On the flipside, he has truly been burned by the system for exposing Jewish influence, and he has become jaded because of that. Many of these factor converge to increase his (perhaps consitutionally) paranoid tendencies, leading him to make connections and ascribe conscious intention/manipulation in places where it doesn't actually exist (Tucker/Candace).
This frames it as though his persona is a understandable reaction to the treatment from society at the hands of unjust powers. The problem is that he was a shock jock from the beginning, which suggests that the persona is from
before he got famous.
For example, there's
this video where Nick called in to The Gavin McInnes Show on April 5th, 2016 while he was still in high school to say that he admired Kanye's unapologetic narcissism. There's
this article from 2017 about his involvement in Charlottesville that has similar statements from him and includes a tweet from Nick from October 2016 where he says, "If you are a “Man for Hillary,” cut off your balls immediately, you’ve lost your right to them." There's also
this article from April 2017 when the broadcaster Nick was working for had to issue an apology for the things he said which included, among other things, "Who runs the media? Globalists. Time to kill the globalists. I don't want to not watch CNN. I don't want CNN to go out of business. I don't want CNN to be more honest. I want people that run CNN to be arrested and deported or hanged because this is deliberate."
This is yet another article from 2017 with a quote from Fuentes about his reason for being in Charlotesville, "Fuentes believes this protest was a step towards the Republican Party becoming the party of “white identity,” saying “the next 20-50 years will be consumed with tribal identity politics, and white Americans will have to decide which side they are on.”"
There's no mention of Jews in those early statements or clips from him but the beginnings of Nick's issues with censorship were starting to take shape. Not because he was right but because he was unwilling to filter himself.
I'm wondering if there was something that happened when he was younger that involved him lying when he knew it wasn't true, possibly at his parent's request for the sake of appearances or getting along, that upset him so much that he vowed to never not tell the truth again. That or perhaps it's involved with how he manages his paranoid schizophrenia.
Granted, his language/demeanor are abrasive and he "lashes out" at people he feels wronged by. Furthermore, he knows his audience (young, disaffected men), and perhaps leverages those more primitive elements of his personality to appeal to his audience. Yet, I find his analyses fairly consistent with the forum (atleast on the geopolitical & social front) - more so than anyone else on the "political right" that I know of. In fact, he is far beyond Tucker and Candace in that regard, from what I can see. One of his more controversial positions is related to race, which can obviously be interpreted as offensive by many-- although as time goes by, I find myself agreeing with most of it more and more.
It's entertaining to see him say things no one else in the media sphere will dare to even think. Not only that but he says a lot of things that are both accurate and astute.
That said, I think Ryan Dawson, who's been criticizing Jewish/Israeli influence in America since Bush Jr. was in office, is closer to us geopolitically and socially than Nick even though there's a lot of overlap between the two. Like Nick, though, he gets in his own way to the detriment of his ability to share his message so even though he's less of a troll he's still not mainstream like Candace or Tucker.
It's unfortunate but it seems some of the character or personality traits that allow some people to see the unseen and be willing to buck convention also have downsides that often lead to unnecessary interpersonal conflict and drama that derails their message and/or their reach.
In conclusion: Whether you like him or not – I believe he is an unstoppable force at this point. He appeals to disaffected young men in a way that others do not, or are incapable of. He articulates the “jewish problem” accurately and has done for many years, while most others are afraid to go there. Those others who are beginning to do it now, are merely scratching the surface. For this, Nick has gained the respect of the new generation despite being cancelled on essentially every major platform.
Whatever you feel about him, I sincerely believe he is someone everyone should be paying attention to, because for better or for worse, I predict he is the most likely candidate to be leading the political right in the coming years.
He touches on a lot of things that are important but most people have a hard time separating the message from the messenger. If he wants to be taken seriously, then he should take things seriously. Saying whatever comes to his mind without filtering it is only going to continue getting in the way of his success.
It's actually ironic. The thing that's made him so popular is the very thing holding him back from making a real impact.
I don't see him ever making it mainstream much less leading the political right in America. I think he's got staying power and will be around a while, but I don't think he's got what it takes in terms of being able to make compromises, managing and maintaining delicate relationships, and so forth to actually be a leader.
His language and his approach may be crude, but it speaks to their reality. No one else does this to extent that Nick does. So whether we like it or not, his influence will continue to grow. Even though I disagree with much of it, it doesn't change the fact that there is a large portion of the younger generation who are responsive to this type of rhetoric for the reasons I listed above. And these are military-aged young men -- rapidly approaching the point where they are ripe for revolution.
Nick could be more than an internet troll but he doesn't seem to be trying to be anything else.
If there ever is a Groyper army that attempts a coup, I don't think it'll involve Nick.