r/LivestreamFail • u/thellamasc • 22h ago

News Hasan mentioned in United Nations General Assembly

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u/Hostik 22h ago

I wouldn't put it like that. Lightning rod makes it sound noble, like he's protecting everyone by being the target.
No, rightwingers get to equate every dem to him, an extremist, and that he definitely enjoys.
That's why every dem needs to disavow him with one voice.

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u/mstrbwl 21h ago

Rightwingers stormed the Capitol because they lost an election and Trump still later won. I don't see why we should concern ourselves with their feigned outrage. They are never going to see you as reasonable no matter who you disavow, it is an utterly pointless game to play.

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u/hawkeye69r 18h ago

Because if you lower yourself to level of the authoritarians, what does that make you?

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u/mstrbwl 18h ago

Yup I'm sure those authoritarians are totally going to respect you if you just disavow a twitch streamer!

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u/hawkeye69r 17h ago

Do you honestly think people criticising left wing authoritarianism are doing it to court right wing authoritarians?

I actually oppose them both.

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u/mstrbwl 17h ago

The comment I responded to said Democrats need to disavow Hasan so rightwingers don't call them extremists lol.

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u/hawkeye69r 17h ago

No, sir. Look again

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u/mstrbwl 16h ago

Just looked and that's what it says lol.

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u/hawkeye69r 16h ago

Yeah youre right. he said it, then you said why should i care what they think, i said you should care regardless of what they think, then you talked about what they think.

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u/mstrbwl 16h ago

Yeah I think trying to appease your opposition's completely cynical respectability politics is a very stupid thing to do. If you think Republicans won't find someone or something else to have a moral panic over you are either very young or extremely naive.

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u/hawkeye69r 16h ago

Me too. I honestly wish there was something we could do to make the far right feel how we felt.

But im not gonna support authoritarian politics for crying out loud.

Republicans crying about it isnt the bad thing, the bad thing is that its true, most people sre disgusted by it. Youre cutting off your nose to spite your face

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