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It Could Happen Here

The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque, Pt. 2

It Could Happen Here

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4.06.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Mick, Molly, and James conclude their discussion on the death of Quentin Duranque and discuss some fascinating new types of fascist.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:05.9

Cool Zone Media.

0:11.0

We're picking back up at the rally, where Quentin was in the capacity of security for a nemesis.

0:16.5

At some point, a confrontation developed between anti-fascists and brown shirts.

0:22.3

Clearly, the instigator depends on the political orientation of the media that reports on it.

0:26.0

But like we've all seen scuffles like this. It's just they don't usually devolve to a point

0:29.8

where someone dies. Like, I can, I can imagine, I don't know, I can imagine the outbreak of

0:35.6

this scuffle because we've all seen it.

0:44.0

Yeah. I'm not going to litigate on who started or who not. I'll never know and it doesn't matter.

0:44.8

Because it doesn't matter.

0:50.5

Yeah. But I found an independent while left-leaning a media website, Contrae Artique.

0:55.0

They published several pieces on the events with claims that the fascists started to brawl.

1:00.9

I find that one personally also more credible because they have multiple videos of photos of the far right being there with weapons, including iron bars, crutches, motorcycle helmets, and at

1:07.1

least one smoke grenade. I mean, they showed up to someone else's event, to disrupt it, to cause a problem. They got in the middle of it. They brought weapons. It's hard to say who started the fight, but I can tell who wanted to. Exactly. Like, I've seen security at events and protests, but I've never, unless they were cops, I've never seen them carrying weapons. Oh, I have. Well, that's more common in the United States. It's very common here. Oh, wow. Okay. Oh, is that a pipe in his hand? Yes, it is. So he's wearing a balaclava and carrying a pipe. Yeah. It's not a great look. It's kind of classic. You're a Nazi fit. Skinny jeans. The sneakers. Always the sneakers. Always the little one of those. Little Adidas. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, of course. You've got to pick a brand that has been there since the beginning. Maybe some Pumas in there too. Of course, there's also Pumas in there. Here's another picture. You can also see the motorcycle helmet here in disguise hands. Oh, yeah. Okay, yeah. Motorcycle helmet's great because it's you put it on to protect your head or you can hit somebody with it. Because he's holding it in his hand. He is not wearing it. That's a weapon. Yeah. But you have the plausible deniability of, I rode my motorcycle here, or this is for defense.

2:22.3

Yeah.

2:22.6

That's what I also find.

2:23.6

They often use, like, things that you could really have with, like, they also use

2:28.1

belts or sticks and stuff that you could carry with you.

2:31.6

Flagpoles.

2:32.4

Flagpoles.

2:33.6

Like, stuff that you could carry with you. Flag poles. Like stuff that you could carry with you

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