When Theo was a kid living with his mum one of the places they lived had Duke as a back fence neighbour. Theo being a kid didn't know who he was so his recollections of him are that he was just a rather normal friendly (wonder why) neighbour.

Its worth noting that this has never come up in the context of Theo defending Duke or anything like that. To whatever extent Theo's commentary has touched on Duke's KKK history etc its more like "wow you never know who's really a monster do you?"

I don't stay on the pulse of right wing comedy though so I'm not sure if there are any more "interesting" threads that have been pulled on with regard to this. I just keep the factoid in the back of my mind when I'm trying to figure out what his deal is. I'm sure it wasn't the case but to me it seemed like he just appeared one day like a plant. But that's the Rogansphere for you.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the background. Normally I’d be suspicious but hogs are dime a dozen in this country