yesterday it came to light that calvin robinson, a priest who recently lost his license for giving an elon-esque nazi salute at a pro life conference, owns a video game site called god is a geek. today the site's entire staff quit in protest aftermath.site/god-is-a-gee... - ThreadSky

nathangrayson.bsky.social • 23 days ago

yesterday it came to light that calvin robinson, a priest who recently lost his license for giving an elon-esque nazi salute at a pro life conference, owns a video game site called god is a geek. today the site's entire staff quit in protest

https://aftermath.site/god-is-a-geek-calvin-robinson-nazi-salute-elon-musk

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terrypasta.bsky.social•23 days ago

Just one thing: it wasn't pro-life, it was anti-women.

corbie1972.bsky.social•23 days ago

That checks out

fredgarvinmalepro.bsky.social•23 days ago

Cancel culture lives on...

fermiparasocks.bsky.social•23 days ago

HE OWNS THAT?!

also, my name is slightly unfortunate rn 🤣

aussophia.bsky.social•23 days ago

@mikestuchbery.bsky.social

eyesontheright.bsky.social•23 days ago

How is that the weirdest story I've seen today?

julieinthewoods.bsky.social•23 days ago

Are you familiar with him? He’s a weirdo conspiracy guy, anti-BLM and anti-Islam. I think he spread Covid misinfo too when that was profitable. I can’t remember where I’ve heard of him though, maybe he was on Infowars and then Knowledge Fight talked about him?

eyesontheright.bsky.social•22 days ago

I'm familiar because he hangs out with dudes like Joel Webbon.

julieinthewoods.bsky.social•22 days ago

Thanks, there are too many of these weird guys to keep track of. I’ll recognize names but forget details or where I’ve heard of them. Webbon seems like a Protestant Matt Walsh clone, but I don’t really know that much about him either.

catholick.bsky.social•23 days ago

wow

justinleeper.bsky.social•23 days ago

Oh shit. I really liked that outlet. Like, a lot. Would go to them first almost all the time.

hauntedpumpkin.bsky.social•22 days ago

"Quit in protest" is an interesting way to describe cockroaches scattering then the light's turned on.

mabeloid.bsky.social•22 days ago

what?

rumongray.bsky.social•21 days ago

I don't think this is coming across in the way that you think it is.

markelindsay.bsky.social•23 days ago

How hard is it to qualify for a priest license?

agentfiftyseven.bsky.social•23 days ago

Some funny backstory is that this dude only "followed the cloth" in 2020. He did a 2 year theology course at the end of which the Church of England was like "no thank you" and blocked his ordination. Before that he was an IT guy and "video game journalist" AKA gamer gate bro.

cailis.bsky.social•23 days ago

it would be the best gift ever
if someone could revoke elon and send him back to SA and all his workers quit

everythingisph.bsky.social•22 days ago

Yes yes yes yes resist people fascists are bad

dougwar40k.bsky.social•23 days ago

I didn't think priests were allowed to own websites.

patrickbrettell.bsky.social•23 days ago

He is/was in a small denomination with "Catholic" in it's name but not what most people think of when they think of the Catholic church. That denomination defrocked him, though.

sydz99.bsky.social•23 days ago

STOP CALLING IT A "ELON SALUTE" ITS A FUCKING NAZI SALUTE
STOP COVERING FOR FASCISTS

dukeluke.bsky.social•23 days ago

A former video games journalist who got involved in right-wing online politics starting in the 2010s? Did he get radicalized by GamerGate?

mia122.bsky.social•23 days ago

When asked what would you have done if you lived in Nazi Germany, this is the answer. #DoTheRightThing #Respect

tinker.bsky.social•23 days ago

Let's not attach that gesture to Elon Musk please. It diminishes what it stands for and makes it into some silly gag.

dawnhinze.bsky.social•23 days ago

No one should use that gesture EVER. Nothing can make it a ‘silly gag.’

debchasse.bsky.social•23 days ago

FAFO

gerstkitty.bsky.social•23 days ago

Nothing says godly like making jokes about the Holocaust 🙄

clarlune.bsky.social•23 days ago

So there are still people around who do something because it's the right thing to do? So old school! 🤯

ianstu.bsky.social•23 days ago

Fukin' A

integrandma.bsky.social•23 days ago

you can just call it a nazi salute instead of giving them exactly what they want.

reconnectsreiki.bsky.social•23 days ago

Thanks for some good news
🔆🙏

j00j.bsky.social•23 days ago

Glad to see consequences still exist for fascists who aren’t as rich

vpt.bsky.social•23 days ago

When does he even find the time to minister to the troubled...

frozzbot.bsky.social•23 days ago

Fascist salute.

johnliumd.bsky.social•23 days ago

Good

christymcmahon.bsky.social•23 days ago

Did it come as a surprise to them? He’s long been a wrong ‘un.

arcray20.bsky.social•23 days ago

oh good, i only saw about the salute from this guy yesterday and expected nothing to come of it. im glad to see EVERYTHING came of it.

wingofbenu.bsky.social•23 days ago

it both unsurprising to me God is a Geek was owned by a shitty christian gamer and also heartening to know the people working there arent as shitty.

irishwol.bsky.social•23 days ago

undrum1.bsky.social•23 days ago

enough social sanctions could save us, as shitty as he is dumpty just wants to be loved, or at least perceived to be

honeywiz.bsky.social•23 days ago

Dude forgot you can only get away with shit if you're a billionaire.

moneyman10.bsky.social•23 days ago

*and donate millions to AIPAC

shambolika.bsky.social•23 days ago

If only Elon faced such consequences

morte-fromage.bsky.social•23 days ago

Is he a man of great courage and resolve or simply a MAGAnidiot thinking no consequences can ensue for him and his fellow travelers?

ryancasey.dev•23 days ago

waaaaait he owns *that* site? Holy shit I hadn't thought of them in years, they came up back when I was doing freelance writing in the early 2010s

wild

steven-dans.bsky.social•22 days ago

What a stupid way to throw away your career

kenhes.bsky.social•23 days ago

FAFO

cathycobalt.bsky.social•23 days ago

On a related note, how the fuck can you claim to be a Christian and do or say anything associated with the Nazis. JESUS CHRIST WAS A JEW!

gummi-girl.bsky.social•23 days ago

no matter how big or small, every action we take makes a difference.

dawnhinze.bsky.social•23 days ago

This earns a solid follow! And maybe my next starter pack. ❤️

sarahneedscoffee.bsky.social•23 days ago

Wait. Priests have licenses?
And they can LOSE them? 🤯

oldtiredangr.bsky.social•23 days ago

Not Catholic. Anglican, and was “defrocked” (fired) after tossing off that stupid action.

adamriggio.bsky.social•23 days ago

I wonder if Robinson has any connections with Vox Day, the far-right activists behind the Rabid Puppies Hugo Awards hijack in the mid-2010s.

josephfinn.bsky.social•23 days ago

He appears to be a gamergater asshole as well so I would not be surprised.

donpbenz.bsky.social•23 days ago

You can’t make this shit up.

avalanche-andy.bsky.social•23 days ago

Now: he's not a priest, at least not ordained by any reputable church.

susandespres.bsky.social•23 days ago

I love this for him.

shonen-otaku.bsky.social•22 days ago

I know that site. Never came off like a Nazi owned it.

ampicard.bsky.social•23 days ago

Waw! Honorable #Resisters! Bravo!

enskyment.bsky.social•23 days ago

Nice to see the finding out part still work
sometimes

aicharles.bsky.social•23 days ago

It’s what minority federal employees and their allies should do. Let Kash Patel figure out how to log in to his computer on his own.

ebuntline.bsky.social•23 days ago

Is the god is a geek thing kinda dyi god fandom?

dandb.bsky.social•23 days ago

something something ethics in gaming journalism

dirtside.bsky.social•23 days ago

oh so he's also an owner who does no work and steals the labor of his employees, cool cool

big---e.bsky.social•23 days ago

This guy will be the US Secretary of Digital Gaming within a month now.

dragonpicnic.bsky.social•23 days ago

Turns out he’s a natural recruiter for Buddhism as the poster boy for emm-effing Karma.

lukesenerchia.bsky.social•23 days ago

🤣🤣🤣

orviston.bsky.social•23 days ago

Sounds like between this and being defrocked, Robinson has reached the " . . . and find out" part of the story

cmadd.bsky.social•23 days ago

JUSTICE!!! Absolutely awesome!

realdrdana.bsky.social•23 days ago

And he was disaffiliated from his church!

transarchivist.bsky.social•23 days ago

📌

snaximaxi.bsky.social•23 days ago

boniskey.bsky.social•23 days ago

An entire staff should never quit in protest…. Until they have spent several hours carefully injecting fish sauce into the walls, under the floors, into all the innards of the machines.
It is worth it to do these things perfectly.

egg-yoda.bsky.social•23 days ago

Seen this? Speaks volumes about his relationship with Trump https://www.reuters.com/business/elon-musk-clashes-with-norway-wealth-fund-ceo-friends-are-friends-do-2025-01-28/

katrinbretscher.bsky.social•23 days ago

It was a Hitler salute. Call it what it was.

bchanson.bsky.social•23 days ago

This is what should happen when you align with nazis, but Elon gets away with it.

escritoraclaro.bsky.social•23 days ago

"bereft" Either they dont know what that words means or they really gonna miss their "priest"-owner

caseymongillo.bsky.social•22 days ago

Props.

grabarr.bsky.social•23 days ago

Good for them, also so weird

quiznoshaderach.bsky.social•23 days ago

Man, where have all these suddenly principaled Christians been for the last 20 or so years.

It's nice to see that the bar still exists somewhere but it shouldn't be anywhere near this low. Not doing Nazi salutes should be the easiest purity test imaginable.

manticore-aw.bsky.social•23 days ago

I'd forgotten about this right wing grift clown. The Priest thing is all some tax-dodging bullshit. He's also best buds with super failson Laurence Fox, who is also a dickhead.

nathangrayson.bsky.social•23 days ago

if you appreciate this kind of reporting, please consider subscribing to @aftermath.site, a video game site that is entirely worker-owned (instead of far-right-ex-priest-owned, a thing a video game site can apparently be)

https://aftermath.site/products

drjmcb.bsky.social•23 days ago

I really think most days are kind of a ironic mockery of the idea of deja entendu, no this could not have happened before actually

luducks.bsky.social•23 days ago

Aftermath and SecondWind are peak

cheweycarapace.bsky.social•23 days ago

I'm so poor but on god when I get that bag

skeetownhobbit.bsky.social•23 days ago

Bro will be working for Elon Musk by the end of the weekend, guaranteed.

gendergoo.bsky.social•23 days ago

Does the Nazi salute and owns a video game site? Gee I wonder what his opinions on GG were 🤔

sleepyredpanda.bsky.social•23 days ago

are priests usually allowed to own private businesses? that seems wrong

sleepyredpanda.bsky.social•23 days ago

anyway let's tax all religious institutions and ostracize all the nazis

flxible.bsky.social•23 days ago

Not that he's Catholic (right wing splinter Anglican), but parish priests do not take an oath of poverty. It's monastic priests (example: Franciscans) who do that.

sleepyredpanda.bsky.social•23 days ago

i figured not having an oath of poverty meant you can do construction jobs or something, not own businesses where the employees don't even know you. but i'm probably too optimistic about this!

autumnferra.bsky.social•23 days ago

I appreciate them doing that but who exactly were they under the impression they were working for?

partickle.bsky.social•23 days ago

😶

dolorosasantos.bsky.social•23 days ago

"A camel will pass through the eye of a needle before a rich man enters The Kingdom."

michaelscottmiller.bsky.social•23 days ago

It is right and just.

larochecs.bsky.social•23 days ago

People power ✊

woolie.meowmeow.city•23 days ago

Wait priests are allowed to own businesses now???

wildekid.bsky.social•23 days ago

They should call the new site The Gamer’s Conclave.

redderbeanpaste.bsky.social•23 days ago

seeing the statement and then a review for hello kitty island adventure threw me for a loop

chrislondonfilm.volatilememories.com•23 days ago

That review's pretty good though, I went through the site a bit and they've genuinely got good writers

the-greetest.bsky.social•23 days ago

I was curious so I looked up their disco Elysium review. The original review wasn't particularly good but it didn't go into any sort of stupid culture war nonsense and the final cut review was pretty decent. Both reviews were lacking in substance though.

the-greetest.bsky.social•23 days ago

Overall I was shocked it wasn't pure Nazi shit.

northernash.bsky.social•23 days ago

They should absolutely call the site something like The Reformation

charlusbarkleren.bsky.social•23 days ago

Martin Luther’s 95 switch 2 articles

agentfiftyseven.bsky.social•23 days ago

The website is just a long scroll of articles and they only have 95 of them on it at a time.

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