It all began on Twitter. On March 12, 2017, Jafari posted an update defending the comments of incendiary Republican Iowa Representative Steve King. King, who has a long history of controversial statements, made a comment arguing against immigration, saying “[we] can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.” The comment was widely criticized for being jingoistic and inflammatory, but found a defender in Jafari.
“Wow, how scandalous,” said Jafari on Twitter. “Steve King doesn’t want his country invaded by people who have contempt for his culture and people! NAZI!!!” The comment from Jafari surprised a lot of his followers, as Jafari rarely spoke about his political beliefs, and even rarer still with such vehemence.
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In particular, Jafari stated his belief that the United States of America does not “need immigrants from incompatible places,” and voicing his concern about a “demographic displacement” of white people which he compared to the South African apartheid.
Maybe now, almost 10 years later, now that Nazism and Facism just are commonplace ideologies, these are ‘pretty generic right wing opinions’.
But uh, no, this is JonTron defending White Replacement Theory, ie, explicitly endorsing a racist ethnostate.
Its about as plainly and directly racist as you can be without just repeatedly shouting ‘the gamer word’.
Thats a bit more than just having a poorly informed take on crime statistics.
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It is also insanely hypocritical as he is a 2nd Gen immigrant of Hungarian and Iranian (1st Gen Immigrant) parents.
He of course identifies as white the same way that Ted Cruz does:
He is white-passing, but he knows he wouldn’t actually pass any white racist’s ‘one drop’ rule if they knew anything about his actual lineage, so he massively overcompensates by hating non white-passing people.
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https://gamerant.com/jontron-racism-controversy-breakdown/
Maybe now, almost 10 years later, now that Nazism and Facism just are commonplace ideologies, these are ‘pretty generic right wing opinions’.
But uh, no, this is JonTron defending White Replacement Theory, ie, explicitly endorsing a racist ethnostate.
Its about as plainly and directly racist as you can be without just repeatedly shouting ‘the gamer word’.
Thats a bit more than just having a poorly informed take on crime statistics.
…
It is also insanely hypocritical as he is a 2nd Gen immigrant of Hungarian and Iranian (1st Gen Immigrant) parents.
He of course identifies as white the same way that Ted Cruz does:
He is white-passing, but he knows he wouldn’t actually pass any white racist’s ‘one drop’ rule if they knew anything about his actual lineage, so he massively overcompensates by hating non white-passing people.