Far-right critic and content creator Nick Fuentes recently tested the limits of his silliness — while simultaneously proving the loyalty of his core supporters — after two white nationalist followers recorded a clip for CNN, and one of the young men, according to the image-conscious critic, didn’t look the “arrogant” part.
The series of highly revealing events began last week when two loyal Fuentes “fanatics” — a term coined to refer to high-functioning white nationalists, anti-immigration, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, homophobic, sexist men whose currency is hateful or inflammatory, but who are always looking for attention — sat down for an interview with CNN’s Donnie O’Sullivan to discuss their growing online politics. a movement.
John Lawrence was one of these two young men, and they both proudly agreed to be interviewed by the radio news. It is not clear exactly what they discussed with O’Sullivan, but they certainly sang the praises of their arrogant king. After the yet-to-be-released clip was in the can, Lawrence posted some footage to his Instagram account, which is said to be dedicated to groyper content and has amassed over 40,000 followers. In one shoot with O’Sullivan, Lawrence reportedly asserted that he and his companion were “flipping” the young host – meaning they looked better, sexier, more handsome and more masculine than the reporter.
As other photos of Lawrence and his friends from the CNN segment spread online, the mood changed. They may not have been the most attractive guys in the room; Perhaps these two representatives of the movement were too chubby, too nerdy, and too lame to set up as avatars of the movement — at least as far as CNN viewers were concerned.
That’s when Fuentes came to attack two of his followers — two young men so devoted to his particular brand of hate that they were literally wearing T-shirts with his image on them during national television appearances.
In what neatly sums up the uncomfortable, rude, thin-skinned yet harsh, sarcastic and ultimately juvenile communication style of his online brood, the leader of the group started out looking like Lawrence – and what else.
“What the hell,” Fuentes posted, feigning confusion at young people — who likely accurately represent his base — for agreeing to be representatives of his movement in a news clip.
“Don’t pretend to represent me if you dress like this and your BMI is +25,” he wrote afterward, pulling no punches as he went for the jugular, before becoming defensive of his lucrative brand: “As a matter of fact, no one represents me at all.”
Then came the sarcastic tone that was hard to read as serious, along with the image of the three men doing what looked like a talk show: “CNN. I can’t wait for this laugh. Hell. It keeps getting better. I’m never coming back.”
Then he closed his eyes: “Everything I supported in the past, I am now against. Damn the gentiles.”
Even darker: “Can someone kill me on the spot,” he wrote, alongside a close-up of Lawrence’s questionable shoes.
Then he posted a photo Family manPeter Griffin falls out of a window, possibly to his death.
Naturally, the mobs piled up. They quickly demanded Lawrence’s exclusion and the destruction of his life. They even drew a mean caricature of him. Fuentes and his hate group — along with the rest of the world — are still waiting for the clip to air on CNN. That is if they can stop ripping topics to shreds.
