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Culture War Roundup for the week of April 27, 2026

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The key phrase is “put up with”, there’s still a limit on what people will tolerate. Many men might tolerate occasional emotional outbursts from an attractive enough woman, but not threatening him with a knife or destroying all his possessions. Likewise, a liberal woman might stick with a hot guy with a few conservative opinions on immigration and welfare, but not a full-on white nationalist who believes women are second class citizens and that abortion should be illegal.

I matched with this guy on Tinder, but when I found out he was MAGA I ghosted him

For many leftists and liberals MAGA is sufficiently repellent that yes, it can justifiably be the sole reason to reject someone. American politics have become enormously polarised and MAGA isn’t the same as milquetoast conservative viewpoints.

MAGA isn’t the same as milquetoast conservative viewpoints

Yes it is. MAGA is mainstream conservatism today.

Many men might tolerate occasional emotional outbursts from an attractive enough woman, but not threatening him with a knife or destroying all his possessions

I can fix her.

The key phrase is “put up with”, there’s still a limit on what people will tolerate.

It depends. If she respects you enough, and your politics aren't retarded, then it doesn't actually cost you anything.

There's a difference between "I'll put up with his stupid beliefs because he's hot" and "I'm willing to listen to this guy because I take him more seriously than I take myself... and he's kinda got a point".

but not a full-on white nationalist who believes women are second class citizens and that abortion should be illegal.

Agreed, I should have said "No woman is going to turn up her nose at a man for having conservative (as distinct from far-right etc.) political opinions from her, provided he ticks enough of her other boxes."

Hypothetically, I think one might be surprised by the number of women who would be willing to overlook a man who was a literal neo-Nazi provided he was also smart, handsome and made decent money. But this is a hard thing to demonstrate, because most neo-Nazis (if /r/beholdthemasterrace is anything to go by) are none if those things. After getting out of prison, Varg Vikernes (hardly handsome and probably not especially wealthy) managed to find himself a wife who bore him eight (!) children – maybe she already shared his political opinions, but it's possible she didn't.

Reddit is, by definition, skewed towards fat, dumb, and awkward people.

Are you familiar with the subreddit I was referring to?

Yes, it’s probably not going to be prominently featuring eg Harrison Butker.

Varg Vikerness is also something a rock star in a particularly culty subgenre of metal who murdered a rival musician and spent his time in Norwegian prison cultivating his online neonazi fan club. Something tells me his wife (whom he married and presumably met while in prison) isn't some random woman from tinder he hit it off with who decided to overlook his politics because he just had so much rizz.

I would genuinely love to know how they met, and if she was a fan of his music beforehand.

They met when she wanted to use something he'd done for a class project, I believe.

Considering they married in 2007 while he had been incarcerated for 13 years, and the fact that she's French (so probably wasn't hanging out in the Bergen black metal scene in the early 90s), I'm assuming she was a crazy admirer/pen pal who met him online.

I would suspect many would be more willing to date the literal tattooed neo-Nazi than the milquetoast conservative. The dark triad goes a long way.

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