Interviewing Austen “Fleccas” Fletcher

By the Editorial Board

Austen “Fleccas” Fletcher recently went viral for an interaction with Rep. Jerry Nadler about Antifa in Portland. However, the viral interaction was far from Fleccas’ first. Since starting his YouTube channel, “Fleccas Talks” in 2017, he’s released close to 100 videos, gained 409 thousand subscribers, and garnered over 50 million views. Where some conservatives win views by engaging in an intellectual battle with the Left, Fleccas simply lets the Left do the work for him. His comforting, polite, and rational demeanor and arguments let the radicalism speak for itself. We’ve been fans of Fleccas for a long time, and The Conservateur is beyond excited to bring you this exclusive interview tackling everything from Black Lives Matter to merch.

You started your YouTube Channel, “Fleccas Talks,” in 2017 as an outlet to interview protestors, highlight conservative perspectives, and expose the Left’s radicalism. What inspired you to start your YouTube Channel, and how has your channel evolved since its inception?

I was living in Los Angeles, and I realized the protesters were always getting fair coverage simply because they were out in numbers. I was told that challenging the protesters and having a pro-Trump message wasn’t going to help me get hired in LA, but that didn’t bother me— it’s an evil city anyway. The goal of my channel was to get people thinking. If you are on the Right watching my videos, you might find it funny, and if you’re on the radical Left you might think it’s embarrassing. If you’re apolitical or in the middle, you might not know much about what’s being said, but you know you disagree with the girl who yelled, “Donald Trump is worse than Hitler” into the megaphone. The mental math done by the viewer is enough to nudge people away from the mob. My channel has changed since its inception now— I’m trying to promote up and coming commentators while also taking on more serious subjects. I covered ObamaGate with George Papadapolous last year and helped organize the White Coat Summit, which highlighted alternative opinions regarding the treatment of COVID-19 from world-renowned doctors. The goal is to spread the truth.

You have covered the Black Lives Matter protests over the last two months. The media’s coverage has been scrutinized by the Right for underreporting the violent nature of the BLM protests. Give us some insight into your experience at the BLM protests. Did you witness any discrepancies between the media’s coverage and what you saw happening to American cities?

I think the biggest issue here is the echo chambers. The mainstream media under reports/omits things that are very relevant to the national discourse while those same clips go viral within the bubble on the Right. This is pushing us further away from each other because we can’t comprehend how the other side can care so little when, in reality, most of them even haven’t seen the same content we’ve seen. The echo chambers are quickly dehumanizing us. Most Americans surround the middle of the political spectrum, but in the world of social media, it’s the morally-just-progressives against far-Right white supremacists who think Nazis are “fine people.” The riots, violence, and looting that followed the protests were definitely a wakeup call to any objective Democrat.

You recently went viral for your confrontation with Rep. Jerry Nadler. In your filmed encounter, Rep. Nadler dismissed Antifa’s presence at BLM, and stated: “That’s a myth that’s being spread only in Washington, D.C.” Tell us more about your encounter with him. Do you believe Rep. Nadler’s response is representative of Left’s narrative?

I was in an Uber with DC Draino and Fog City Midge on our way to scout the location for The White Coat Summit when we saw Mr. Nadler waiting for an uber. We got out and approached him cheerfully. I said, “are you Jerry Nadler?! You’re the first celebrity we’ve seen in D.C., can we take a picture with you?!” Then you saw the rest. I think Mr. Nadler’s response is definitely in line with the Left’s narrative. They would rather pretend Antifa is a myth knowing the chaos won’t be seen by the Left on social media or on CNN. It’s all a facade. It’s smoke and mirrors, twisting, distorting, and flipping the truth. They just want to keep the masses in the dark, occupied by manufactured social unrest and chasing things that take their soul. It is an uphill battle, and there are countless resources being used against us, but the truth still wins against money and deception every time— by A LOT! My question to Mr. Nadler was basically “do you disavow political violence?”, an easy answer, and he couldn’t say “no” because he’s compromised by an evil agenda. Light always drives out darkness; darkness can never push back on the light; it can only exist without it.

You have spent years in the streets interviewing protestors and exposing leftists’ motivations. What are your main takeaways about the Left’s resistance movements, from the Women’s March to Black Lives Matter? Where do you believe the Left’s anger stems from?

Real Leftists see failure as oppression and success as privilege. This mindset puts you in a downward trend from the moment you adopt it, and requires you to see oppression everywhere you look, which, of course, leads to anger. If you go into a new job, make a huge mistake, get fired, then blame your gender, skin color, or sexuality, you remove yourself from accountability. Now you’ll go into your next job mad, with a victim mindset, and no lessons learned. You will become a failure because of all of the perceived oppression around you, perpetuating more failure, you become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

This rise of anti-Americanism and neo-Marxism has taken root in American culture, from our political institutions to our college campuses. How do you think conservatives can best stand up for American values?

I think we need to know what and who we are up against. It’s no longer Left vs. Right. It’s now people who love the USA vs. people who want to destroy it. We have more in common with liberals than liberals do with progressive leftists. I think the name of the game is finding common ground with rational people that find themselves around the center/center Left of the political spectrum. To accomplish this in my content, I started a series called “TRUMP IS NOT THAT BAD” where I speak with people on the street and try to get them to admit that Trump has done at least ONE undeniably good thing. If you’re a radical progressive, you won’t be able to admit he’s done one good thing: “Trump is Hitler,” “half the country is racist,” “we’re all going into camps.” If you’re on the Right, you can name plenty. If you’re apolitical (half the country doesn’t vote) but rational, you’ll be able to call balls and strikes as you see them. You can admit flaws, but you can also see that some of the things the Leftist is citing as bad are actually pretty good. To a lot of people, decriminalizing border crossings and giving away free healthcare to illegals doesn’t make much sense. BOOM, that person is no longer progressive enough for the mob, and it’s on the non-progressives to win this person over with a more appealing culture/community. This apolitical person who assumed they were a Democrat because they’re slightly left of the spectrum just learned firsthand how far left progressives have taken things. Them not being progressive enough for the mob expedites them to the rabbit hole door where they soon realize that the progressive Left hates America and doesn’t speak for that many people, just the loudest, maddest ones. No one wants to live in a world of cancel culture sold out to corporate interest and globalist elites. At the end of the day, it’s simple, “progressives” are never truly satisfied. If we continue to bend the knee, forfeiting our culture and communities, everything will eventually be sacrificed. We will lose everything.

Since you’ve started your YouTube channel, you have gained a widespread following on social media, from Instagram to Twitter. What’s the best part of being a social media influencer? How do you handle the hate that comes along with being an outspoken conservative?

The best part about growing my social media has been seeing others get inspired to do the same. My channel has always been low production— I use a camera someone gave me and my phone to record audio. I think my DIY style has revealed that there aren’t that many hurdles to getting your voice heard. The days of mainstream media gatekeeping are almost over. We no longer need or trust information that comes from the top-down, out of a multimillion-dollar studio and a talking head motivated by clicks instead of the truth. The truth is free. The American people would rather a low-production truth as opposed to a high-production lie any day. The track record of lies perpetuated by the media will be its downfall. When people see how inaccurate the revisionist history being written by the mainstream media is, it will be hard to trust them ever again.

I don’t really focus on the hate. The love from the right always outweighs the hate from the left. You really should consider speaking out- most people agree that the far left is crazy! The more we hide, the easier it is for them to blanket label us hateful things. If we speak out in a positive way we can break the stereotypes.

One part of your online presence is your incredible merchandise. Where do you get your hilarious merch ideas from? Do you have anything in the pipeline that you’re really excited about?

Yes! I have a new series coming out called “THE WORLD’S LARGEST CIRCUS” which will focus on the themes of Clown World and the Clown Culture the Left has created where we value things that destroy us and while encouraging us to kill things that bring us life. It should be rolling out next month. Five designs, they’re INCREDIBLE!

You are at the center of the conservative movement. What is your advice for conservatives who feel disenfranchised by the Left’s dominance of American culture? How do you believe conservatives best combat cancel culture?

Continue to expose the Left’s hypocrisy. The Left is trying to create a Utopia that can’t exist. Make sure you call them out where it’s blatant and shameful. A little shame is good here and there. Also, don’t forget to make a more appealing culture on our end. There are going to be a lot of people fleeing the “progressive” Left that need a place to go. We can’t just tear down the Left’s culture without offering anything in return, that’s what they do! Make sure you have each other’s backs and rebuild your local communities! It all starts locally. We’ve come to hate our neighbors, and we need to fix that.