Queer Horror Queen

They use statistics about the suffering of primarily nonwhite queers in debates with each other without regard for which queers suffering they're actually talking about, they hyperbolically call upon the imagery of nazism as a handy term for bigotry against them regardless of if actual nazism is involved, they invoke the concept of lynchings and deportations as comparison to their own struggles, they center themselves as the 'primary victims' in conversations about the shoah, etc.

There's nothing wrong with different marginalized groups relating to each others oppressions, of course, but often solidarity between the marginalized isn't what's happening here, because many of them have no interest in genuine solidarity with racialized people. Often racialized violence against poc and jews are used as props, co-opted, with the original/primary victims being scrubbed out of the narrative. This violence of which nonwhite and jewish people are primary targets of become universalized so they may be removed from the conversation and their greatest suffering reduced to rhetorical devices for white queers to win arguments.

This is made worse by the fact that these same white queers are often racist and antisemitic in other ways as well. Many do not believe racism or antisemitism are even problems anymore, or if they do believe they are problems they may believe they are 'not as bad' as what queers experience, or if they do believe it's as bad they believe that they themselves as white queers are immune from committing racist or antisemitic harm because they view their queerness as neutralizing any axis of privilege they may possess.

Which of course, leads to nonwhite and jewish people feeling incredibly unsafe in many queer spaces that would gladly erase them as people and as a community in favor of turning their traumas into a symbol for the queer plight.

You might know him from a thread where he was getting wowed by free appetisers in a Mexican restaurant.

Firstly: He is doing a bit pretending to be a wandering samurai. It's a joke and his posts are all made up. This is very obvious if you actually look at his account and website:

He does purport to be Japanese but based on some of the other content he posts there's reason to believe he's British.

Which brings me to my second point: his Samurai content is interspersed with posts like this:

And this:

Yeah this is also the guy from the truck thread going around. That's what prompted this post and in retrospect I should have said so explicitly.

He claims he just uses AI to translate his posts from Japanese. He also says the art on his website isn't AI generated. I think he is full of shit on both counts.

I only gave a couple of examples but even on a brief look through his twitter it was apparent that he posts a LOT about UK politics to the point where he's quite patently British. He is a Restore supporter which is a party that split away from mainstream far right party Reform due to feeling they weren't right wing enough.

It might not surprise you to hear he does not seem to know shit about Japan? Both the salsa story and the truck story failed the smell test for people who are familiar with Japan. There's also a story about going to a potluck where he seemingly couldn't come up with a single Japanese dish for the character to cook??

"Jeremy, I'd really like my orbital sander back ^_^"

"... didn't know it was yours..."

(Legit excited, no sarcasm) "Someone ELSE has the original Box 20-Volt Brushless Cordless Detail Sander with Dust Management?!?!?!?!"

"...no..."

Teacher walking up like "Miss Woods, is that a nail file"

(Elle, blasting compressed air to get rid of the nail file sand)

"Actually, its an emery board. But yes! :D It's a finer grit than what we have, and I've always found these easier to handle"

"...Ok, fair enough."

Elle making friends with the 6 year old daughter of one of her classmates. (Child care ain't cheap, I get it. Bring your kid to class)

Elle learning how to drive a forklift/motorcycle/semi-truck

Elle giving an impromptu lecture in the break room about what gifts to give their wives/girlfriends/mothers

Fucking laser cut "bless this mess" sign on her locker (I lied. It would totally be live, laugh, laser)

Elle's car breaks down and 20+ dudes coming out to show her how to fix it. (And realizing her mechanic is ripping her off)

Every single guy in the building filled with instant despair when she gets with one of the butch lesbians in the program.