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Colin Ferguson, Rebranding a Nazi, and Payment Platforms Cutting Off the Alt-Right
from Nazi Crush · #59
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
4 minTim jokes about infamous criminals rebuilding their lives and changing their names, then discusses with Ray (Klemm) how PayPal, Squarespace, and other companies are cutting off alt-right figures from payment processing and hosting, and the free speech implications.
- 52:31Payment platforms like PayPal and Squarespace are removing alt-right figures, refusing to process donations and host their websites.
- 52:54Tim asks whether private companies should be allowed to cut off service to these groups, citing both free speech concerns and precedent of banks enforcing moral standards.
- 53:40The question of who decides who qualifies as a Nazi or dangerous enough to deplatform is central to the free speech argument.
- 54:22Republican establishment figures at least know how to operate within polite society and veil their views, unlike the alt-right which explicitly rejects mainstream rules.
- 55:08Tim suspects the alt-right fundraising numbers are tiny because they're a marginal group with very little actual support or money flowing in.
- 55:22Andrew Anglin runs the Daily Stormer, the largest alt-right website, though his background and current location are unclear and mysterious.
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