When I started " The Perfume Nationalist " in February 2019, it was out of rage and helplessness at the ideological, authoritarian evil I saw taking over my country.
At that time it was de facto illegal to publicly support Trump. Left-wing media demanded that employers fire Trump supporters, and there was always the risk of deplatforming and having one's bank account or payment services canceled. People would be unpersoned for something as minor as liking an image of Pepe the Frog , viewed as part of a vast and objectively nonexistent "Nazi" subculture lurking just beneath the surface of America.
I made my show look as frightening as possible, discussing every possible unspeakable topic right up front, including platforming people with views I didn't agree with.
The words "Nazi" and