The streaming star on how to reject political violence while staying honest about Kirk’s rhetoric.

  • whiwake@lemmy.cafe
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    1 day ago

    Hasan is a wimpy baby who makes money on the existence of the right wing. He is to scared to rejoice in a good thing.

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      12 hours ago

      he was set to debate Charlie before he got a new hole on his neck just in a couple weeks. if the shooter waited a little while Hasan could have literally been a couple meters away from him during the shooting. even putting aside the possibility of being the target himself, he could just catch a stray bullet one day because the US is just generally an insanely violent, backwards-ass country. why would he want this to be a normal thing

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        11 hours ago

        He should just not say anything on the matter. If he can’t publicly celebrate the removal of trash, then he should remain silent. Calling this a tragedy is saying his behavior is acceptable, and people have the right to poison the world as such.

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      21 hours ago

      I’ve noticed that half the media freakout is mid-level political commentators coming to terms with the idea that they can also be victims.

      The fact that a lot of left commentators are realizing this along with the rightoids is a little disturbing because where have they been in the last several decades of escalating right-wing violence?

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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        5 hours ago

        “left commentators” they are almost all resistance grifters, more than being with the actual left. resistance grifters has an interest in keeping the “debate” culture war going as much as the right winger grifters are, more views more money for them. much like people jeff tiedrich, jojo, BTC(bryan tyler cohen)

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        20 hours ago

        I think that there is a lot of fuck around and find out going on now.

        Over the past several decades people have been increasingly willing to speak their mind In public forums. I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing except the people who are speaking the loudest are the ones who are the craziest, racist etc. I think by allowing these people to exist we are normalizing them. And by doing so they start to think that their opinions are OK, and that they won’t get in trouble for sharing them.

        Hopefully, if we must have guns in the hands of every American, these right wing nuts continue to get what’s coming to them.

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      1 day ago

      Why would he celebrate the assassination of a political commentator when he holds the same exact job title

        • azuth@sh.itjust.works
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          They are not soldiers. They do not kill each other.

          They shout at each other on camera. Their animosity is probably exaggerated. At least one commentator brought up meeting him in person, in a debate, as a reason his death affected them more. Soldiers rarely meet opposing soldiers in such good terms as even the spiciest debate.

          There is a reason propaganda needs to dehumanize and otherize the “enemy”.