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Cheap Laffs Open Thread: And They Wonder How Women Can Resist Them…

by Anne Laurie|  April 24, 20151:30 am| 43 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Post-racial America, Assholes, Clown Shoes

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This is what white supremacists actually look like lmao pic.twitter.com/5YR6bcaL0V

— Famous Scotty Tonga (@ScottyTonga) April 23, 2015

Powerful White Supremacists Watched Powerpoint Presentations At A Marriott Then One Of Them Got Thrown Out Of The Bar Then They Went To Bed

— Famous Scotty Tonga (@ScottyTonga) April 23, 2015

Mostly harmless Scottish, per We Hunted the Mammoth:

A writer from Roosh Valizadeh’s terrible Return of Kings site recently got himself into a bit of trouble at a white power convention in Tennessee.

The problem wasn’t that the writer, one Blair Naso, didn’t fit in with the motley assortment of Hitler-lovers and former National Review writers who attended the 2015 American Renaissance conference, put on by an organization that actually has won itself an official “hate group” designation from the Southern Poverty Law Center for its virulent racism and its obsessive advocacy for a white “homeland.”…

The problem? Well, Mr. Naso got a wee bit drunk and started harassing women at a local bar. As Naso sheepishly admits in his ROK post…

A few young girls were being especially snarky. I knew they wouldn’t dance with me, but I decided to ruin their night anyway. I go up to them and say, “You’re fat, and I’m balding. Let’s dance.” They kept saying no, and I kept asking them, just to piss them off. One pushed me, and I pushed her back, and then the bouncer literally threw me out of the bar.

…. As [fellow attendee] Parrott evidently sees it, Naso’s actions don’t necessarily reflect badly on the white race, “since the guy’s (arguably) not exactly white.”

Naso, for his part, insists that despite his “olive complexion” he has a “largely Scottish background.”…

More details at the link.

Related: The Mary Sue explains how “Anne Wheaton Tricked Gamergate Into Indirectly Donating to Feminist Frequency“.

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  1. 1.

    Mnemosyne

    April 24, 2015 at 1:38 am

    This week’s “Silicon Valley” episode had “negging” used as a corporate negotiating strategy and, hilariously, had it backfire horribly in the end. One of the reasons I like the show is that it illustrates how ridiculous the dick-swinging “alpha male” characters really are.

  2. 2.

    Kropadope

    April 24, 2015 at 1:42 am

    The problem wasn’t that the writer, one Blair Naso, didn’t fit in with the motley assortment of Hitler-lovers and former National Review writers who attended the 2015 American Renaissance conference

    But the writer repeats his or herself…

    They kept saying no, and I kept asking them, just to piss them off.

    A true charmer.

    …. As [fellow attendee] Parrott evidently sees it, Naso’s actions don’t necessarily reflect badly on the white race, “since the guy’s (arguably) not exactly white.”

    And they let him in the group? Clearly a bunch of socialists and melanin lovers.

  3. 3.

    magurakurin

    April 24, 2015 at 1:44 am

    The guy on the left in front looks just like Maury from Goodfellas.

  4. 4.

    Felonius Monk

    April 24, 2015 at 1:51 am

    THAT is supposed to be the fvckng Master Race —looks like somebody pissed in their gene pool.

  5. 5.

    Kropadope

    April 24, 2015 at 1:54 am

    @Felonius Monk: Perhaps they’re inbreeding to maintain the…erm…integrity of their bloodlines.

  6. 6.

    Villago Delenda Est

    April 24, 2015 at 2:00 am

    Olive complexion from Scottish background?

    These people are deranged on multiple levels.

  7. 7.

    Villago Delenda Est

    April 24, 2015 at 2:01 am

    @Felonius Monk: Blond as Hitler, slim as Goering, etc.

  8. 8.

    ChristianPinko

    April 24, 2015 at 2:02 am

    I’mma just link to this.

  9. 9.

    Keith P.

    April 24, 2015 at 2:05 am

    Naso, for his part, insists that despite his “olive complexion” he has a “largely Scottish background.”…

    He doesn’t sound like a true Scotsman.

  10. 10.

    lamh36

    April 24, 2015 at 2:21 am

    I was literally just reading Mary Sue Blog. I don’t know how I found it, but I’m come to love it. It’s a great blog. As a bit of a non-gaming nerd, it’s a great blog for all nerdy girls everywhere :-)

    Found this on there today. I saw a twitter blurb about it, but gave it no mind. Reading the full story though made me really SMH as both Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner, but especially after apologies were issued by both actors (well apology by Evans, and more of the “non-apology” type apology from Renner…ugh)

    Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner Call Black Widow a “Slut” and “Whore”; New Age of Ultron Clip Features Rape Joke
    THIS. LOOKS. BAD.

    during a recent Digital Spy interview with Jeremy Renner and Chris Evans in which the two were asked how they felt about Black Widow pairing up with Bruce instead of Hawkeye or Cap (as many fans had hoped), and replied by calling her a “slut” and a “whore”..

    Chris Evans and Jeremy Renner Issue Statements After Calling Black Widow a “Whore” and a “Slut”

    In his statement, Evans explained

    “Yesterday we were asked about the rumors that Black Widow wanted to be in a relationship with both Hawkeye and Captain America. We answered in a very juvenile and offensive way that rightfully angered some fans. I regret it and sincerely apologize.”

    Renner responded to accusations that the joking comments punched down at differently-abled people and female fans by saying

    “I am sorry that this tasteless joke about a fictional character offended anyone. It was not meant to be serious in any way. Just poking fun during an exhausting and tedious press tour…”

    Ugh…freakin dudebros behavior ruin every damn thing.

  11. 11.

    Kropadope

    April 24, 2015 at 2:30 am

    @lamh36: It was a joke they acknowledged was in bad taste, some sour grapes about a person who isn’t even real. Do we really expect those in the public eye to behave perfectly all the time?

  12. 12.

    lamh36

    April 24, 2015 at 2:42 am

    @Kropadope: it’s about the protrayals of women characters in the comic book universe and male driven comic and gaming universe.

    I can certainly see why they were in hot water.

    people take about sexism and slut shaming culture all the time in tv and film. There is already some talk I’ve the sexualizaton of female characters in comix book genre in general.

    So saying because its about a fictional character it’s no big deal doesn’t look at the larger problem of portrayals of women in that genre and the superhero realm

    ETA: I’m not in some big uproar about it, but I can certainly see why the ladies at Mary Sue and the Internet has been abuzz about it

  13. 13.

    Kropadope

    April 24, 2015 at 2:47 am

    @lamh36: Responsible for the entire comic book industry, now, are they?

    People say dumb shit. All the time. They know that shit they said was dumb. They’re hardly bringing about the downfall of civilization.

  14. 14.

    srv

    April 24, 2015 at 2:48 am

    Was Jeremy Irons just the guest speaker or is he a member in that pic?

  15. 15.

    Johnny Coelacanth

    April 24, 2015 at 2:57 am

    It’s not like these people glommed on to their white skin because they had nothing else going for them, oh no, not at all.

  16. 16.

    SRW1

    April 24, 2015 at 3:03 am

    I fully expect somebody to ask whether German has a word for this intellectual stratum of master race warriors.

    It does: Bodensatz.

  17. 17.

    jomike

    April 24, 2015 at 3:28 am

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Olive complexion from Scottish background?

    Probably a descendant of the band of Black Irish who emigrated to the Highlands rather than submit to Olaf the Flatulent after the Battle of Kumkenny in 870.

  18. 18.

    YellowJournalism

    April 24, 2015 at 3:45 am

    @Kropadope: No, but they are responsible for positively representing their own film. The reason female fans are angry is because we’re sick and fucking tired of this shit. We have one major female character in the Avengers. The fact that the co stars in the movie can’t be respectful about the character says a lot and is representative of a bigger problem of alienating the rapidly growing women audiences in that genre. I’m actually slightly more pissed at the character being labelled as a sidekick, because fans have been trying to get her in a standalone movie for years and the character is supposed to be an equal part of the team.

    Plus, how often do we hear people talk shit about male characters’ sex lives?

    And Renner is a passive aggressive ass. Evans at least seemed sincere.

  19. 19.

    Anne Laurie

    April 24, 2015 at 3:49 am

    @jomike: Naw, “black Irish” have really really pale skin to go with their pale eyes & brown-black hair. (Think Nixon or Joe McCarthy, with the perennial beard shadow.) But there’s a proto-Celtic gene strain with an “olive” honey-oak-colored complexion & pale eyes, like that Spanish Neanderthal or “Orange” John Boehner — that’s probably the ‘Scottish’ lineage Mr. Naso is leaning on, honestly or not.

    For the record, both my parents were ‘black Irish’; blue-eyed & green-eyed dark brunettes. They produced a green-eyed redhead, a blue-eyed redhead, a blue-eyed Boehner-colored brownette, twin green-eyed freckly ash blondes, and one kid with their blue-eyed pale-skinned dark-haired phenotype. Predicting human phenotypes is worse than guessing what a calico cat’s kittens will look like!

  20. 20.

    NotMax

    April 24, 2015 at 3:54 am

    @YellowJournalism

    Have found it of passing interest as a tidbit of information that, supposedly, the vast majority of slash fiction on the internet is written by females.

    Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

  21. 21.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    April 24, 2015 at 4:22 am

    Sigh. I hate this post. I can’t access anything in my dropbox from this computer, so I can’t work on my writing.

  22. 22.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 24, 2015 at 4:23 am

    Shameless plug etc., The Fish #3 is up.

  23. 23.

    Origuy

    April 24, 2015 at 4:32 am

    @Keith P.: A lot of Italians emigrated to Scotland about 100 years ago. Many of them ran ice cream shops in Glasgow.

  24. 24.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 24, 2015 at 4:36 am

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym: Read mine! :)

    I’m planning on hitting up your kickstarter once I’m sure I’m back on my feet btw.

  25. 25.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 24, 2015 at 4:39 am

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym: Also really sorry to hear about that. I draft on my hard drive and then update on the cloud for that exact reason.

    Ugh, that’s such a rotten feeling.

  26. 26.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    April 24, 2015 at 4:42 am

    @Major Major Major Major: It’s interesting, but I’m reserving judgment until I can see where it’s going. Beyond that I don’t want to say much, because your writing style isn’t one that particularly appeals to me. Therefore, I’m hesitant to offer critique since it would not likely be all that relevant to how your intended audience would take it.

    I want to emphasize that that’s not meant as negative criticism, just a divergence in taste. You certainly seem to know how to manipulate language to get it to do what you want, and that’s huge.

  27. 27.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    April 24, 2015 at 4:47 am

    @Major Major Major Major: I’m not allowed to use my own laptop at this post, so if I can’t get to Dropbox, I can’t do anything. Fortunately, I only work here one night a week. The rest of them I can use my own laptop.

    Right now I’m bored and sleepy.

  28. 28.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 24, 2015 at 4:47 am

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym: Yeah, I’m going for more of a Pratchett/Adams take on things, right now. Thanks though.

    My short stuff is usually in the Carver/Wolff style, but this is just sorta me spitballing, you know?

    ETA: Seriously, thanks for the compliment.

  29. 29.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 24, 2015 at 4:50 am

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym: Bleh, that sucks. At least they let you use this horrible blog we all rely on.

  30. 30.

    Joel

    April 24, 2015 at 6:57 am

    Naso, for his part, insists that despite his “olive complexion” he has a “largely Scottish background.”…

    Not too many opportunities to reference
    “Fear of a Black Hat” are as prime as this one.

  31. 31.

    Sherparick

    April 24, 2015 at 6:59 am

    @magurakurin: His toupee looks just as bad.

  32. 32.

    Cervantes

    April 24, 2015 at 7:14 am

    @Anne Laurie:

    What’s a “brownette”?

  33. 33.

    satby

    April 24, 2015 at 7:19 am

    Anyone else look at that picture and hear the banjo scene from Deliverance running through their heads?

  34. 34.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    April 24, 2015 at 8:08 am

    It shows you how messed up things have gotton when a white supremest has to attempt rape to get attention.

  35. 35.

    Kropadope

    April 24, 2015 at 9:05 am

    @YellowJournalism:

    Plus, how often do we hear people talk shit about male characters’ sex lives?

    Umm, plenty. Wondering how Superman or the Hulk can safely do it. Batman sure gets around, bet he has an STD. Iron Man is a terrible husband.

    Plenty of this type of thing is said about male characters. You may not hear about it, though, because no one gives a flying freaking fart. I would never have heard about this interview, even, if it weren’t for internet outrage.

  36. 36.

    Shana

    April 24, 2015 at 10:27 am

    @srv: No, that’s Jared Taylor. I’ve actually met him, his daughter and mine went to school together. She’s actually a very nice person and they were good friends for a period but he’s a jerk. Nice to me in person but obviously horrible professionally.

  37. 37.

    Paul in KY

    April 24, 2015 at 10:27 am

    @magurakurin: I think that might be the paragon of the white race that got bounced.

  38. 38.

    phoebes-in-santa fe

    April 24, 2015 at 10:47 am

    I’d love to know what Blair Naso looks like. His avatar is a picture of John Wilkes Booth. Anybody have a picture of this “person”?

  39. 39.

    Paul in KY

    April 24, 2015 at 11:08 am

    @phoebes-in-santa fe: The one on left front, grinning, looks a little swarthy.

  40. 40.

    Calouste

    April 24, 2015 at 11:15 am

    @Kropadope: It’s a fairly safe bet that their ancestors haven’t bred much outside the race, most likely not outside the village.

  41. 41.

    LanceThruster

    April 24, 2015 at 12:07 pm

    For the record, the ‘white supremacist’ fourth from the right in the back row is the now deceased Native American David Yeagley.

    His writings were non-stop anything Liberal or Muslim were evil incarnate.

  42. 42.

    slag

    April 24, 2015 at 12:58 pm

    @YellowJournalism: What you said. Jeremy Renner has shown himself to be an ass of epic proportions who doesn’t take his job very seriously. We’ll soon be seeing him as a guest on Faux News next to Chuck Norris and Chachi.

  43. 43.

    Nutella

    April 24, 2015 at 1:19 pm

    Naso, for his part, insists that despite his “olive complexion” he has a “largely Scottish background.”…

    Naso’s actions don’t necessarily reflect badly on the white race, “since the guy’s (arguably) not exactly white.”

    No true Scotsman, then.

    These days a lot of Scotsmen, true or not, aren’t white.

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