React #33: F*ck Around, Find Out; or, F.D. Signifier Totally Schools Bad Empanada

Описание: During a ‪@noahsamsen‬ livestream, Persephone watches working clock ‪@FDSignifire‬ get roped into an unwanted conversation with Bad Empanada... then proceed to smoke him like a cigar. And while Persephone has critiqued F.D. in the past (read: Philosophy Tube is a liberal Zionism and F.D. won't critique that and sells PT pretty hard), here thoroughly enjoys him—a person whose work she genuinely respects—dunk on someone else who long since sold his soul to fascism. Just next time, please call him a fascist instead of treating him like he isn't one; i.e., "someone acting like a Nazi" is a Nazi, ipso facto (and white supremacists and Nazis, my dude)!

tl;dr - trans Gothicist (and massive whore) cackles with glee as unwilling participant F.D. Signifier skillfully outmaneuvers a fascist weasley fuck

original video: ‪@FDStreams-vl4lr‬'s    • I Debated the worst White Leftist in the W...  

Update, 5/27/2026: In case anyone thinks I'm too gentle on F.D., reference to my updated opening to "Raising Awareness": https://bsky.app/profile/vanderwaarda...

Disclaimer Regarding Essay Contents: All opinions are my own; i.e., as part of my research, conducted alongside my book series, Gothic Communism (2023). The material within is written/speaks about public figures and popular media for purposes of (sex) education, satire, transformation and critique, hence falls under Fair Use regarding copyright and free speech regarding defamation/obscenity laws.

Timestamps

00:00 sample clips
3:04 video opening and summary
5:57 editor preface
9:05 adding nuance (my perspective/weighing in)
12:36 BE fash and my dossier on him
21:55 FD on BE and why he sucks (from months ago)
23:48 my criticisms of FD
33:01 final thoughts before we start (re: BE is a SWERF and has been for awhile)
34:37 my comment on FD's video
35:24 watch along and response
2:50:29 FD pops off
3:09:46 conclusion

Works Cited

my skeet to FD when he asks if anti-sex-work arguments (SWERF shit) has any place on the left (they don't; sex work is work, my dude): https://bsky.app/profile/vanderwaarda...
my essay on how slurs aren't activism: https://nicksmovieinsights.com/2025/0...
my larger dossier on Bad Empanada's bigotries (which cites and critiques F.D. to a lesser degree): https://nicksmovieinsights.com/2025/1...
my critique of F.D. Signifier (alongside ‪@ForeignManinaForeignLand‬ and ‪@PhilosophyTube‬): https://nicksmovieinsights.com/2025/1...
my video (regarding ‪@TheKavernacle‬, who still hasn't acknowledged Bad Empanada's bigotry despite ‪@Trash-Garbage-Trash‬ handing him my dossier):    • Essay 9.25: Apologizing for Misapplied Res...  
Reddit post for this conversation:   / my_thoughts_on_fd_signifier_vs_bad_empanada  

About Me

My name is Persephone van der Waard. I'm a 39-year old trans woman, sex worker, activist, multi-book author (currently ten).

My book series; re: https://www.nicksmovieinsights.com/20...

My work on state vampirism: https://nicksmovieinsights.com/2026/0...

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