Tila Tequila is a bisexual former reality TV star of Vietnamese descent whose stage name incorporates the name of an alcoholic beverage made in Mexico. She’s also a Hitler-loving Alt-Right Trump fan who likes to joke about the Holocaust.
And so it’s perhaps less weird than it might seem at first glance that Tila spent the weekend at the annual National Policy Institute conference in Washington DC, a gathering of Alt-Rightists and fellow travelers, where she treated the attendees (and her Twitter followers) to Nazi salutes, anti-Semitic jokes, and an assortment of baffling pronouncements — ranging from an assertion that she’s an “alpha male” to a claim that she “willed Trump into [the] Presidency.”
Let’s take a look at some of Tila’s more, er, colorful Tweets from the convention.
Seig heil! ✋ pic.twitter.com/FhuFuZq6Sc
— Tila Tequila (@AngelTilaLove) November 19, 2016
Taking over! It's our world now! #DealWithIt pic.twitter.com/xvm0gBEMdv
— Tila Tequila (@AngelTilaLove) November 19, 2016
It was a busy weekend for Tila, clearly, but she managed to find time for some anti-Semitic antics that she, at least, seems to have considered utterly hilarious.
Oh vey! I've infiltrated the Altright lol pic.twitter.com/ed5kL9ZC2q
— Tila Tequila (@AngelTilaLove) November 20, 2016
Only 25? Should have been (((6 million))) https://t.co/KPOplxA7b6
— Tila Tequila (@AngelTilaLove) November 20, 2016
She also posed with an assortment of Alt-Right personalities and fellow travelers, including “journalist” and beard-haver Chuck C. Johnson.
Look who else I found? It's Chuck! 😀😎 pic.twitter.com/SmylGxYWGC
— Tila Tequila (@AngelTilaLove) November 19, 2016
She lashed out at her critics:
All of these beta male bitches trying to come at me like the pussy bitch faggots that they are!
— Tila Tequila (@AngelTilaLove) November 20, 2016
If you pussy bitches are gonna try to come at me make sure you're at least an alpha male like myself! Then it would be a fair fight!
— Tila Tequila (@AngelTilaLove) November 20, 2016
And somehow managed to claim credit for Brexit and Trump’s electoral college win:
Remember a year ago CBB UK kicked me off the show for praising Hitler? So a year later I made #Brexit happen! But keep on doubting me! Lulz
— Tila Tequila (@AngelTilaLove) November 20, 2016
You people underestimated me, mocked me, called me names & now I've willed Trump into Presidency! Keep on doubting me..I've only just begun! https://t.co/VJA2TMzgjl
— Tila Tequila (@AngelTilaLove) November 20, 2016
Apparently she’s taking lessons in reality-manipulation from Mike Cernovich and master persuader Scott Adams:
People really underestimate the strength of my mental gravity and how I can manipulate reality. But please continue & I'll continue to win!
— Tila Tequila (@AngelTilaLove) November 20, 2016
The more you go against me, the more I will manipulate your reality to give you something to complain and cry about!
— Tila Tequila (@AngelTilaLove) November 20, 2016
Given how this year has gone so far, I fully expect Donald Trump to name her to a cabinet position. Is there a Secretary of Delusional States?
Tila, sweetie, if you want to be taken seriously as one of the Nazis — you know, the scourge of humanity — you’re going to have to learn how to spell. The real Nazis are picky about this stuff.
It’s Sieg Heil.
Plus both words are capitalized for Germanic reasons.
@Handsome Jack, re: triBill
I’m pretty sure he holds (held….) all of humanity in equal regard: playthings to manipulate, and nothing more. Still, equality ?
Now I can’t help but wonder about everything Bill was involved in. WWI happened in the GF ‘verse–presumably since they’re calling it that, so did WWII. With Bill’s thumb on the events of humanity, could he have been involved….?
re: TT exploiting her bisexuality?
As a pan individual, I concur. It’s, uh….
….
….
….ehh. Reallyreallyreally uncomfortable.
Unrelated news, I downloaded The Battle Cats yesterday! Free little thing for Droid at least. There is some ablelist language at times, but it is an amusing diversion, and there’s even a character (well, a cat) who utilizes they/them pronouns–though they’re always out on expeditions, so don’t expect to see them much.
It warms my heart that the CBC, Canada’s central news organization, frequently posts opinion pieces like this one:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/gender-pronouns-1.3858430
and in my province,
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/trans-flags-alberta-1.3859865
“A Shot At Love” was one of my earliest introductions to the idea that I didn’t have to be either straight or gay, so I can’t really judge whether it was exploitative or not. I do remember there was this really cute girl and I kind of hoped they would hit it off…
I have myself been accused of being “bi for the male gaze,” and so I’m a bit uncomfortable with that phrase. It always reads to me as a condemnation for not being queer enough. I suppose maybe if I better understood what was meant by it I might agree?
Other good news: I sent off Skiriki’s tiny Applejack a couple of weeks ago, and it arrived safely to Finland! Hooray!
As soon as Walmart restocks, and I have more money to spend, I’m off to go get more ponies!
@Viscaria
Hopefully this explains
@Dalillama: thank you! That was helpful. And I’ve always hated I Kissed A Girl for exactly the reasons laid out in the piece you’ve linked.
I’m still uncomfortable with having that phrase applied to TT, though, as she’s a self-professed bi woman. It feels to me like if she said “I’m bi y’all!” and we’re saying “no, no you’re not.” This in contrast to Katy Perry, who has never claimed to be multisexual, but is just presenting the idea of kissing girls as a sexy, transgressive thing.
On Twitter, someone defended Tila’s “oy vey” tweet by invoking Lenny Bruce.
What I particularly hate about Katy Perry’s song is that it totally eclipsed a rather charming song by Jill Sobule also called “I Kissed a Girl”:
@Scildfreja
I do like their coverage of LGBT issues. The comments (are generally) a different story though 🙁
Hooray Tiny Applejack! She was always an adventurous pony.
@Jesalin, well. Yeah. I’ve pretty much sworn of comment sections for most websites by now – nothing of value to be had there.
It would explain the Eye of Providence. I’d say any large movement that involved occult stuff or that eye, Bill probably had a hand in. He’d probably get frustrated with them quickly when he figured out they couldn’t help him break into their reality and moved on.
But, I’d say, if Bill had anything to do with the world wars, like the supposed occultism the nazis participated in, I’d say he’d almost screwed the pooch on that one.
@Handsome Jack
lateness
Well, he could have wanted to set it up for a reason. Perhaps scaring other nations into a greater level of acceptance, for whatever ends that would accomplish…or making them fear, which would mean more influential people who are desperate to make a deal.
He was trillions of years older than us. I doubt he would have found it that significant in his own game, being what he was.
Also, what’s with the new avi?
@Handsome “Punkle Stan” Jack
That Lobo?
Well, I mean, there’s at least one reason that nazis would have been a bad choice for that.
@Paradoxical Intention
Yes! Tiny Applejack is keeping me company by the computer, and I’ll snap a pic of her later today, after I’ve woken up properly. She also seems to be of a right scale, so she’s also gonna join me in tabletop games as my paladin’s miniature steed.
re: Alex’s tweet
Okay, first and foremost:
CALLED IT.
I will admit that Bill actually doing so would be in….terrible taste, for many reasons. But I wouldn’t put
thatanything past Bill, strictly in theory.Speaking of Bill, I need string or something. A pendant’s not much use if it’s not attached to something.
I’ll never question TT’s status as bi.
I am however familiar with reality TV being scripted TV, as i have been in contact with people who have been on reality TV shows in various circumstances.
TT was fine with going with the typically biphobic storyline that the producers of the show had devised. That doesn’t make her not bi. That makes her a collaborator.
Hey, I said it would have screwed him over, didn’t say it was past him.
(Also, side note, John DiMaggio is going to be voicing Lobo in Justice League Action, and that makes me so happy. That’s the voice I use in my head while reading.)
@Handsome Jack
You have to remember, Bill probably doesn’t share our priorities in terms of goals. He’s beyond our comprehension entirely.
-is somewhat aware of DC properties in general and thinks she has an idea of who Lobo is-
-maybe-
-she hopes-
All I’m hoping is that Justice League Action doesn’t have the New 52 Lobo. New 52 Lobo is…nothing like…Lobo Classic.
N o t h i n g
But, if you’re interested, here’s Classic Lobo and New Lobo.
@Handsome Jack
I know that the New 52 is kind of A Big Thing, but the details aren’t all known to me.
Perhaps this is for the best.
@BlackBloc
This is well put. I definitely wasn’t trying to imply that critisizing a bi person for upholding biphobic tropes = questioning the validity of their orientation. It was just that one turn of phrase that made me a bit uncomfortable, not the criticism in general of how she allowed herself and her sexuality to be presented.
In any event I feel like I’m bending over backwards to defend a Nazi, which is weird and gross and probably not the best use of my time.
@Viscaria
What Blackbloc said; I was in a hurry and my phrasing could’ve been more precise. Sorry.
No need to apologize! I was being pretty nitpicky. I value what you have to say.
@Handsome “Punkle Stan” Jack
Lobo Classic is Hilarious, and honestly the fights between a happy go lucky punk rocker and the caped crusader are a blast. It’s like seeing the boy your parents tell you to meet vs the one they never wish to see duking it out.
@Ooglyboogles
BOY SCOUT v BIKER BOY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osEjX0Bb2X0
Apparently Tila Tequila has had her Twitter account revoked.
Good.
My apologies for making you uncomfortable, Viscaria.
@Victorious Parasol,
I just saw that earlier, too. Half of me thinks “good” and the other half thinks that this will be used by alt-righties as evidence of how transgressive or dangerous or martyred they all are.
D: Ach, no, you never did at all. Wow did I ever do a poor job of expressing myself on this post. You did nothing wrong. Everybody is good.
@Mish
Oh, probably. But it was still the right thing to do, and it’s not like Twitter has had a great record of that lately.
Nequam – I’ve loved Jill Sobule since I saw her open for Warren Zevon (RIP, Warren) in the 90’s in Ventura. What a show that was for someone* who loves quirky singer/songwriters!
*that is to say, me!!
@ mish & vicky p
Is declaring war by tweet against their terms and conditions? We might even see the official presidential account losing its blue triangle thing.
(I really hope Obama spends his last day in office using the official presidential email address to subscribe to every junk mail provider and scam artist going)
@ Alan
I’m pretty sure their T&C forbid you to incite violence.
@ vicky p
Well if America’s Facebook status goes from:
to
I for one will be running to the basement.
@ vicky p
I did promise to update you every time HMG pissed on Farage’s parade; so here’s the latest instalment. Hope it aids your speedy journey to full health.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/22/nigel-farage-will-not-be-ambassador-to-us-say-no10-and-foreign-office-donald-trump
Ha! Good – I’d heard about Trump’s “suggestion,” and Mr. Parasol and I were snorting at the idea. Glad to hear our scorn is shared.
We have all of these great musicians denouncing Trump publically, with a song, or in concert.
And then you have the nazis with Tila Tequila, an uninfluential nobody who can’t sing her way out of a paper bag. They have Kanye West who is Kanye West, and Ted Nugent.
What shitty bards.
Our bards could kick thier bards asses.
@ Alan Robertshaw
Farage looking favourably on Trump’s suggestion for his future employment ? So he’ll chuck national sovereignty under the bus for personal gain despite basing his career on bleating about it. Surprise, surprise…
Perhaps we need to badger the DNC with tons of notes and petitions telling them what we want until their heads explode.
Thank you for that. We need all the hope and good news we can get.