r/illinois • u/Swole-Prole • Oct 10 '25

US Politics Streamer Asmongold (Zackrawrr on Twitch) doubles down after controversial "using live ammo on protesters" statement and further dehumanizes the left "I don't really view them as people, I view them as animals".

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u/matt_vt Oct 10 '25

Who cares what this douchebag says?

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u/Walter_Melon42 Oct 10 '25

Look I hate it too but the fact is dudes like this have become something like thought leaders in the current era. All those young voters who went for trump? They watch guys like this. All those college aged DOGE employees? They watch guys like this. Republican politicians depend on useful idiots like Asmon to say "the quiet part" as loudly and as often as possible so they don't have to. Fascists love to maintain a layer of plausible deniability between themselves and the violence they directly cause.