Post by Icefanatic on Sept 5, 2018 6:08:27 GMT -5
Who is Vox Day you may ask.
Welllll, Wikipedia says he is "Theodore Robert Beale (born August 21, 1968), professionally known as Vox Day". He "is an American writer, editor, video game designer, blogger and alt-right activist".
I would describe him as a worm, an opportunist, a con artist and an a-hole. He's also a white separatist. (Note: not supremacist, lets make sure we don't mislabel this flavor of bigot). Vox has said: "White supremacy simply isn't true. Whites are not superior, but whites are the only tribe willing and able to maintain Western civilization because they are the only tribe that truly values it. The answer for those who support Western civilization, regardless of sex, color, or religion, is to embrace white tribalism, white separatism, and especially white Christian masculine rule." He's also an on-again, off-again misogynist: One time it's "women's suffrage has been a complete and unmitigated disaster across the West and it is doubtful that any society can survive it for long." Later: "And that is why I am an advocate of direct democracy with full female suffrage: it is both possible as well as an improvement on a system that is clearly incompatible with societal survival and Western civilization." He also has a history of doing really shitty things...simply for the joy of doing really shitty things.
Yeah, he's a piece of work.
He's also been trying to worm his way into the Comicsgate movement for some time now. Comicsgate it a consumer revolt. It's critical of A LOT of the things currently wrong in the industry, including the poor handling of diversity. Not surprisingly, when you have a group or movement that includes criticism of the handling of diversity you also attract those who are simply against it entirely. Ugly, hateful voices that generally get drowned out or made otherwise unwelcome by the masses. But Vox doesn't just want to be a voice, much less get drowned out, he wants to actually hijack Comicsgate for his own ends.
boundingintocomics.com/2018/09/03/exclusive-vox-day-announces-new-comicsgate-imprint/
I understand the appeal of what Vox is offering, I do. Whether you are a fan or a creator stuck dealing with the stranglehold the far left has on the comics industry right now, it's easy to lean on that old adage..."the enemy of my enemy is my friend." When you're a conservative(Chuck Dixon, Ethan Van Sciver etc.) currently being blacklisted from some major publishers for your conservative politics in an industry run by liberals...Dox's offer to publish you and promote you and others like you who feel your voices have been silenced or you were simply denied work in your chosen profession...it can be seductive.
Know this, this man is offering poison and he will kill both your career and Comcisgate with it. The far-lefties who keep trying to brand Comicgate a "hate movement" to both discredit and silence criticism, will point to Vox's involvement as absolute proof...and who could blame them?! You think you've had trouble getting work as a conservative, try getting it after being in bed with a white separatist. After that, you'll have trouble getting work even far outside comics.
At a live stream just a few hours ago to promote the launch of his 'ComicsGate' imprint, most accounts I've seen have Vox pretty much getting ripped apart by his own audience and basically told to take his crap and go back to where he came from.
If only he would be that easy to get rid of. Vox's association with the Comicsgate revolt is more likely to irreparably harm or even outright destroy Comicsgate faster and more thoroughly than any attack from the left could ever hope to accomplish.
The only hope is to stand together against him, and even that may not be enough.
Welllll, Wikipedia says he is "Theodore Robert Beale (born August 21, 1968), professionally known as Vox Day". He "is an American writer, editor, video game designer, blogger and alt-right activist".
I would describe him as a worm, an opportunist, a con artist and an a-hole. He's also a white separatist. (Note: not supremacist, lets make sure we don't mislabel this flavor of bigot). Vox has said: "White supremacy simply isn't true. Whites are not superior, but whites are the only tribe willing and able to maintain Western civilization because they are the only tribe that truly values it. The answer for those who support Western civilization, regardless of sex, color, or religion, is to embrace white tribalism, white separatism, and especially white Christian masculine rule." He's also an on-again, off-again misogynist: One time it's "women's suffrage has been a complete and unmitigated disaster across the West and it is doubtful that any society can survive it for long." Later: "And that is why I am an advocate of direct democracy with full female suffrage: it is both possible as well as an improvement on a system that is clearly incompatible with societal survival and Western civilization." He also has a history of doing really shitty things...simply for the joy of doing really shitty things.
Yeah, he's a piece of work.
He's also been trying to worm his way into the Comicsgate movement for some time now. Comicsgate it a consumer revolt. It's critical of A LOT of the things currently wrong in the industry, including the poor handling of diversity. Not surprisingly, when you have a group or movement that includes criticism of the handling of diversity you also attract those who are simply against it entirely. Ugly, hateful voices that generally get drowned out or made otherwise unwelcome by the masses. But Vox doesn't just want to be a voice, much less get drowned out, he wants to actually hijack Comicsgate for his own ends.
boundingintocomics.com/2018/09/03/exclusive-vox-day-announces-new-comicsgate-imprint/
I understand the appeal of what Vox is offering, I do. Whether you are a fan or a creator stuck dealing with the stranglehold the far left has on the comics industry right now, it's easy to lean on that old adage..."the enemy of my enemy is my friend." When you're a conservative(Chuck Dixon, Ethan Van Sciver etc.) currently being blacklisted from some major publishers for your conservative politics in an industry run by liberals...Dox's offer to publish you and promote you and others like you who feel your voices have been silenced or you were simply denied work in your chosen profession...it can be seductive.
Know this, this man is offering poison and he will kill both your career and Comcisgate with it. The far-lefties who keep trying to brand Comicgate a "hate movement" to both discredit and silence criticism, will point to Vox's involvement as absolute proof...and who could blame them?! You think you've had trouble getting work as a conservative, try getting it after being in bed with a white separatist. After that, you'll have trouble getting work even far outside comics.
At a live stream just a few hours ago to promote the launch of his 'ComicsGate' imprint, most accounts I've seen have Vox pretty much getting ripped apart by his own audience and basically told to take his crap and go back to where he came from.
If only he would be that easy to get rid of. Vox's association with the Comicsgate revolt is more likely to irreparably harm or even outright destroy Comicsgate faster and more thoroughly than any attack from the left could ever hope to accomplish.
The only hope is to stand together against him, and even that may not be enough.
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