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OT: American Politics

Wayward DP said:
wtf happened to newsome


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This is his heel turn moment apparently. Why beat Donald when you can just beat JD Vance after Donald dies?
 
MindzEye said:
It's a truly goofy argument that completely ignores how well discussed "the Tolerance Paradox" is. No one with a functioning clue has ever argued for infinite tolerance. Using this as an epithet is just a jerk offs way of making fun of people on the left for believing in woke shit like human rights, but still being willing to fight back against authoritarian bullshit.
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Every time a video of Muslims or Palestinian protesters getting violent comes out, Count will post it to social media with the caption "The religion of peace", because tussling with riot cops is exactly the same as Gaza being bombed into the Stone Age on a daily basis.
 
Has anyone actually listened to one of these things? Newsom is clearly smart and charismatic, and personally I think it's a strength that he can go in and talk to the other side. Somebody has to. He's great on Fox News.

That being said, doing a bunch of podcasts with the worst people does seem like a strange strategy to me. I don't think Charlie Kirk's an idiot, so maybe try to spread some knowledge to his followers? Bannon is interesting because he is a very smart guy, and also a total fucking douchebag. I may try to give that one a listen just to see how it goes, but my enthusiasm for actually clicking the button is well below zero.
 
hockeylover said:
Seems like he’ll just be hated by both the left and the right with this tactic though, no?
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Fetterman’s in the middle of trying the same thing, no?

And then Elon’s another “role model” for Newsome as someone who successfully pivoted from being a far bigger darling of progressives and environmentalists than Newsome has ever been to arguably being the co-leader of MAGA at the moment.
 
axlsalinger said:
Has anyone actually listened to one of these things? Newsom is clearly smart and charismatic, and personally I think it's a strength that he can go in and talk to the other side. Somebody has to. He's great on Fox News.

That being said, doing a bunch of podcasts with the worst people does seem like a strange strategy to me. I don't think Charlie Kirk's an idiot, so maybe try to spread some knowledge to his followers? Bannon is interesting because he is a very smart guy, and also a total fucking douchebag. I may try to give that one a listen just to see how it goes, but my enthusiasm for actually clicking the button is well below zero.
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There is simply no possible good faith, beneficial debate or discussion to be had with the likes of Charlie Kirk or Steve Bannon.

They’re both completely amoral and irredeemable propagandists & disinformation merchants that are utterly committed to the cause of overthrowing liberal democracy and replacing it with a fascist, thoroughly racist theocracy.
 
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