Going to go with neither.
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Agreed lol
Who is a more popular, effective communicator of Democratic party and politically left policy goals that you can point to as superior? Hasan is extremely skilled at explaining progressive policies in an approachable fashion.
He’s not the best by any means, and he’s way above Biden so he isn’t the worst on the left lol
I don’t think folks are superior or inferior in general. I don’t think this dude is bad let alone the worst. Nor do I think he is the best….
I’m glad he is connecting with his audience to explain policy which is one of the most important things… I’m not his biggest fan but I see him in the news
He seems generally pretty cool to me 👍 👍
He’s not the best by any means, and he’s way above Biden so he isn’t the worst on the left lol
Biden is a former VP and President of the United States.
Hasan is a dude who streams on Twitch.
What an absurd comparison.
The comparison is to the left or the right, not level of fame.
And the comparison to Biden was meant as a joke. I see you are taking yourself way too seriously. According to cable news Biden is actually on the left.
I don't mind Hassan but if internet celebrities are running for office, I think I'd prefer a Hank Green/Brandon Ewing ticket.
I didn't touch on that and there's no reason to ask me it.
I just don't think he's that significant. I understand that people are grabbing into any left side version of the hate machine that the right has been so successful with with their male podcasters. I don't think that they're going to find that that works on the left.
Hasan isn't a hate machine though?
This is what makes me so angry, the casual uninterested willingness to accept the rightwing framing of leftists as just as violent, hateful and dangerous as rightwing extremists by people like you.
Hasan is nothing like Nick Fuentes, Charlie Kirk, Ben Shapiro, Asmongold etc... he despises ideologies of hate and exclusion.
He is a great litmus test. Someone who has a fundamental problem with Hasan is reliably someone who who is not on the left, or at least susceptible to wrecking or infighting.
Quite frankly a tool like that is incredibly empowering for leftwing organization.
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I agree with a lot of what he says, but the cult he's amassed is quite the problem. I got my first ever "kys" message here after having the audacity to correctly state he absolutely shocked his dog for no reason.
Edit: found at least 2 people who support animal abuse.
found at least 2 people who support animal abuse.
This kind of says it all. No, there is no support for animal abuse here, and it's now crystal clear that you are someone who can't (or won't) distinguish between reality and their own assumptions. Readers can contemplate if that is relevant to your accusations against Hassan.
Probably because that's bullshit. I've seen the video, can understand how some people might think that happened, but it didn't. I'm definitely not in his cult, if such a thing actually exists. I've never even watched a significant portion of any of his streams. The guy mumbles a bit too much for my tastes.
Then why was his immediate reaction not one of compassion but scorn calling her a "baby"?
Idk about you but, if my dog yelped my first instinct isn't to fucking scold her, it is immediately wondering what made my dog yelp. The fact he didn't react that way, shows he knew exactly what made her yelp.
Watch the clip again, you cannot in full honesty make this argument.
I'm not interested in relitigating it here. It's been discussed to death.
Not interested in thinking critically about I think is what you meant.
I meant what I said.
So you come in here and start arguing with me, then when I bring up a salient point, you metaphorically plug your ears and say "nu-uh, I'm leaving."
Way to stand on your principles..
It's a debatable point, unimportant to the greater discussion. Only trolls and dnc ball suckers bring it up. It's equivalent to how magats fixate on Obama's middle name.
Ok, so debate it. I'm hearing both of you saying absolutely zero about it
The whole reason they bring it up all the time is to derail substantive conversation and embroil the community in "what color is the dress" debates instead of talking about genocide. Even "winning" the debate is a losing move because it embraces the distraction and won't keep it from coming up again and again forever.
No, you super this dude like a cult. Like he can do no wrong.
Explain why his knee jerk reaction to tell at his dog whimpering?
Answer that question.
All 3 of you are breathing around the bush and saying "it's debatable" per I'm not willing to debate that" or "I'm willing to debate it, but I'm not going to actually debate it"
I have asked you 3 a crystal clear question, answer it.
No, you super this dude like a cult. Like he can do no wrong.
I already said that I don't even watch his streams, so what the fuck are you talking about?
Explain why his knee jerk reaction to tell at his dog whimpering?
Hassan himself explained it, and it's easy enough to look up for anyone interested.
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That's not what I said either. It's enough for me to point out that the "facts" as you present them aren't uncontested. I trust rational folks to go look for themselves. Nothing you or I bicker about here would or should be relevant to what they find. I also note that there are probably tens of thousands of hours of Hassan streaming with that dog in the background, and if there were a single other incident indicating that Hassan routinely tortures it, his detractors would certainly have surfaced it by now.
What I will point out is that, were we to swallow this junk wholesale, a "lesser of two evils" comparison between Hassan and his establishment detractors would still put him miles ahead. Shock collars are awful, but not genocide levels of awful. The talking heads reading AIPAC scripts against Hassan are literally motivated by support for a genocidal regime. Re-litigating old and seriously disputed claims is distraction at best.
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These comments should be interesting...
i have never even heard of this person.
weird how leftism is so focused on celebrity gossip bullshit... of their talking heads...
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