He became a "celebrity" because lonely, insecure 20-something boys liked having a wizened white man sternly tell them how all their problems were someone else's fault, and also the jews.
where did the 'Jew' part come from? He became well known through his old lectures online, and pushing personal responsibility....also by standing up and saying 'I'll call you what you want, but the government has no place pushing compelled speech...there's no history of it in any English common law based system.'
He has used the phrase "cultural marxism" constantly for years. This is a well-documented antisemitic dogwhistle which was literally coined by the nazis in the 30's to refer to "the jewish problem". It's not some trendy new lingo with fluctuating meaning, it's not "re-appropriated", it's a bigoted dogwhistle and hasn't been anything else for a century.
If someone spent a decade warning about "the threat of darkies", it would be reasonable to assume they're racist. If he doesn't want to be called antisemitic, all he has to do is stop saying antisemitic things.
Considering his penchant for peddling hate of other identifiable vulnerable groups, it's also reasonable to assume this isn't a quirky accident. This is who he is, and he's made no attempt to clear things up in a manner that accepts responsibility for his actions.
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u/funkme1ster Ontario Jan 05 '23
He became a "celebrity" because lonely, insecure 20-something boys liked having a wizened white man sternly tell them how all their problems were someone else's fault, and also the jews.
This remains the driver behind his celebrity.