@coldjoint,
Ah yes. Mark Dice. Cj just LOVES this guy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dice
Dice was born on December 21, 1977,[1] and is a member of the Republican Party.[2] As of July 2019, he resided in Pacific Beach, San Diego.[3]
Conspiracy theorist
Claiming a life-long interest in "current events, politics and how the world works",[4]
Dice is a right-wing, conservative conspiracy theorist[5][6] who has provided the media with his input on a broad array of topics.
In June 2008, Dice launched "Operation Inform the Soldiers", an effort to send DVDs, letters, and declassified government documents to U.S. service members in Iraq. Dice hoped these would prove 9/11 conspiracy theories and cause the recipients to "rethink why they’re fighting."[7] On June 10, syndicated talk show host Michael Reagan advocated on-air that Dice should be assassinated for having done so. Six days later, Reagan hosted Dice on his show and apologized for his comments.[8]
Dice promoted the Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theories, claiming that the 2015 military exercises were preparation for a declaration of martial law in the United States.[9]
The Resistance
Dice is the founder of a San Diegan Christian activist group called "The Resistance", described as "known for its hardline stance on morality". In 2008, in response to Starbucks' reintroduction of its original logo (featuring a topless siren),
Dice led his group and its 3,000 members in boycotting the coffee chain: "The Starbucks logo has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute […] It's extremely poor taste, and the company might as well call themselves Slutbucks." Starbucks had more than 6,000 locations in 2008.[10]
As the founder of The Resistance,
Dice told KFSN-TV of his group's intention to disrupt theater showings of 2009's Angels & Demons because the film "is a fraud, aimed at covering up the existence of a secret society called the Illuminati." Dice contended that the Illuminati were instrumental in the September 11 attacks and the financial crisis of 2007–2008.[11]
Illuminati
Conflating celebrities with the Illuminati and Satanism,
Dice called musicians Jay-Z and Beyoncé "Illuminati puppets. I call them Satanic skanks". Dice described celebrities' connection to the Illuminati as the pursuit of power via message of materialism.[12]
Dice called Super Bowl halftime shows of the 2010s "elaborate Illuminati rituals hidden in plain sight". The Super Bowl XLVI and XLVII halftime shows allegedly featured "secret Illuminati hand signs", while musician Katy Perry—star of the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show—"promotes bisexuality and appears to be some kind of Satanic Witch".[13] Dice published a YouTube video denouncing the Super Bowl 50 halftime show as "gay Pride propaganda". Dice noted the show featured the rainbow-colored message "believe in love" and a platform with four ramps which Dice described as a "crucifix blasphemously placed in the centre."[14]
Punditry
Regarding the unrest after the 2016 shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, Dice decried the "black thugs who are rioting over this black thug."[15] After the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018, Dice tweeted a distortion of the events: "Someone tell Generation Z kids that in the event of a school shooting, they should call 911 instead of posting video of it on Snapchat." Student survivors, including Sarah Chadwick, pushed back against Dice's claims; Dice deleted the post and did not respond to media inquiries thereabout.[16]
When the Podesta emails were leaked,
Dice noted an email from Marina Abramović to Tony Podesta and conflated the former's spiritualism with Satanism, tweeting, "I am now accepting apologies from everyone who said I was crazy for writing books about how the Establishment are Satanists".[2]
In late 2016, Dice organized an unsuccessful boycott of Rogue One, a Star Wars film he called "feminist propaganda".[17] He followed this up with misgendering the seven-member South Korean boy band BTS after their performance at the American Music Awards of 2017; Dice called them lesbians and made derogatory comments about the quality of their music. After attracting the ire of BTS fans, Dice trolled them further, though Teen Vogue reported that the BTS fans' "positive energy and love definitely outweighs derogatory insults and hate."[18]
In August 2018, after controversial tweets by Sarah Jeong were published, Dice called her continued employment at The New York Times an "example […] of liberal hypocrisy".[19]
Publishing
Books
Bibliography Year Title Citation(s)
2005 The Resistance Manifesto [20][4]
2009 Illuminati: Facts and Fiction [4]
The Illuminati in Hollywood [21]
2013 Illuminati in the Music Industry [22]
2019 The Liberal Media Industrial Complex [23]
After having written The Resistance Manifesto in 2005,[20] in which the Illuminati played a minor role, Dice devoted his entire next book—2009's Illuminati: Facts and Fiction—to the secret society.[4] His book, The Illuminati in Hollywood, explains Dice's belief that liberalism is promoted by films and television,[21] while his 2013 self-published book Illuminati in the Music Industry alleges Rick Ross and Christina Aguilera's membership in the group.[22] In November 2019, Dice self-published The Liberal Media Industrial Complex about social media, its political influence, and the "massive backslash from those wanting to regain the influence they once held."[23]
Videos
In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter described Dice as "best known for his YouTube videos" and a "rising online media star who considers himself mainstream conservative but is being called alt-right by his detractors."[21] Inspired by The Tonight Show with Jay Leno sketch "Jaywalking",[24] Dice records videos in crowded locations where he asks passers-by to answer simple questions or to sign petitions.[21] Dice formulated one such petition in 2013 to repeal the First Amendment to the United States Constitution; by invoking the suggestion of supporting President Obama, Dice found people in Southern California willing to sign.[24] Dice's on-screen persona was described by a fan in The New York Times as a "goon".[9]
In November 2019, KUSI-TV averaged Dice's daily videos as having 250,000 views and enumerated his YouTube subscribers at "more than 1.5 million".[23]
