Spencer which then reignited the feud:

Jim Goad then appeared on a stream hosted by Luke Ford. After some soyboy named Right to Bryden insults Jim which prompts Luke to kick him off the stream, the hangout link got leaked and the IronyBros compromise the stream.

In the course of the livestream, the IronyBros repeatedly claim Jim Goad was fellated by a 9-year-old black boy. This claim was based on a passage from The Shit Magnet where Jim relates a story of a black "kid" paying Jim money for the pleasure of sucking his dick at some Philadelphia parking lot. Nowhere in the book was the age of black guy mentioned, but we can surmise he was old enough to crave a white guy's dick and pay for it.

Jim would ultimately reflect on the disastrous livestream right here:

Jim took a real pounding on a Luke Ford livestream. He was so butthurt about it that Luke took the unprecedented (for him) step of editing the stream. But Matt Forney has the raw goods.

Jim spent most of the podcast crying that Luke was letting people gang up on him. Also interjected every few minutes to beg Luke to let his "co-host" join the stream. (Dude is a sidekick, not a co-host. His role is to sit there and pretend Jim is hilarious.) He berated Luke for not letting the guy in and letting him be outnumbered by people younger, funnier and smarter than he is.

When Jim wasn't whining about getting pwned by 20-somethings, he was repeatedly shouting out the URL of a pic of himself with his older, busted stripper single mom gf. He thinks she's a real catch and that everyone will be jealous of him getting to be the 140th guy she's given access to her holes.

Hard not to cringe watching a 60 year old man literally (and repeatedly) flexing his muscles on a webcam at Millennials, telling them to "say it to my face" and "I get better pussy than you." Rather sad tbh. He can't see himself the way the rest of the world does. Accusing people of being "obsessed" with him and then trying to present his dossiers on each one of them, Kurt Eichenwald-style.

And if you want to set him off, just say the word "Boomer." Holy shit. Talk about touching a nerve. He said that considering a person's membership in a specific generation raised under a specific set of circumstances is as ridiculous as astrology. :story:
Carrying water for the IronyBros, I see. Forney lies relentlessly, so you can't take anything he says seriously.

As to that livestream, Luke Ford took down the stream on his own against Jim's wishes:
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Jim confronted Luke Ford about this later. Jim ultimately wanted Luke to admit that he purposely blocked Jim's co-host J.B. Beverley from coming on, but he pleaded innocent the entire time. Considering that Luke was clearly entertained by the IronyBros appearance and then walked away to do laundry as they continued to exchange insults and talk over each other, I'm inclined to believe Luke was merely playing dumb and either through sheer incompetence or deliberate action blocked J.B. Beverley from coming on. It's also entirely possible he blocked J.B. by accident first then decided to do it deliberately from that point forward to milk the drama for all its worth. For a guy who wants clean discussions, he sure likes to invite Jerry Springer-tier bullshit onto his show.

The edited version that Luke Ford posted was done only with very faint hopes of making amends with Jim. Considering how horribly Luke handled the situation, I earnestly doubt Jim will ever speak to him again.

Irony Bros? Smarter? :story: These are the people who laugh at their own jokes, and Alex McNabb later got Nick Fuentes to try and defend E. Michael Jones's geocentrism. Geniuses, these guys are not remotely:

And irony? More like the Sarcasm Sissies or Projection Pussies. Those corny hicks like Beardson Beardly are not even close to Cumtown levels of comedy or self-awareness. They barely do irony and instead do basic bitch sarcasm and dead air, so Sarcasm Sissies is far more appropriate for those CHUDs. People like Prince Hubris are the very definition of Wigger Nationalists, so hearing him and Nick Fuentes calling others WigNats is the real irony.

Most of the aforementioned pricks were directly responsible for the worst most cringeworthy parts of the alt-right in 2016/17 when they jumped on the bandwagon…and now they think they can wash their hands of it if they say "wignat" enough times. For all the times Richard Spencer is accused of being a Fed, Prince Hubris himself has admitted he speaks to federal agents and showed the agent's business card.

But forgiving all that, the IronyBros are exactly as Angela Nagle described the alt-right: exhausted, nihilistic, gossipy man children with nothing authentic in their lives beyond criticism, Twitter, anime, video games and whatever latest edgy cultural costume they wear.

Accusing people of being "obsessed" with him and then trying to present his dossiers on each one of them, Kurt Eichenwald-style.
Matt Forney has done to date at least five different livestreams bitching about Jim whereas Jim perhaps mentioned Forney in passing (emphasis on in passing) no more than three times. Who's the obsessed one here, honestly?
 
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There's no way any of this will make sense without first placing everything into context, but since there are people uninitiated with the Matt Forney and Jim Goad feud, I'll give you the whole story. The Matt Forney thread is full of more peripheral information, but anyways...

Jim published an article titled "In Defense of Degeneracy" addressing the moralism and increasingly puritanical attitudes within the alt-right and "alternative influence network" which includes Traditionalist Catholics. Jim got pretty annoyed with these buzzkills and warned that humorless attitudes will fail to endear the movement to normal people who're tired of left-wing political correctness.

Having jumped from alt-right to Christ, Forney didn't take too kindly to this and chalked Jim's attitude up to the prejudices of his time of birth. Keep in mind Jim never identified with being either Gen-X or Boomer and previously went over this on his podcast with Nick Fuentes. Still, Jim Goad loves a good debate, so the two agreed to a have a discussion with Forney choosing Davis Aurini as moderator. Jim allowed Forney to choose the moderator to prove that he could outargue Forney on his own turf:

As you can see, the debate quickly goes off the rails and the two just exchange insults throughout the entire evening. At one point, Jim brings up Forney's sexual liaison with Ann Sterzinger to which Forney confessed to what in court could legally be considered rape. As to whether she considered their sexual liason rape, she was too drunk to remember much of what happened and thus deeply ambivalent. Ann had the integrity not to press charges or claim rape because she couldn't condemn a man to a life behind bars for lack of knowledge and confidence in the facts.

Speaking personally, I think the whole thing was just a gigantic LARP because I'd be surprised Forney that doesn't lose his babydick in his fat folds. The two probably had a failed one-night stand where Forney couldn't get it in because he's just too fat so he ended up fucking her perineum.

Later that night, Jim appeared on The Weekly Sweat to discuss the debate with the IronyBros:

Things went quiet until it was later revealed that Edwin Oslan had conspired with Matt Forney in a failed plot to ruin an Ann Coulter event hosted by David Cole. Jim brought this up on a livestream with Richard Spencer which then reignited the feud:

Jim Goad then appeared on a stream hosted by Luke Ford. After some soyboy named Right to Bryden insults Jim which prompts Luke to kick him off the stream, the hangout link got leaked and the IronyBros compromise the stream.

In the course of the livestream, the IronyBros repeatedly claim Jim Goad was fellated by a 9-year-old black boy. This claim was based on a passage from The Shit Magnet where Jim relates a story of a black "kid" paying Jim money for the pleasure of sucking his dick at some Philadelphia parking lot. Nowhere in the book was the age of black guy mentioned, but we can surmise he was old enough to crave a white guy's dick and pay for it.

Jim would ultimately reflect on the disastrous livestream right here:


Carrying water for the IronyBros, I see. Forney lies relentlessly, so you can't take anything he says seriously.

As to that livestream, Luke Ford took down the stream on his own against Jim's wishes:
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Jim confronted Luke Ford about this later. Jim ultimately wanted Luke to admit that he purposely blocked Jim's co-host J.B. Beverley from coming on, but he pleaded innocent the entire time. Considering that Luke was clearly entertained by the IronyBros appearance and then walked away to do laundry as they continued to exchange insults and talk over each other, I'm inclined to believe Luke was merely playing dumb and either through sheer incompetence or deliberate action blocked J.B. Beverley from coming on. It's also entirely possible he blocked J.B. by accident first then decided to do it deliberately from that point forward to tard cum the drama for all its worth. For a guy who wants clean discussions, he sure likes to invite Jerry Springer-tier bullshit onto his show.

The edited version that Luke Ford posted was done only with very faint hopes of making amends with Jim. Considering how horribly Luke handled the situation, I earnestly doubt Jim will ever speak to him again.

Irony Bros? Smarter? :story: These are the people who laugh at their own jokes, and Alex McNabb later got Nick Fuentes to try and defend E. Michael Jones's geocentrism. Geniuses, these guys are not remotely:

And irony? More like the Sarcasm Sissies or Projection Pussies. Those corny hicks like Beardson Beardly are not even close to Cumtown levels of comedy or self-awareness. They barely do irony and instead do basic bitch sarcasm and dead air, so Sarcasm Sissies is far more appropriate for those CHUDs. People like Prince Hubris are the very definition of Wigger Nationalists, so hearing him and Nick Fuentes calling others WigNats is the real irony.

Most of the aforementioned pricks were directly responsible for the worst most cringeworthy parts of the alt-right in 2016/17 when they jumped on the bandwagon…and now they think they can wash their hands of it if they say "wignat" enough times. For all the times Richard Spencer is accused of being a Fed, Prince Hubris himself has admitted he speaks to federal agents and showed the agent's business card.

But forgiving all that, the IronyBros are exactly as Angela Nagle described the alt-right: exhausted, nihilistic, gossipy man children with nothing authentic in their lives beyond criticism, Twitter, anime, video games and whatever latest edgy cultural costume they wear.


Matt Forney has done to date at least five different livestreams bitching about Jim whereas Jim perhaps mentioned Forney in passing (emphasis on in passing) no more than three times. Who's the obsessed one here, honestly?



Just a bunch of bitching and he said she said sums it up.
 
Jim took a real pounding on a Luke Ford livestream. He was so butthurt about it that Luke took the unprecedented (for him) step of editing the stream. But Matt Forney has the raw goods.

Jim spent most of the podcast crying that Luke was letting people gang up on him. Also interjected every few minutes to beg Luke to let his "co-host" join the stream. (Dude is a sidekick, not a co-host. His role is to sit there and pretend Jim is hilarious.) He berated Luke for not letting the guy in and letting him be outnumbered by people younger, funnier and smarter than he is.

When Jim wasn't whining about getting pwned by 20-somethings, he was repeatedly shouting out the URL of a pic of himself with his older, busted stripper single mom gf. He thinks she's a real catch and that everyone will be jealous of him getting to be the 140th guy she's given access to her holes.

Hard not to cringe watching a 60 year old man literally (and repeatedly) flexing his muscles on a webcam at Millennials, telling them to "say it to my face" and "I get better pussy than you." Rather sad tbh. He can't see himself the way the rest of the world does. Accusing people of being "obsessed" with him and then trying to present his dossiers on each one of them, Kurt Eichenwald-style.

And if you want to set him off, just say the word "Boomer." Holy shit. Talk about touching a nerve. He said that considering a person's membership in a specific generation raised under a specific set of circumstances is as ridiculous as astrology. :story:


Just a bunch of bitching and he said she said sums it up.

It just seems off that some e-celeb like Mike Enoch would avoid confronting irony bros, yet the guy who was on Bill Maher would spend energy on unfunny e-court. No one managing fucks correctly should care about this.

After listening to both podcasts thoroughly, Weekly Sweat is funnier than Group Hug. Group hug's funny at some points but it's just not as fresh as the sweat.
 
Huh. Didn't know any of this. I'm not too familiar with Keith or his work outside of co-hosting Jim Goad's Group Hug. Indeed, Keith was a fish out of water and audibly awkward, so perhaps it was fate they went their separate ways. And yes, the podcast is much better without him.

Your response prompted me to check out Keith's Soundcloud page. In this episode, he explains why he left the podcast. Towards the end, Keith accuses Jim of failing to pay him after promising to do so despite not demanding any remuneration. Keith then went onto add that Jim made a snide remark that he wouldn't pay Keith for failing to be a funny co-host. Finally, he accuses Jim of never returning a DVD Keith lent him.


He also has a YouTube channel. I don't know much about the deal between Keith and Jim about getting paid, but I do know that the podcast wasn't really making any money the first few episodes. Jim's current side gig is singing karaoke on YouTube. The DVD? It was a bootleg copy of Phantom of the Paradise that was eaten by Jim's dog.
 
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