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Nevilledog

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Sun Sep 5, 2021, 05:40 PM Sep 2021

Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer, Who Went Viral For Getting Punched in the Face, Is Now Divorced, Broke,...



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Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer, Who Went Viral For Getting Punched in the Face, Is Now Divorced, Broke,...
Schadenfreude is a German word meaning “joy from sorrow” — usually used in the context of enjoying someone else’s pain — and a New York Times article about alt-right neo-Nazi organizer Richard...
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2:16 PM · Sep 5, 2021


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Schadenfreude is a German word meaning “joy from sorrow” — usually used in the context of enjoying someone else’s pain — and a New York Times article about alt-right neo-Nazi organizer Richard Spencer has provided a generous serving of schadenfreude for the holiday weekend, describing a long list of misfortunes he’s experienced lately:

Leaders in Whitefish [Montana] say Mr. Spencer, who once ran his National Policy Institute from his mother’s $3 million summer house here, is now an outcast in this resort town in the Rocky Mountains, unable to get a table at many of its restaurants. His organization has dissolved. Meanwhile, his wife has divorced him, and he is facing trial next month in Charlottesville, Va., over his role in the deadly 2017 neo-Nazi march there, but says he cannot afford a lawyer.


The Times details how Spencer and his former wife had gotten in a dispute with a local real estate agent named Tanya Gersh regarding a commercial property in downtown Whitefish owned by Spencer’s mother, Sherry Spencer, publishing a Medium post (falsely using Sherry Spencer’s name) in December 2016 accusing Gersh of attempting to blackmail Sherry Spencer into selling the property.

A predictable flood of harassment and threats soon followed, especially after Andrew Anglin, the founder of the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer, launched an antisemitic hate campaign against Gersh that included publishing her personal contact information and social media accounts.

Anglin’s readers sent Gersh hundreds of calls, text messages, and emails — even Christmas cards with threatening messages — and they also targeted other Whitefish residents who were Jewish (or whom they just thought had Jewish-sounding names).

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Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer, Who Went Viral For Getting Punched in the Face, Is Now Divorced, Broke,... (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2021 OP
Shit person, shit life. nt chowder66 Sep 2021 #1
A Most Deserved Fate (nt) ProfessorGAC Sep 2021 #3
+1 chowder66 Sep 2021 #5
Amen. Nt MrsCheaplaugh Sep 2021 #29
Gosh if these aren't the consequences MontanaMama Sep 2021 #2
Nazi punks fuck off! Initech Sep 2021 #4
If only James O'Keefe and Steven Miller could be so lucky . . . . . . no_hypocrisy Sep 2021 #6
Things happen quicker in small towns RainCaster Sep 2021 #10
Pls let this happen to Steven Miller too and the other nazis... brush Sep 2021 #7
Schadenfreude for the Backpfeiffengesicht getting his just desserts Hekate Sep 2021 #8
Well... GoodRaisin Sep 2021 #9
Stephen Miller still loves him. Midnight Writer Sep 2021 #11
Oh dear what a shame 😊 luckone Sep 2021 #12
Cut off by his mother, I guess. Tomconroy Sep 2021 #13
Mommy sold her red shitcan where he grifted downstairs Maru Kitteh Sep 2021 #24
Humming along here hermetic Sep 2021 #14
And he has no one to blame for his misfortune Moebym Sep 2021 #15
So... is this going to be the all-time 'sad violin' smiley record thread? The Mouth Sep 2021 #16
now that's great , got another nazi on food stamp's ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #17
I don't condone violence, but during that interview punch, I confess I... catbyte Sep 2021 #18
Too bad. So sad. GoCubsGo Sep 2021 #19
I must say...hearing this gives me The Unmitigated Gall Sep 2021 #20
Gee, and going full Nazi seemed like such a good career move gratuitous Sep 2021 #21
Tailspinning right into the hard ground NBachers Sep 2021 #22
I'm sure his wife and his mother knew all along he was neo-Nazi scum... Silent3 Sep 2021 #23
His mommy's antisemitism is part of what launched him out of obscurity Maru Kitteh Sep 2021 #31
Hope he gets Covid next. Haggard Celine Sep 2021 #25
Karma Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #26
From the Hoarse Whisperer LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #27
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #28
Lol! nt ecstatic Sep 2021 #30
Everyone hates Richard Spencer. LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #34
This guy does a funny bit about the punching incident Mosby Sep 2021 #32
Sad. Maybe Nazi'ing doesn't pay well. LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #33

brush

(53,743 posts)
7. Pls let this happen to Steven Miller too and the other nazis...
Sun Sep 5, 2021, 05:58 PM
Sep 2021

in the trump admin, and nazis everywhere.

Maru Kitteh

(28,326 posts)
24. Mommy sold her red shitcan where he grifted downstairs
Sun Sep 5, 2021, 08:29 PM
Sep 2021

Too many protesters, nobody wanted to rent the no-view-having faux boutique dumbass space anymore once her spawn became right wing famous

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
21. Gee, and going full Nazi seemed like such a good career move
Sun Sep 5, 2021, 08:09 PM
Sep 2021

Oh well, the best-laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley.

Silent3

(15,154 posts)
23. I'm sure his wife and his mother knew all along he was neo-Nazi scum...
Sun Sep 5, 2021, 08:25 PM
Sep 2021

...so I'm guessing that his wife divorcing him and his mother (I infer -- it's not directly stated) ejecting his office from her house is merely because they only liked him when he was successful neo-Nazi scum, popular with his own kind and not well known enough among civilized people to get booed out of restaurants.

Maru Kitteh

(28,326 posts)
31. His mommy's antisemitism is part of what launched him out of obscurity
Sun Sep 5, 2021, 10:50 PM
Sep 2021

She was bitching that her Jewish realtor was ripping her off and blackmailing her when in reality the realtor thought of her as a friend she fell sorry for and was trying to help her get the best possible price on an overpriced poisoned shithole of a property.

The wifey left him not too long after she gave birth to a girl. Perhaps she wanted more for her daughter than fascist ideology where men rule and girls are second-best.

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