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Robert Fisher | |
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| Member of the New HampshireHouseofRepresentatives from the Belknap 9 district | |
| In office December 3, 2014 –May 17, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Beth Arsenault |
| Succeeded by | Charlie St. Clair |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic (2012) [1] |
| Alma mater | Winnisquam Regional High School [2] |
| Profession | Politician,Computer repairman |
Robert Fisher is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. [2] He represented the Belknap 9 district,which includes the town of Belmont,NH and the city of Laconia,from December 2014 until his resignation in May 2017.
In 2012,Robert ran as a Democrat for the New Hampshire House of Representatives,but was unsuccessful. [1] In 2014,he ran for the House of Representatives again,this time as a Republican. He won the 2014 election,and was re-elected in 2016. [1]
As a representative,he served on no committees by his own request. [2]
After the discovery that he founded and moderated the controversial subreddit r/TheRedPill,Fisher resigned from political office on May 17,2017. [3]
In 2017, The Daily Beast reported that Fisher was the founder and a moderator,under the alias pk_atheist,of the subreddit "/r/TheRedPill",known for its misogynistic content. [4] According to Daily Beast,Fisher used several pseudonyms,including "redpillschool" and "Morpheus Manfred",which was used for several media interviews on behalf of the forum. [3] [5] [6]
Speaking to WMUR,Fisher admitted to writing at least some of the material attributed to him,which he characterized as "some injudicious things about the opposite sex following a bad breakup", [7] including,from a 2008 post:
Rape isn't an absolute bad,because the rapist I think probably likes it a lot. I think he'd say it's quite good,really. ... . I think rape is bad,I'm not arguing for it. I'm arguing against the idea of an absolute truth. [7]
Fisher also told WMUR:
That was an out-of-context quote from a nearly decade-old debate about the failings of moral relativism." [7]
Following bipartisan comments calling for him to resign from his state House of Representatives seat,Fisher stated in April that he did not plan to do so. [8]
On May 17,a Republican-led House committee voted 8-6 along party lines to recommend no disciplinary action against Fisher. Less than an hour later,while an investigation for perjury was getting started,Fisher resigned under social and political pressure. [9] House Minority Leader Steve Shurtleff had called for a perjury investigation by the state attorney general's office,but said that Fisher's resignation made this no longer necessary. [10]
Fisher is an atheist. [11]
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