Feel like the key here is that they saw public advocacy for fascism would be met with violence, not mockery. Promising to embarass a fascist at a debate with mockery of all their incorrect arguments isn’t gonna dissuade them from showing up to recruit more fascists, but knowing they’ll get the shit beat out of them…

There’s a time when I would have believed that wholeheartedly. But then Trump won the first election and still had more votes than Obama ever got the second time (just so happened that more people came out and voted for the other guy that time, but still, not as clean cut as you’d think). The dunking on them gives…

Tell me how you see Jordan Peterson, a Canadian crackpot grifter, seizing the reins of the free world. Be specific.

This. Peterson was fairly successful early on at retaining a veneer of respectability. he was very good at not only sayin the quiet part quiet, but often separating the quite part into little chunks that seemed less offensive on their own.

You’ve had a lot of people replying and I don’t mean to pile on because I don’t think you’re a jerk at all, your heart’s in the right place, but honestly I appreciate the dunking after feeling like so many people didn’t want to “get involved” or say much about these jerks - precisely because they were worried about…

As others have undoubtedly touched on in these replies, there’s something you have to understand about Peterson and other men like him. Crowder, Carlson, Shapiro, etc. Their outsized egos and short tempers make this type of shit absolutely enraging for them. They can not stand it. And Peterson might be the softest…

This is a lot of extra words to type when you could have led with “ UP YOUR WOKE MORALISTS...”

Mockery is actually exactly how you are supposed to combat fascists.

his message is already reaching his intended audience, and anyone who CAN be converted to his beliefs has a different pipeline for that information to get to them.

People laugh at anything ridiculous.  The vast majority of those things don’t end up starting a world war.  Your anecdote is not evidence. 

So much this. Spencer is a perfect example of why mockery and public humiliation are incredible tools for the Left. Guy’s gone from running a horrifyingly growing fascist organization to being a loner with no reach and no critical support.

ridicule is the most effective way to counter delusional fascist rhetoric. this is exactly what needs to be done.

Like Ben Shapiro, these are who dumb people think are smart people.

Dude cries every time people make fun of him. He’s probably crying right now, I just don’t think he can post about it. This is definitely a time when signal boosting is a good thing.

Remember when Richard Spencer was becoming a thing and then a single punch that got memed into oblivion completely ended any momentum he was building? These dudes should always be mocked, constantly and aggressively.

The only one raging is Peterson because he’s being mocked repeatedly. These guys can’t deal with being the butt of a joke, it emasculates them.  

Mockery is one of the most effective means of combatting fascists. They rely on looking smarter / superior to their idiot supporters. Showing what dumbasses they are has a good chance of waking some of those fools up.

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Literally everyone is dunking on this weird creep, and they’re only spreading a single clip containing the most vague and toothless threat in recorded history as dictated by a muppet. I promise you it’s going to be okay.

COUNTERPOINT: He flamed out, he’s pathetic, it’s fine.