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yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 09:27 PM Sep 2017

broken: Liberal family weeps as loving member turns into hatemonger and rising star of the alt-righ

Michael Enoch Peinovich, whose white nationalist podcast pulls in over 100,000 listeners eager to hear his anti-Semitic, racist rants, has broken his loved one’s hearts — and left the liberal family to ponder how he transformed into a hatemonger and rising star of the alt-right.

Peinovich, who was on hand deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., has left his family broken as they ponder his hateful and drastic transformation.

“He has outright turned his back on and rejected the values of our family and his wife’s family,” his mother, Billie Gleissner, told the Daily News.

“We are all ill at the thought of what Mike has been doing and our hearts are broken.”

Peinovich, 40, who started his blog the Right Stuff and The Daily Shoah — a podcast he co-hosts — has built an immense audience in just three years.


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broken: Liberal family weeps as loving member turns into hatemonger and rising star of the alt-righ (Original Post) yuiyoshida Sep 2017 OP
100,000 listeners?? OMG. Mrs. Overall Sep 2017 #1
Yes it is. elleng Sep 2017 #2
Somebody has been watching a movie about NASA 😉 MLAA Sep 2017 #3
{{{chuckle}}}. eom Purveyor Sep 2017 #4
Here's the link to the organization that actually did the reporting. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #5
Thank you for that oberliner Sep 2017 #6
Clearly mental illness DeltaLitProf Sep 2017 #7
WTF is happening in this country that a white supremacist podcast gets that many listeners? Initech Sep 2017 #8
This is something we'd better acknowledge and discuss before it gets even worse. Boomerproud Sep 2017 #10
When the UN says that hate in this country is a problem, it's a fucking problem! Initech Sep 2017 #11
Stephen Miller grew up in Santa Monica, CA surrounded by liberals octoberlib Sep 2017 #9
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
6. Thank you for that
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 10:33 PM
Sep 2017

Raw Story literally steals the reporting of others, gives it a clickbait headline, and paraphrases it a bit.

DeltaLitProf

(768 posts)
7. Clearly mental illness
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 12:55 AM
Sep 2017

For many who suffer from paranoia and uncontrollable rage, genocidal politics allows an outlet. There's likely something wrong with his brain. These things can happen through injuries, tumors or shortages or surpluses of neurotransmitters.

Boomerproud

(7,949 posts)
10. This is something we'd better acknowledge and discuss before it gets even worse.
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 01:14 AM
Sep 2017

Yes, it's very frightening, and I'm sick to death of the "economic anxiety" meme. It's hate, so call it what it is.

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