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aristarchus [soylentnews.org] writes:

So it seems, that if you are famous, you are an expert. There is an name for this, is it the fallacy of argumentum ad verecundiam, named after a very famous Verecund, or maybe no one knows a smidgeon of Latin, anymore. But from The Daily Beast [thedailybeast.com], yet another Tiger King comporatible emerges.

At first glance, Maine resident Tom Kawcyznski seems like just another person talking about the coronavirus pandemic. His daily “Coronavirus Central” podcast has consistently been in the top 20 podcasts on the Apple charts for “Health & Fitness,” and at one point earlier this month it hit the fifth spot in the category.

But anxious listeners flocking to Kawcyznski’s podcast for more information about the disease’s spread may not be aware of his background. Before he rebranded himself as a coronavirus expert, Kawcyznski was a notorious white nationalist advocating for a nearly all-white monarchy in New England—with himself as its king.

Told ya, king, Kawcyznki king (wait, isn't Cyznki Polish for King, or was it Polish for turd polisher?)

Kawcyznski’s surprising reinvention and his success on podcast apps demonstrate the degrees to which concerned Americans are turning to anyone on the internet for coronavirus information, without much consideration of the source. As rumors about coronavirus and the government’s response circulate via text message and hoax cures proliferate online, extremist figures like Kawcyznski have seen an opening of their own.

“I think the coronavirus is creating a brand new world,” Kawcyznski told The Daily Beast, when asked about his new role as a would-be coronavirus expert.

What the world needs now, is more coronavirus experts. Came across one standing at busy intersection, asking for funds for research!

Kawcyznski advocates for the creation of the “Arboreal Kingdom of New Albion,” a currently fictional, 95-percent white monarchy he imagines cobbling out of parts of Canada and New England after social collapse. The Southern Poverty Law Center lists his New Albion group as a white nationalist hate group.

In 2018, Kawcyznski was fired from his job as the town manager of Jackman, Maine, after the discovery of his posts on fringe social network Gab. In the posts on his now-private account, Kawcyznski wrote that “the average black in America has less intellectual aptitude” and advised white supremacists on how to recast their message in more appealing terms.

“I’m putting a happy face on #AltRight thinking that brings normies in,” Kawcyznski wrote in 2017.

And this bastard gets $1200 in stimulus spending, when it could have gone to coronavirus research, or mental health insurance of this poor, poor man. White supremacy, or insanity? I challenge anyone to distinguish the two.

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