Misinformation and Controversy Surrounding Antifa and Disney Fan Art
TLDR This podcast episode explores the spread of misinformation about Antifa's intentions, including false claims of an armed insurrection, and discusses the controversy surrounding a Tumblr artist who creates sexualized Disney fan art, sparking discussions about fetishization and the artist's response.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
The hosts of the podcast try to explain a tweet about Antifa, a group that opposes fascism and is willing to use violence at protests, but the tweet is actually referring to a different group called Refuse Fascism.
04:11
Conservative YouTuber Jordan Peltz creates a video falsely claiming that Antifa is planning an armed insurrection on November 4th, which is then shared and amplified by a Facebook group and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, leading to fears and misinformation about Antifa's intentions.
08:22
Conservative website Gateway Pundit falsely reports that left-wing Antifa is planning to overthrow the government, leading to exaggerated fears and misinformation about Antifa's intentions, which is then amplified by Fox News and believed by President Trump.
12:14
A tweet about an Antifa super soldier stuck in a mech suit at the door of Arby's is discussed, along with a confusing tweet about Buffalo that uses the word multiple times in different ways to create a grammatically correct sentence.
16:34
The hosts discuss a tweet that uses the word "Buffalo" multiple times to create a grammatically correct sentence about Bison from New York.
20:19
The internet has a fascination with Frozen and Elsa, resulting in various forms of fan art and mashups, such as Elsa being pregnant or crossing over into different Disney franchises.
23:37
Constable Frozen, a popular internet artist, may have been hiding a fetish for voraphilia in their artwork, which involves sexualizing the idea of people consuming other people, but in a non-violent way.
27:03
The controversy surrounding Constable Frozen, a Tumblr artist who creates sexualized scenes with Disney characters, has sparked discussion about "going horny on Maine" and the artist's response to the controversy.
30:43
The podcast ends with a dream sequence involving a piano being shot up and a metal box being discovered inside.
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