The constant drumbeat of weird sexual displays is likely a major reason the MAGA coalition, which was flying high at the beginning of the year, is losing popularity rapidly, especially with younger voters.
Fuentes is no outlier in MAGA. In 2025, the right’s leaders and influencers revealed the deep sexual dysfunction driving their movement. The constant drumbeat of weird sexual displays is likely a major reason the MAGA coalition, which was flying high at the beginning of the year, is losing popularity rapidly, especially with younger voters.
Unless it is normal to wholesale repeat a paragraph in another paragraph? The article is just weird.
It's a pull quote, the way it's presented on the page is pretty normal. They've copied the latter half of the paragraph and put it in a frame above with bold type for emphasis.
You are right, but (as not OP) I gotta say I dislike that in both internet and legacy media. Can't they work around that so the quoted text only appears in their highilght blocks? I feel like I'm getting spoon-fed suggested facebook statuses when I'm seeing a (web)page formatted like this.
Why are we defending a publication that makes money via advertising and subscriptions for failing to have an effective editor? This isn't someone posting nonsense in a comments section; the author is apparently a "senior writer" for Salon. Why should we stop attempting to hold supposed professionals accountable for being professional? I get that the world hasn't exactly been great at professionalism lately, but letting our standards slip isn't going to fix that.
Have you ever worked a news desk? I have. It's making sausage. You just caught a glimpse of someone dropping the meat and stuffing it back in. Write a letter to the editor with a correction if you want to help. Here, editorial complaints go nowhere and serve no purpose.
What I don't get about MAGA incels is that they seem to be deathly afraid of women. The whole bizarro stance about trad wives and submission seems to be a cultural ploy to make women less fearsome.
What are they so afraid of? And why aren't they more afraid that these ridiculous fears will make them look like pathetic losers?
They're afraid of the same thing all these right wing nuts are afraid of: someone else being in power.
It turns out that when you base your entire political and economical landscape on abusing and suppressing the cultural "out" groups, becoming one of those groups is scary.
Right, but they are the alpha macho men that are not afraid of anything. Don't they realize how pathetic they look when they base their opinions on pure expressions of fear? Of fear, in particular, of what they consider "lesser?"
They are men that project the image of not being afraid of anything. They are actually very scared of a lot of things. Lots of their shit is performative.
Women who recognize their own personhood are a threat to right-wingers. Can't have visible examples of that sort of thing or the ones they've ensnared might notice and start having ideas.
The Democratic Party needs to really unleash everyone calling the GOP weird. Because they are just full of freaks like this guy. I'm pretty sure this guy was caught playing bum darts with another guy - him being gay is not the weird part here, it's him being so repressed about it and so weird about women.
Also, this guy sounds like Tobias Fuenke, without the charm.
I don't understand people that follow this guy? What's the appeal? Follow Nick and become a weird closeted freak and supposed virgin that says ridiculous things about sex and women (as well as Jews, and, well, just about everything else)?
I do like this idea; I don't know how that is done in a systemic way. I remember one point of Moore's Bowling for Columbine is that there seem to be a dwindling amount of "third places" and that civic engagement (fraternal orders and so on) has gone off a cliff - and Columbine was a decade before the smart phone.
I doubt things like civic engagement have gone up since.
It sure does seem there is evidence for a loneliness epidemic hitting many people and young men are especially susceptible and probably have less (positive) life skills to fall back on.
It explains people like Jordan Peterson, as well as Fuentes, I guess.
There are already large incel groups forming "men's rights militias", congealing around charismatic content creators who use a potent mix of white nationalism, Sharia law, and identity politics.
A matador frustrates a bull until he kills it, which is not a metaphor that coheres to how normal people have sex.
Actually, that makes a lot of sense from an incel point of view. They want to hurt, and frustrate their partner until they finally finish by killing her (figuratively, I hope) and then move on to another victim. Sounds like a likely MAGA fantasy to me.
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AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 248d
I get that proofreading is hard, but come on.
WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca · 39 pts · 248d
Intel: Never Inside
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 248d
There is also:
Unless it is normal to wholesale repeat a paragraph in another paragraph? The article is just weird.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 248d
It's a pull quote, the way it's presented on the page is pretty normal. They've copied the latter half of the paragraph and put it in a frame above with bold type for emphasis.
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 248d
You are right, but (as not OP) I gotta say I dislike that in both internet and legacy media. Can't they work around that so the quoted text only appears in their highilght blocks? I feel like I'm getting spoon-fed suggested facebook statuses when I'm seeing a (web)page formatted like this.
AnaisRim@lemmynsfw.com · -19 pts · 248d
"Yeah, but what about this typo I just found?"
AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 248d
I'm not disagreeing with the article at all.
But it's right there before the article even started. It's not a very good look.
AnaisRim@lemmynsfw.com · -21 pts · 248d
Typos happen. Shrug
Glide@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 248d
Why are we defending a publication that makes money via advertising and subscriptions for failing to have an effective editor? This isn't someone posting nonsense in a comments section; the author is apparently a "senior writer" for Salon. Why should we stop attempting to hold supposed professionals accountable for being professional? I get that the world hasn't exactly been great at professionalism lately, but letting our standards slip isn't going to fix that.
AnaisRim@lemmynsfw.com · -12 pts · 248d
Have you ever worked a news desk? I have. It's making sausage. You just caught a glimpse of someone dropping the meat and stuffing it back in. Write a letter to the editor with a correction if you want to help. Here, editorial complaints go nowhere and serve no purpose.
manxu@piefed.social · 36 pts · 248d
What I don't get about MAGA incels is that they seem to be deathly afraid of women. The whole bizarro stance about trad wives and submission seems to be a cultural ploy to make women less fearsome.
What are they so afraid of? And why aren't they more afraid that these ridiculous fears will make them look like pathetic losers?
Glide@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 248d
They're afraid of the same thing all these right wing nuts are afraid of: someone else being in power.
It turns out that when you base your entire political and economical landscape on abusing and suppressing the cultural "out" groups, becoming one of those groups is scary.
manxu@piefed.social · 9 pts · 248d
Right, but they are the alpha macho men that are not afraid of anything. Don't they realize how pathetic they look when they base their opinions on pure expressions of fear? Of fear, in particular, of what they consider "lesser?"
Kirp123@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 248d
They are men that project the image of not being afraid of anything. They are actually very scared of a lot of things. Lots of their shit is performative.
oftenawake@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 248d
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 247d
Very few things in life are more fun than taking the wind out of the sails of dickheads like those.
axx@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 247d
Isn't just a case of being scared of what you don't know?
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 248d
Women who recognize their own personhood are a threat to right-wingers. Can't have visible examples of that sort of thing or the ones they've ensnared might notice and start having ideas.
Limerance@piefed.social · 6 pts · 248d
They feel sad, angry, lonely, powerless, love starved. In short they are alienated from society.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 248d
This needs to be talked about more. There are plenty who are just misogynists.butnthe ones you describe can still be reached.
manxu@piefed.social · 2 pts · 248d
Which is really sad, because they could get what they want and need, but they go about it the wrong way.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 248d
The Democratic Party needs to really unleash everyone calling the GOP weird. Because they are just full of freaks like this guy. I'm pretty sure this guy was caught playing bum darts with another guy - him being gay is not the weird part here, it's him being so repressed about it and so weird about women.
Also, this guy sounds like Tobias Fuenke, without the charm.
I don't understand people that follow this guy? What's the appeal? Follow Nick and become a weird closeted freak and supposed virgin that says ridiculous things about sex and women (as well as Jews, and, well, just about everything else)?
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 248d
Calling them weird was really effective. Then the Harris campaign managers told Tim Walz to stop doing it.
Limerance@piefed.social · 15 pts · 248d
The center and left needs to reach out to the alienated, lonely, and disaffected young men. They are easy prey for right wing extremists.
For incels, Nick is the only one who gives them a sense of community and a comforting worldview where nothing is their fault.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 248d
I do like this idea; I don't know how that is done in a systemic way. I remember one point of Moore's Bowling for Columbine is that there seem to be a dwindling amount of "third places" and that civic engagement (fraternal orders and so on) has gone off a cliff - and Columbine was a decade before the smart phone.
I doubt things like civic engagement have gone up since.
KnitWit@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 248d
Kind of amazing that the ‘there are no more third spaces’ cry has been going on for decades now completely unheeded.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 248d
It sure does seem there is evidence for a loneliness epidemic hitting many people and young men are especially susceptible and probably have less (positive) life skills to fall back on.
It explains people like Jordan Peterson, as well as Fuentes, I guess.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 248d
Also, they are pretty much the only people reaching out to them
AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 248d
There are already large incel groups forming "men's rights militias", congealing around charismatic content creators who use a potent mix of white nationalism, Sharia law, and identity politics.
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 248d
They are the ones that alienated them in the first place. They chose identity politics and making white men the enemy instead of class struggle.
HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 248d
Fuentes is the logical endpoint of the GOP.
They hate him because he embraced that before they did, and he's gaining ground while they're losing it.
Let's just hope this infighting lasts as long as possible and destroys them all permanently
jordanlund@lemmy.world MOD · 11 pts · 248d
We require the subject line match the original, in this case "The right hit peak incel in 2025".
Please correct it or I'll have to remove it.
AnaisRim@lemmynsfw.com · 7 pts · 248d
Done
jordanlund@lemmy.world MOD · 3 pts · 248d
👍
fartographer@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 248d
Your posts are showing up green on my device. I can only assume that you've been exposed to gamma radiation and are becoming angry.
jordanlund@lemmy.world MOD · 5 pts · 248d
Mod posting. 😉
fartographer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 248d
"Hulk mod"
- jordanlund
Manjushri@piefed.social · 10 pts · 248d
Actually, that makes a lot of sense from an incel point of view. They want to hurt, and frustrate their partner until they finally finish by killing her (figuratively, I hope) and then move on to another victim. Sounds like a likely MAGA fantasy to me.
mr_account@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 248d
I don't need to follow him to get that result
peopleproblems@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 248d
Right? I'm doing just fine without any right wing influence.