Nick Fuentes appeals to many young men because our youth is looking to attach their anger at something or someone to explain our massive lack of civil order. But many find the wrong enemy to attach their misdirected anger at civilization. Outrage has become the currency of choice for many in our day. But the outrage is not imprecatory in nature, seeking wisdom and justice from on high; it’s rooted in the imbalance of their theology, which only understands reactionism as a paradigm. It is undeniable that these men are seeking father figures. They are self-appointed popes submitting to a self-appointed pope. Their hatred of people groups is a subscription to an anti-creational and anti-redemptive structure and worldview.
When it comes to antisemitism (“the notion that Jews are uniquely malevolent and destructive in their cultural, economic, and political influence in the world”; see Douglas Wilson, “American Milk and Honey,” pg. xv), the issue here is not whether there are negative things to observe about Israel’s geo-political strategy; the point is that those who believe in Jewish tyranny are generally prone to insurrection ideologies. They are incapable of rational argumentation except to utter incomprehensible fragments attempting at lucidity. Here’s an example from Fuentes and the natural outpouring of antisemitic rhetoric:
“I don’t hate Hitler, you know, I mean, I don’t. I’m not in favor of genocide or whatever. But I look at Hitler as a statesman. Hitler didn’t kill my people or anything like that.” -Nick Fuentes
Fuentes is a product of misdirected anger. He attempts to give honor to whom honor is due by forgetting that we do not call good evil and evil good, and neither is Jesus calling us to praise Judas’ good deeds nor is the devil seeking compliments.
Fuentes attempts to harmonize his Jewish hysteria with his Catholic faith. But he repeatedly fails because he and those who follow him cannot think clearly because their lenses are putrid and that accompanies his analysis of everything. They need a scapegoat to vent their unrighteous indignation. They are the blind leading the blind.
Nick Fuentes, Antisemitism, and Angry Young Men
