He probably also views himself as merciful for not hitting her more or killing her.

Exactly, and it’s even more transparent when after the breakup he repeatedly calls her worthless and disgusting. Like he was her only saving grace. 

I’m not arguing that punching people in the face is wrong. I’m arguing that wife-beating is wrong, and deserves broad condemnation instead of gleeful handclaps when the victim is a shitty person themselves. We wouldn’t be having this conversation if Kouprinova got hit for being a Nazi like her shit husband did. But…

Speaking as a retired clinical social worker, I have often been deeply moved by how hard adult survivors of physical abuse have worked within themselves to end the cycle of abuse.

Also narcissism bingo. The narcissist answers being slighted with an out of proportion response because the very fact he was slighted is the ultimate sin. In his mind, the fact that she frustrated him is morally repugnant and he can punish her how he sees fit. 

Misogyny is at the core of these white supremacist movements and always has been. 

So Spencer—an outspoken racist, Nazi, and actual fascist (because too many people use the word “fascism” to describe “things I don’t like/laws I don’t want to have to obey,” which is flat-out not what that word means)—is also a spouse-abusing shitcanoe?

Color me surprised.

As someone else (Burners Baby Burners) pointed…

Children can and sometimes do grow up to “be their parents,” but much more often than not, they become products of a combination of their upbringing and environment.

...which is to say that if Spencer’s kids are provided with a positive, inclusive environment that encourages interactions with persons from all walks of…

Dude, what the fuck? How about we at least give the kids a chance? Children don’t always embody all of the negative traits of their parents.

I was raised with a string of racist guys as my “Father figures” as a kid. Try as they might (moving us to the inner-city because I didn’t understand I should be hating “them”, beating the crap out of me for being friends with “them” (because gamer kids just want to game), and then moving us to places where there were…

I mean, I have a pretty good friend who grew up the product of a Southern family of racists who owned a literal machine gun factory in the 70s/80s and went from racist libertarian to queer anarchist so don’t throw the babies out with the racist bathwater.

And broke. That's an important bit. Maybe he and Alex Jones can expire under the same bridge.

Guys like that are so incredibly common that a third of all women murder victims are killed by male intimate partners. Our society is so full of virulent misogyny, guys like this are everywhere.

“...she wrote for many of the same publications as Spencer, and shared many of his views—her politics don’t excuse his abuse.”

If you want to fly into a blind rage, read Men Explain Things To Me by Rebecca Solnit. Among other things, she succinctly juxtaposes the scope of violence that women face at the hands of men with the absolute refusal of our society to do literally anything about it.

I feel for the kids. Who knows if they’ll ever manage to get out of the cycle of hatred perpetuated by their parents. If Kouprianova also believes the same things, neither of these two people should be having unsupervised access to those poor kids. 

I hope his children get the help they definitely need watching all that horrible shit growing up.

The way Spencer tries to play victim, like telling someone they will break their nose is normal, is incomprehensible.

I hope he dies in pain.

Reason #3oo,ooo,ooo,ooo to put domestic abusers on a list and away from guns. But why in the hell is his racism not enough to ostracize him? He showed everyone over and over again who he really is and every vile thing that comes out afterwards is treated like it’s brand new information!