In Washington, D.C. Connor Estelle, a man who openly said he was a fascist on the popular Jubilee YouTube show, says he was fired from his job after talking about his right-wing political beliefs in public. Estelle, known as “Pinesap” on the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo, is now trying to raise money, claiming that his firing was due to his political convictions.
The Jubilee edition aired on Sunday and has already attracted almost 4 million views, featuring a heated debate between 20 far-right conservatives and journalist Mehdi Hasan.
During the session, Estelle was asked if he identified as a fascist. He said, “Yeah, I am,” and then laughed maniacally, which got acclaim from the other players. He also said, “Honestly, I don’t care if people call me a Nazi.”
Even though Estelle made these quite strong statements about himself, he did try to explain his position by stressing that he doesn’t condone attacks on human dignity. He remarked, “There was some persecution and other negative actions, which are unacceptable.” He also controversially downplayed the Nazi regime’s targeting of Catholics by saying they “persecuted the church a little bit.”
After the show came out, Connor went on GiveSendGo to say that he had lost his job. He stated on the crowdfunding site, “Unfortunately, expressing fully legal traditional right-wing political views has real effects.” This case is a clear example of cancel culture and political bias.
Upon writing this piece, the self-proclaimed Catholic fascist had successfully raised nearly $20,000.
On Monday, Connor talked about the consequences on the Rift Report podcast, where he repeated his assertion that he was a victim of societal standards. “Well, I lost my job because of that, sadly. And there isn’t really anyone to blame for it… “It’s just the way things are right now,” he said. “If you say anything that goes against the secularism and relativism that we’re used to, like any heterosexual, Christian, or moral belief, you get cancelled.”
The event brings up continuing discussions about free speech, expressing political views at work, and the effects of publicly supporting extremist ideas.