It's more than that. His history is that of an 'anti-racist skinhead' in the 90s, who were sometimes called SHARPs to the extent that they organised themselves in groups.
I've seen people be skeptical of the idea that anti-racist skins were ever a thing. The truth is they were, across the 80s and 90s. They had Antifa overlap and clashed with neutral and right wing activists and music fans in much the same way Antifa has always done. But it was pretty common that these skinheads were in fact snapping back violently against their own history of racism, trying to overcompensate. Most of the people familiar with that scene seem to have an anecdote like that. Here's another one of these insufferable cunts - this guy in particular (not Coomer) had a big swastika tattooed on his chest and he liked to take his top off to get a reaction out of people, then if the target didn't react sufficiently offended he liked to bitch about it to SJW magazines years after the fact and try to get them cancelled. It's like part of an eternal performative penance.
So this Coomer guy's problems go way deeper than Trump. Leaving aside the terrible fishiness of his career start - apparently during his heroin withdrawal, at his lowest ebb, he got a cold call from an election software recruiter - he's had outspoken antifa-like sympathies that have defined his life going back at least 25 years. There's a good chance that he radicalised himself to crusade against his own hidden history of racism.
As you say, the idea that a guy like this would end up in a position like he has with NO scheming, with NO vested interest in election outcomes, and would make NO attempt to pervert everything around him to his retarded idea of 'anti-fascism', is totally fucking laughable.
Leaving aside the terrible fishiness of his career start - apparently during his heroin withdrawal, at his lowest ebb, he got a cold call from an election software recruiter -
The level of cronyism on the Left shouldn't surprise me, but it often does.
"Doesn't matter if you've never built a space shuttle before. You're the lead engineer because I remember you punched Andy Ngo."
Some of these "heroes of the people" anti-racist skinheads dragged my brother's girlfriend out of a bar by her hair and beat the shit out of her, putting her in the ICU.
All because she argued with one of their girlfriends. I guess a few of the (antiracist) skinhead bands in the area even had fundraising shows to try and pay some of the dudes' bail + legal fees.
They're some of the slimiest most pathetic scum you'll ever find. In a modern society, most well-developed adults don't look to engage in guilt-free violence towards those they hate, and if they do they have trouble finding opportunities. Antifa larpers and anti-racist punks are convinced they've found the perfect cause, and they act out as such - and it's perfect for them because these opportunities only present themselves when these heroes are in a group and outnumber the fascist target. But they're still just the same pathetic spiteful scum and rightfully seen as the joke they are in metal circles (although that's probably changing in these pussified zoomified times).
It's more than that. His history is that of an 'anti-racist skinhead' in the 90s, who were sometimes called SHARPs to the extent that they organised themselves in groups.
I've seen people be skeptical of the idea that anti-racist skins were ever a thing. The truth is they were, across the 80s and 90s. They had Antifa overlap and clashed with neutral and right wing activists and music fans in much the same way Antifa has always done. But it was pretty common that these skinheads were in fact snapping back violently against their own history of racism, trying to overcompensate. Most of the people familiar with that scene seem to have an anecdote like that. Here's another one of these insufferable cunts - this guy in particular (not Coomer) had a big swastika tattooed on his chest and he liked to take his top off to get a reaction out of people, then if the target didn't react sufficiently offended he liked to bitch about it to SJW magazines years after the fact and try to get them cancelled. It's like part of an eternal performative penance.
So this Coomer guy's problems go way deeper than Trump. Leaving aside the terrible fishiness of his career start - apparently during his heroin withdrawal, at his lowest ebb, he got a cold call from an election software recruiter - he's had outspoken antifa-like sympathies that have defined his life going back at least 25 years. There's a good chance that he radicalised himself to crusade against his own hidden history of racism.
As you say, the idea that a guy like this would end up in a position like he has with NO scheming, with NO vested interest in election outcomes, and would make NO attempt to pervert everything around him to his retarded idea of 'anti-fascism', is totally fucking laughable.
The level of cronyism on the Left shouldn't surprise me, but it often does.
"Doesn't matter if you've never built a space shuttle before. You're the lead engineer because I remember you punched Andy Ngo."
Some of these "heroes of the people" anti-racist skinheads dragged my brother's girlfriend out of a bar by her hair and beat the shit out of her, putting her in the ICU.
All because she argued with one of their girlfriends. I guess a few of the (antiracist) skinhead bands in the area even had fundraising shows to try and pay some of the dudes' bail + legal fees.
Sorry to hear about your brother's girl.
They're some of the slimiest most pathetic scum you'll ever find. In a modern society, most well-developed adults don't look to engage in guilt-free violence towards those they hate, and if they do they have trouble finding opportunities. Antifa larpers and anti-racist punks are convinced they've found the perfect cause, and they act out as such - and it's perfect for them because these opportunities only present themselves when these heroes are in a group and outnumber the fascist target. But they're still just the same pathetic spiteful scum and rightfully seen as the joke they are in metal circles (although that's probably changing in these pussified zoomified times).
An individual's violent actions against other citizens is rarely justified by ideological intent.