Stefan Molyneux
Stefan Basil Molyneux (born September 24, 1966 in Athlone , Ireland ) is a Canadian blogger , essayist , author and presenter of the right-wing "Freedomain Radio" (FDR) podcast series living in Mississauga ( Canada ) . Molyneux is part of the Alt-Right movement and also represents anarcho-capitalist and right-wing extremist positions.
activities
Stefan Molyneux works as a vlogger , author, editor of his own texts and moderator of his "Freedomain Radio" (FDR). He has been running this since 2004. For the first ten years, Molyneux used the podcast page to spread anarcho-capitalist positions , atheism, anti-feminist positions and psychological-philosophical help in life. His YouTube channel had over 900,000 subscribers; he published more than 1000 podcasts and videos in the period from 2004 to 2017. In June 2020, Youtube deleted Stefan Molyneux's channel due to hate speech . In July 2020, his Twitter account was blocked.
Life
Molyneux, who claims to be the son of a mother born in Berlin in 1937 with German-Jewish roots and a father with an English-Irish family background, grew up mostly in London before emigrating to Canada at the age of eleven. In Toronto he studied literature , history , economics and philosophy at York University . He graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a bachelor's degree . At the University of Toronto , he obtained a Master of Arts degree with a thesis on Immanuel Kant , Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , Thomas Hobbes and John Locke . Molyneux studied at the National Theater School of Canada for two years .
Molyneux has written a number of articles and minor essays that have appeared on libertarian websites such as LewRockwell.com , antiwar.com, or strike-the-root.com. He has also recorded over 1,000 podcasts and written several books , all of which are self-published except Revolutions , which was published by Publish America. Molyneux's work covers topics such as politics, philosophy, economics, relationships, atheism and personal freedom. In 2006, Stefan Molyneux gave up his previous work in the software area to work full-time for Freedomain Radio . This is a site financed by donations and subscriptions from their listeners.
Molyneux was the keynote speaker at the 2009 New Hampshire Liberty Forum , a position held in previous years by Ron Paul (2008) and John Stossel (2007).
criticism
Stefan Molyneux and his wife Christina Papadopoulos are criticized for their podcast segment “Ask a therapist”. This podcast would encourage teenage callers and listeners to separate from family . According to Peter Osborne of the College of Psychologists of Ontario, this practice is particularly dubious because the online Freedomain radio podcast community often becomes the teens' new family. Molyneux said on one of the podcasts that if you return to your family, you risk being viewed as unstable. A review of Papadopoulos' professional activity as director of Mississauga's Meadowvale Psychological Services found that in no single instance had she recommended separation from family. The College of Psychologists of Ontario reprimanded therapist Papadopoulos in relation to podcast therapy for improper behavior because the procedures and recommendations did not meet psychological standards. Separation from the family is appropriate in individual cases, v. a. in the event of abuse; Papadopoulos did not even try to find out whether such cases existed.
Individual evidence
- ^ Stefan Molyneux: Ireland Abortion Referendum: Irish Abortion Ban Overturned | True News. May 26, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
- ↑ How did Trump win? Here are 24 theories on CNN . Retrieved July 19, 2018
- ↑ Trump's Troll Army Isn't Ready for War in Syria on Politico . Retrieved July 19, 2018
- ↑ Canada's obsession with American politics is nothing to apologize for on The Washington Post . Retrieved July 19, 2018
- ↑ Meet the 'Cult' Leader Stumping for Donald Trump on The Daily Beast . Retrieved July 19, 2018
- ↑ a b c Stefan Molyneux. Retrieved August 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Martin Patriquin: How Canada's far right is using anti-Muslim propaganda to target Trudeau . In: The Guardian . October 4, 2019, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed May 8, 2020]).
- ↑ DER SPIEGEL: YouTube deletes six known right-wing extremist channels - DER SPIEGEL - Netzwelt. Retrieved June 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Hubert Davis: Twitter Suspends White Nationalist Stefan Molyneux's Account Following YouTube Ban. In: screenrant.com. July 8, 2020. Accessed July 8, 2020.
- ↑ Personal presentation in a lecture on November 16, 2013 at St. Michael's College, University of Toronto (documented in the YouTube video The True Costs of War: Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio speaks at the University of Toronto at 0:39 min)
- ↑ LewRockwell.com
- ↑ antiwar.com
- ↑ strike-the-root.com
- ^ Freedomain Radio , accessed May 2, 2009.
- ↑ New Hampshire Liberty Forum ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Theglobeandmail, Tu Thanh Ha, Therapist who told podcast listeners to shun their families reprimanded , November 1, 2012
- ↑ The Guardian, Kate Hilpern, 'You'll never see me again' , 15. November 2008
- ↑ How a cyber philosopher Convinced followers to cut off family in The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 2, 2009
- ↑ Led Teen To Quit Family website in SkyNews. Retrieved May 2, 2009
- ↑ Growing Concern For Online Cults on SkyNews Video accessed at May 2, 2009
- ↑ The mother and son torn apart by web 'cult' that destroys families Times online. Retrieved May 2, 2009
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Molyneux, Stefan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Molyneux, Stefan Basil (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian blogger, essayist, author, and moderator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athlone , Ireland |