Darryl Cooper
Darryl Cooper | |
|---|---|
| Born | Darryl Dewayne Cooper 1980 or 1981 (age 43–44) |
| Occupation(s) | Social media influencer, writer, podcaster |
| Spouse |
Katherine Ann Parsons
(div. 2019) |
| Website | https://substack.com/@martyrmade |
Darryl Dewayne Cooper (born c. 1981) is an American right-wing social media influencer, writer, podcaster, and Nazi apologist[1][2][3] who focuses on 20th-century Western history. He has hosted Martyr Made since 2015 and co-hosted The Unraveling (initially titled The Thread) with Jocko Willink since 2020.[4] In 2016, he co-hosted Decline of the West with John David Ebert.[5] His writing has appeared in conservative magazines, including IM—1776[6] and the Claremont Review of Books.[7] He is author of Twitter - A How to Tips & Tricks Guide (2011)[8] and the editor of Bush Yarns and Other Offences (2022).[9] The Anti-Defamation League called him a "Nazi apologist" after comments he made in September 2024.[10][11]
Early life
Cooper has said that he was born in Stockton, California and moved constantly throughout California while being raised by a struggling single mother, before moving in with his grandparents in Montana. He was a high school wrestler before enlisting in the United States Navy.[12] A Libertarian in his youth, his politics were shaped by the 1993 Waco siege.[13] He worked for the United States Department of Defense as a logistics specialist,[14] including in Israel.[15]
World War II controversy
Cooper sparked controversy in September 2024 by endorsing Holocaust denial and otherwise departing from the historical consensus regarding World War II during a Tucker on X interview, for which he was praised by host Tucker Carlson.[16][17] Cooper called Winston Churchill "the chief villain" of World War II and claimed that the Nazis did not intentionally perpetrate the Holocaust.[16] Cooper had previously written on X that he preferred Nazi-occupied France to modern France, having taken offense at the Festivité portion of the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, and in other posts he had suggested that Adolf Hitler did not deserve to go to hell[18] and that “FDR chose the wrong side in WW2".[19]
References
- ^ https://newrepublic.com/post/185616/jd-vance-following-hitler-apologist
- ^ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tucker-carlson-guest-wwii_n_66d83510e4b0830f6e92d419
- ^ https://voz.us/en/media/240905/16117/tucker-carlson-harshly-criticized-after-interviewing-controversial-nazi-apologist.html
- ^ "Darryl Cooper". Tablet.org.
- ^ "Darryl Cooper – The Decline of the West Podcast". web.archive.org. 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Darryl Cooper, Autore presso IM—1776". IM—1776. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Darryl Cooper". Claremont Review of Books. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Books by Darryl Cooper (Author of Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Bush Yarns and Other Offences: A Police Officer's Initiation to Country Service by Bush Folklore (Paperback) | Harvard Book Store". shop.harvard.com. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "On X, Tucker Carlson hosts 'historian' who says the Nazis didn't mean for the Holocaust to happen". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2024-09-05. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ Lapin, Andrew (2024-09-04). "On X, Tucker Carlson hosts 'historian' who says the Nazis didn't mean for the Holocaust to happen". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ Jocko Podcast (2020-04-09). Jocko Podcast 224 w/ Darryl Cooper: In An Uncertain World, Stack The Deck In Your Favor. Retrieved 2024-09-04 – via YouTube.
- ^ Cooper, Darryl (2022-07-28). "Ask Me Anything (7/28-8/1)". subscribe.martyrmade.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Browse Individual contributions". FEC.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ Cooper, Darryl. "The Peculiar Institution / Antisemitism Crossover". subscribe.martyrmade.com. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ a b Samuels, Ben (September 3, 2024). "Tucker Carlson Platforms Holocaust Revisionism – With Elon Musk's Endorsement". Haaretz.
- ^ Tikva, Shiraz (September 4, 2024). "הנאצים רצחו כמחווה הומינטרית: הראיון שעורר סערה בארה"ב". Kan 11.
- ^ "Tucker Carlson's Favorite Historian Has Repeatedly Suggested Hitler Wasn't So Bad". Mediaite. 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ Katz, Jonathan M. (2023-11-28). "Substack Has a Nazi Problem". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2024-09-05.