Mike Cernovich, a Timeline: From Choking Advice to Pizzagate to Firings (Photos)
Right wing provocateur Mike Cernovich is having a moment. Over the last week he has led a reign of terror on Twitter, exposing old tweets of Hollywood’s mighty and powerful and — to the surprise of some — has wrought real consequences. Here is a round up of some of his most infamous moments past and present.
Sam Seder:
Mike Cernovich targeted the MSNBC contributor over a years old “joke” about his daughter being raped. MSNBC dropped Seder before reinstating him after a public backlash
Perry Fein:
Los Angeles Times freelancer Perry Fein slipped into Cernovich’s DMs threatening violence. He was out from the iconic LA paper just hours later
James Gunn:
Cernovich helped lead an online campaign highlighting hundreds of old tweets from Gunn “joking” about pedophilia. Gunn offered an apology, but was dropped by Disney from it’s popular “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise. He remains out despite a liberal backlash protesting the decision
Sopan Deb:
Cernovich went after New York Times reporter Sopan Deb over a Tweeted pun about the rapper Bow Wow. The incident earned Deb a official rebuke from then-Times public editor Liz Spayd
Josh Barro:
Cernovich demanded an apology from Josh Barro after the Business Insider Senior Editor made fun of his lisp. Barro swiftly retreated
PizzaGate
Cernovich first came to wide public attention over his promotion of a conspiracy theory which suggested that a pedophile ring was being run out of the basement of a D.C. pizzeria. The story was bunk and Cernovich has moved aggressively to distance himself from his involvement
Dan Harmon:
Fresh off his victory in ousting Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy, Cernovich forced Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon and his employers at “Adult Swim” into an apology over an old sketch which featured Harmon graphically simulating the rape of a baby
Michael Ian Black:
In between news cycles, Cernovich has trained his fire on comedian Michael Ian Black, who himself has been forced to explain several times on the platform that his tweets about pedophilia were also jokes
John Conyers
Cernovich’s biggest score of all probably wasn’t James Gunn, but John Conyers. A tip provided by the muckraker to BuzzFeed about allegations of sexual misconduct ultimately forced the longtime Democrat to resign his seat in disgrace
How to Choke a Woman
Before his rise to fame as a Trump superfan, Cernovich got his start in the men’s right and pick up artist community. His advice column published on his blog “Danger and Play” included suggestions on the proper way to “choke” women during sex. This entry has since been deleted
“Choking works because it’s a show of dominance. Women only want to have consensual sex with men they know could rape them.”
Cheri Jacobus
Lost in the James Gunn explosion, Cernovich also led a brief and successful campaign to pressure USA Today to drop columnist Cheri Jacobus. The decision from the paper came after Jacobus’ bizarre comments about convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
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