The Rise and Fall of an Alt-Right Gladiator
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- Опубликовано: 22 мар 2018
- When John Turano showed up to a few major pro-Trump rallies last year in body armor and a Spartan helmet-brawling with Antifa protestors and confronting anyone who got in his way-he quickly became an icon of the alt-right "Patriot" movement.
But after Turano, a.k.a. Based Spartan, realized that some of the people he’d aligned himself with were neo-Nazis, homophobes, and racists, he turned against the movement-going from alt-right celebrity to pariah overnight.
VICE met up with Turano at his home in Los Angeles to hear why he joined the alt right in the first place, what it was like to rally with them, and why he decided to go his own way.
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This man is a walking manifestation of a RUclips comment section.
Alex S don’t you realize that you are a part of a RUclips comment section?
LOL yes! That is exactly right. I wouldn't have thought of that but yeah. Exactly.
Alex S it's just very random and accurate that was my point.
Yes! An IRL version of a shitposter!
MoreSand12 Exactly.
Gay, Jewish, father, trump, spartan, cross on his chest. This man is confused
i think hes bi
A living legend
He is making my head hurt
I know one thing his daughter is pretty freakin cute
HE BUILT DIFFERENT
His political opinion changes depending on who he wants to fight. Incredible.
This guy feels like someone that would appear on Channel 5, but legitimately made it on to Vice.
Your too kind.
Public Access.
Channel 5 with the only married news team
This guy isn't ALT-Right, he's SHIFT-CAPSLOCK.
This but actually true.
Haahahahaua
Someone should reboot him
😱😱😂😂😂😄😄😄😄😅😅😅😅😄😂😂🔥🔥🔥
1 month later still the best comment
Cannabis plant, spartan armor, gay colors, peace sign, star of David and American flag...... i can't even come up with a comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Simple bruh........He's a Gay - Peace Supporting - Pot Smoking Pagan / Christian / Spartan with Alt-Right tendencies executing his American rights...........MmKay?.............glad I could help, lmao.
@@SoaringEagle1 I think others have put it better on here....He's a very Confused Gay man who is the embodiment of the USA's lack of proper mental healthcare.
He grew up in a violent home+went to the most violent place on Earth outside of a war zone(prison). He seems like a good person(because of wanting to be a better father than he had), but if someone grows up around violence they always need to act out the trauma they went through. He found a place where violence was accepted as normal, without getting arrested for acting out on it.
There, you did perfect.
Walking contradiction...this is what this guy is.
His daughter is definitely manipulative. How she claims she wants to keep him in check but also purposely sent him to those rallies is so contradicting....my head hurts
2:19 She says we don't get involved with politics while talking about politics and then immediately after her dad is wearing a MEGA hat cussing at random people passing by spewing politics. LOL!
Mark Wahlberg is definitely getting the Oscar for this role.
His best character yet.
It's either Mark Wahlberg or Doug Stanhope
Underrated comment
Pakistan
Donnie wahlberg actually lol
I'm DEEEEAD 😹
*_Hey look it's the entire political spectrum_*
O my god 🤣🤣🤣
Wrapped into one very messy package
The best comment I’ve ever seen 😭
This is the most 4chan character I've seen out in the open
This dude was my first weed dealer back in the day 😂😂 i KNEW i wasnt trippin. Its hard to forget that guy
Same here.
this is the most confusing shit i've seen in awhile.
Same... I'm baffled.
I felt the same at first, but by the end I think I came away with some sense of understanding.
SquirrelCake one of my fav songs. deaf and dumb and marriage can suck it are up there too!
SquirrellCake i have one too! but that shit is a small or medium and i haven't worn it since high school. i'm 33 now and i miss my punk days. isn't it funny that the minute you sell out is when you turn 18 and are forced to either go to college or work.
I know right... he seems like a good dad though... I think?
Mark wahlberg has really let his self go
Th123 3 we should happy for him being happy and doing what he like.
Lol
lol yes that's who he reminded me of!
you mean to tell me that's not Mark McGrath?
Th123 3 I was wondering why he looked so familiar 😂 ty
as much as he's got some issues and probably not amazing opinions, he seems like a pretty good guy underneath everything.
He likes tats, Greek warriors, muscles and speaks camp as Xmas. A closet case of the first order. C'mon John admit it.
Nice lad tho
he actually is. He has his issues, but he has a big heart and a generous spirit. He's been back to rallies again. They both have. And she got her master's degree and a killer job.
“my mom is an illegal alien”. i can’t imagine thinking that so much as actually saying that. the disrespect.
He has little interest is politics. His passion is getting people worked up.
Yeh. It's the the troll mentality. And that's what a lot of the Trump people are like. They're looking for conflict because it makes them feel empowered.
Honestly, based.
@@padmelotus He's a fake Trump supporter. He knows exactly what he's doing. He's goal is to make Trump supporters look bad but he's really antifa.
@@BadBusiness.357 bwahahaha!
Ah u mean politics
Sir, are you conservative or liberal?
Yes.
most of americans are conservative and liberal. Most of republican and democrats are conservative liberals
LostJomper Yeah, I found that out when Bernie lost to Fucking Biden in primary, I was oh shit Americans liberals are very conservative.
Conservative.
You can be a moderate and not conservative or liberal. Unfortunately ill be voting trump this election though :/ .
@@noneofyourbusiness1114 moderate in america would be the right wing in other countries
I was warming up to him until he went after that little girl. That’s unforgivable
Whatever he’s struggling with, I hope he sees his way through and is able to live a life that he is content with, on the inside.
This is literally the most confused person I have ever seen.
ruclips.net/video/RseDXCiSMRo/видео.html
But did you see his sick karate moves
He’s un-athletic af yet thinks he’s intimidating lol
This guy sounds like a South Park character.
whanowa voiced by James Franco
A gay south park character
Book Snake after watching this 18 mins a tiny snap shot in this guys life, I would have to say trauma and savior complex fuelled by media news.
whanowa he acts like a South Park character
hahahahahaha
This dude is like a customizable character in a rpg game
This is like a south park episode where where randy moss starts “trumping it”😂😂
He’s just a contrarian. He’s stands for nothing but to anger and frustrate. If there was a rally/march for the color blue, he’d paint himself red.
I admit the guy is kind of a nut head but at the sametime when does the media never make a person look back?
@@vuxxscottyxx6718 If you mean bad, you must be joking. Do you think they cgi'ed the video of him?
he sounds like a Libtard.... Ironic isn't it
this guy just summarized the reactionary right movement 😂
jza66 yep and ANTIFA doesn’t
This dude is literally the definition of chaotic neutral
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder
Like is he right or left IDK
He doesn't know himself and is v conflicted. This is the type of stupid that is totally unaware of itself and is in some way truly happy
i dunno...maybe Lawful Evil...
What dice he rolls ?
"I don't want to say I beat her because you're not suppose to do that" geez
when Mark Wahlberg and Mike Tyson merge into a single person
When you were born to be a Pro Wrestler, but you missed the tryouts.
hahah
Imagine dating his daughter and then meeting him on Thanksgiving.
😅😅😅💯
John Moore 🤣
....wearing his helmet at the dinner table
I'd probably end up liking him better lol
@Nancy Pelosi I hate you Nancy 😂
This is the dude who when you was a kid he screamed and breathed all heavy when you took a toy from him 😂
The Man is just addicted to the adrenaline rush and the attention
Nevermind the politics, the psychology of this is very fascinating.
Yeah, he's a total lunatic. A living example of cognitive dissidence..
I came into this ready to get angry at another alt-righter.
This dude's just some guy who loves punching shit. The alt-right stint seems like it was an accident.
sc_ Exactly. And if you scratch the surface I wouldn't be surprised if more of them are like that.
Sometimes human interest stories are actually interesting.
fascinating evolution branch of human psychology
What a profoundly confused man.
pat purcell sounds confused. First backing the alt-right and than realising they are a people of hate. Now he doesnt want to follow the racist but he follows trump, acts and says racist stuff. I assume some white people are not racist.
lol no
raging royal... yeah, like cancer
It's pretty interesting to consider the people who don't care what the point of a conflict is, they're just there for the action. How many events in life are inflated by the people just egging things on out of a deep compulsion for chaos or conflict?
This is wild. Ps Vice - really great video, I really like your vids when you literally say nothing but research, film and edit, then let us reach the conclusions - great job and good on you. Awesome. So much better than that decade of hate shite - that could be so much without telling us what to think
"I don't mean anything by it...I'm just a mean person when I'm angry" And that obviously makes it all okay
wow this guy is just...so contradicting, i changed my mind about him like 7 times in 18 minutes :D
me too i thought my way of thinking was mixed
Fr I went from ahting him to being entertained to being confused to hating to fuck man I dunno. This dude is just insane. Hes just so chaotic.
Foreals I was like gay guy Trump hater then I'm like Trump supporter then I'm like gay guy again then I'm like Trump supporter then I'm like neutral I just couldn't figure out lol
Same 😂
This guys entire interview was like a fucked up rollercoaster in a nightmare
This guy is the personification of what happens when one show has fifteen different writers
Pretty much haha
12:07 when a man thinks he can't cry. That's sad but also good that he get's these feelings from talking about his kids. Proud of the Spartan for the change he made is his life and the life of his family. Vaya con Dios mi hermano!
He is the most GTA strangers and freaks person I have ever seen.
What has Grand Theft Auto got to do with anything?
@@cakkyboy It was a funny reference, and a pretty accurate one.
This is so true wtf
Lmao
20 secods into watching him talk there’s a zero chance he isn’t a repressed gay man. My Gaydar is RAGING.
Fake News Media I feel like he’s out of the closed lmao
Something's raging...
Same. this guy is oozing with anger from being shoved in the closet so hard.
@@tiffbeevachou108 and with lube
@@tiffbeevachou108 I think hes also confused for what he is, hes a white that isnt afraid to be white, he loves his children but mostlikely is also gay, i kind of pity him and his children since he seems to care about them.
haha, this dude acts and sounds like James Franco when he's high.
I think everyone missed it, the reason he joined the “Alt-Right” was to help defend them because his daughter saw it on the news and his love of America. Once they started realizing all the racism he left because he loves his family.
Spartan guy: “We don’t get into that political stuff”
2 seconds later: *protests at a political rally*
cmon sarah he just does it for the thrill and violence he doesnt gaf bout politics he just loves fighting lfmao
He's definitely not there to talk philosophy.
Bro can't get over the fact this guy is literally acuck
@@Bey0ndNames Why can't he become a boxer?
@@honeybrew5722it's funnier to upset loosers at rallies.
He's like a Southpark character lmao
ClockinLoot thats what i thought.
ClockinLoot Sounds like one too hahaha
“I thought this was America”
This guy just wants a fight and uses the political shit as an excuse.
ClockinLoot well he is a character, he isn't real.
He's like an alt right loony version of Randy Marsh
Why anyone take a child to any kind of protest is beyond me.
His daughter says "like" a lot.
Well, they both do but she excels at it, ha ha!
;-)
He is parented by his daughter, enough said.
No mention of how Turano’s sons are doing.
He stopped fighting for the other side when he realized they were against homosexuality 😭 it’s sad and funny at the same time
@Bailey Porter the dudes just different. Why can't people just be different and be accepted. If people show more love and not hate this world would be a hell of a lot better .
@Fishy boi it would
@@Terracecasualx5 Simp
@@Terracecasualx5 Didn't say it was a bad thing but ok
I’m sorry but are we in a alternate timeline where the left doesn’t support Islam? The faith that has multiple gay people a day dragged alive from motorbikes orrrrrrrrrrrr am I just confused
I don’t think he’s necessarily a bad guy . He’s just had a fucked up life , and mentally he’s not all there , and attached himself to a movement that validates him.
I wish there were more clips of this bastard crying, I pray he gets what he deserves. great work Vice, thank you for sharing stories that deserve hearing, you guys never fail to impress.
If this guy had a single positive role model and proper mental health care he'd probably have been a really chill dude.
yeah, the positive influences in his life are his own KIDS! seems like he's basically addicted to Trump (the dude said as much), hope he finds peace and I'm glad his kids still stand by him. everyone needs someone who really cares cares a lot abt them
And some more education would have come in handy when partaking in politics lol
He seems like a good guy but i think he just went crazy
He's long been like this, trump specifically probably let him out since he did say he saw himself in him
Nahhh guys messed up
Gay American Chad libertarian character that should be in South Park
He's ''Mr Slave''
He's randy from the little league episode. This man embodies "What I thought this was Murica!"
Lmao😂
Not a Chad but a Karen with nuts
The daughter: “oh we’re not racist people we love everyone”
also the daughter: *mY mOm iS aN iLlEgAl aLien*
Did anybody get the Polish up ad before this video? That was some funny s*** I didn't know you could fit that many racist jokes into such a small time frame LMFAO
When I saw that his 'no regrets' chest tattoo wasn't misspelled, I honestly felt a little disappointed.
no regerts!!!
"NO EGRETS" cuz he hates those long legged wannabe-herons.
no it's from a movie, lol.
Those are tattoos that are misspelled purposely. It brings meaning to the tattoo. U should know this.
Regerts? Sorry I was eating a milky way.
The guy: I don’t associate with hate, I’m a person on love
Also him: I just say things to hurt people
AsianHo he didn’t say i just say things to hurt people
@@Adrian-me9dt yes he did, 14:20
Gigi W “ i say things that I believe would hurt YOU( meaning the person he is protesting against)”
@@Adrian-me9dt people: 2 or more person
so yeah he says things to hurt people
Also him: White Pride tattoo
The guy is angry inside and out. I realize he had a hard childhood and so did I. My father was a verbally and physically abusive narcissist & so was and is my mom's fiance at times. I had a lot of anger in my heart myself too so I can relate. I pray for the man honestly nobody is perfect but this is a man who has anger in his heart and it's sad.
Perfect example of how the FBI made someone create a crime that didn't exist
Sancho's daughter more likely.
His daughter has a ba degree on psychology yet she doesn't see her dad is all mess up in the head.
Pretty common for psychologist to not realize stuff about their families
stockholm syndrome is real
@@luisa.espinoza48 noooot true at all
@@luisa.espinoza48 They are some of the most messed up people
I feel like he doesn’t care about anything and just wants to fight people.
Seems pretty accurate.
Don't we all, lol
+Henry His last name is Turano. How is this a surprise?
This man clearly cares for his family a great deal, it seems like the violence is more of a high then anything else
@Bunker Sieben Purples.....
Everyone trying to say "hes this and that, hes confused blah blah blah" he explains through the whole video what he is. A human with rights standing up to bullshit for people that are truly hated.
Need an update!
This guy is the chaos of sorting r/politics by new
mr wobbles wag1 my hitter
Lol’d!
Legit philosophy right here 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼
r/politics has literally banned every single right wing poster since 2015... do people not realize this?
What?
this guys is confused
kadeem. Exact sentiments
It seems his family is confused otherwise they would have put some sense into him. When trump was sworn in I saw the hate that was going to be placed on Latinos especially people from Mexico and Central America. His kids are Latino and they were blinded by Trump and what he brought with him. And there a thousands if not millions that are Latino and side with Trump. I can see why the university kicked her out because she stood for hate.
kadeem. I am 🤷♀️ confused!! Like he does not look or seem like a guy who has been in an out of jail. He looks like he can be the CEO 👨💼 of Fortune 500 company. An when he was doing his fight moves what the hell was that I died laughing 😂. Weird
now I am too
but they till deserve all the shit they got...even the daughter.
Thnx for this vice
Dude seems like he has a big heart. America has douchebag political groups on every corner and he had the guts to show up and let everybody know how he felt. Right or wrong.
hes not alt right, hes just florida man
Please don't insult florida men like this
You nailed it.
I cant tell if this is really confusing or if Im just having a stroke.
@themailman43 cool story bro.
themailman43 this guy? Looking bad? That must have been tough to edit
Not really hes not bad hes almost child like, innocent really
@themailman43 Noone said he's bad. But it's confusing. He doesn't look bad at all. Actually nice but weird.
I think it’s cancer.
I was there, Berkeley, his first time out. I didn't think much of it at the time, but in the end, I feel sorry for him going in so blindly.
I like that he went to TJ Maxx and bought a shirt and tie from a box for this interview.
she just wants to connect with her dad. sad.
Too bad he isn't more normal and intelligent.. The daughter deserves a good dad with more opportunity.. Like a cool bowhunter father.. I'd be an awesome Dad but will probably never get the chance due to how women are so narcissistic these days..
@@Skelstoolbox lol😂🤣
@@Skelstoolbox normal is way overrated but some intelligence he could use
@@Skelstoolbox it's not them, it's probably you
@@stephen8996 Nah, I live in a West Coast city full of Valley girls.I grew up back East where women were real and solid.. Not vacuous beings waiting for men to fill them with life, figuretivly and literally..
I want to see a movie of this guys life staring mark wahlberg
or Josh Brolin
This was almost Mark Wahlberg's actual life
@@darthnihilus5282 this was all a dream nicolas cage had about mark wahlbergs life
@@darthnihilus5282 he woke up screaming and fed his cobras to chill out
@@darthnihilus5282 hahahah pretty much mark wahlbergs life.
15:50 “I wish when we called the 5 year old a terrorist they didn’t care.” Lmao
This guy and Mike Tyson could have a really calm podcast episode talking thoughts and ideas and then go out and be the most dangerous duo out there
Upper chest is the most important tattoos
*has poorly drawn 420 and No Regrets tattoo*
So funny!
prison tattoos dude.
No regerts
Douche: "I love Trump." Daughter: "My mother is an illegal alien." What kind of dystopian Onion article is this?
LMAO
😄😄😄😅😅🔥🔥
He's a raging hypocrite!!! Like all trump voters!
Ok China
Doesn’t he also have a Star of David on his helmet? And hasn’t trump also been anti-Semitic while trying to oppose it?
He is addicted to chaos and excitement. He'll support anything that makes him feel differently than the way he normally feels inside
Why does he have the same energy as the dad who’s obsessed with musical theatre on South Park?
The title should be, "A sad and confusing story of a Closeted Gay Man"
NAILED IT
Doesn't seem so closeted lol
Wonderful
100%
@Nitesh Khatiwada ,
Why exactly do you think that he is a " Closeted " Happy " Man " ?
My dictionary defines gay as being happy !
How can the daughter, with her knowledge in psychology, let her father just have these aggressive outbursts and laugh at them? Hes legitimately not all there with controlling his emotions.
Why do you think the daughter got into psychology?
Didn't she just finish sociology and work at Target?
You must be talking about the entire leftist
J Martin excellent job missing the point
Okay -_- , you know people who bottle up there emotions or try to control it when they know they can't can lead to homicidal thoughts.
I wish vice (and every other media organization) wouldn’t acknowledge people like this. When these organizations do, people like this get exactly what they want: attention. This guy is pathetic and weak and need to be ignored for the benefit of all of us.
how can i attend the next show
Gotta be John cena older brother lol
So he's obviously mentally damaged. Is he getting help? Not being mean I'm genuinely concerned because he actively pursues any excuse to engage in violent activity.
Black Lanner my thoughts exactly
That's what beating your kids gets ya
Black Lanner ,
I know right? You would think with his willingness to engage in violent activity that he would be a left wing Democrat !
Exactly. He enjoys it no matter the cost. I think this is bringing to light mental illness and how deeply intertwined it is with "causes" and going to extremes.
@@donaldmiller8629 H does not know what side hes on , literaly .
*"He walks with his daughter together and I and my daughter walk together"*
"what i like about trump is his posture"
In another timeline this guy spends his time roller skating shirtless through Manhattan
"We were all there, we were all adults, we knew what we were there to do, and I guess we're all going to have to live with what we did." Yup. It's called life.
This man is the literal definition of confused.
I mean, he seems more in tune with who he is than most people I know
@@AneeshJoshi must live in miami
@@comradepolarbear6920 What the hell does Miami have to do with people considering Seattle has crazy nuts overtaking a chunk of neighborhood.
Unlike you he sounds sane just expressing his freedom of speech unlike looters & antifa.
Someone tell rockstar to add this dude to gta6😂😂😂😂
Facts.
Why tf
Realness Based Sparta in a Rolls Royce truck with a 10 mm sub machine gun with a scope he’ll yeah. Drive by mode worthy with the Spartan helmet. 🤣
Brooooooo yess
Big faxx
If John Cena and Truman Capote had a son.
K but what's the daughter's @ tho? This is pretty sad. It's the lack of intelligence which leads to anger.
"We don't get consumed in politics and needing a purpose, we just go out and yell at people.
It's super fun."
somehow i want to have a beer with him, literally cos i know im about to see a bar fight
Ya Boi Pie I’d rather have a beer with a literal alley-rat 🤣
@@joshisnot11 xD hey man, the man must have some interesting stories to tell
@@jordanssfor _What a perfect addition to South-Park, he'd be. Raging into spontaneous scenes._
@@MAGGOT_VOMIT YES THATS A GREAT IDEA
So he's just a troll.
Definitely a troll I'd rather not get in a scrap with. Is it just me or do you also not know what to think about the guy after watching that doco?
His No Regrets tat is spelled wrong
Vice is the only news program I can scroll by and it keep me entertained for the entire program.
Honestly it sounds like he has mental health issues
realcutielol how, he’s saying and expressing himself. Just because it’s abnormal to you. Doesn’t mean he has mental health issue.
I'm glad he found the alt-right, at least he's in good company
Cesar Garcia
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy
Yes it does.
Welcome to America.
My gaydar is all over the place with this one.
Yep... Mine too
Have you ever seen how mexicans speak in California? Just change race. Its not a gay thing.
LMAOOOO!!! I was just about to say...
He might have a grindr profile lol
Just sounds like a dude from California to me
if his brain was made of dynamite, he wouldn't have enough to blow his hat off.
"Trump and his daughter walk together" Yeah, on moonlit nights on a beach in Kokomo.
Seriously, though, bravo to this guy for recognizing the hatred. I fell into that trap trying to defend my conservative relatives until I realized what I was defending. It eats you before you realize it's chewing on you.