@JonahDispatch
I have to keep saying this:
The most charitable explanation is he, Tim Pool and the rest didn't know where the $$ and disinfo came from; they made a dumb mistake.
But if your mistake is to spread dangerous lies you haven't checked, your stupidity is also a moral failing!
@chrislhayes
You forgot complaining that someone would "leak" a speech that was already going out live on C-SPAN. Don't blame you though, there's always so much
@Halalcoholism
As someone who actually knows, it's "waw law DIM ihr" in Ukrainian.
And it's Vladimir in Russian, which is the first language of many Ukrainians fighting for Ukraine including Zelenskyy. In other words, Biden was right.
@kareem_carr
Elon responding "Wow" or "Interesting" or "Worth looking into" to something is now one of the clearest signs you shouldn't take it seriously
@PostLeftWatch
What happened? Like I've seen the usual, gradual red-to-brown crossovers. But a change this sudden and drastic makes me wonder if someone new started signing her checks
Liberalism is a "dumber, more cultlike" ideology than Trump's xenophobic, reactionary personality cult?
Mask off. Taibbi isn't even trying to hide that he's right-wing now.
@MetaPrime001
@whstancil
By X's own rules, saying someone's name and city isn't doxxing. For it to be doxxing you'd have to post their exact location, e.g. address or mobile number (SIM cards can be tracked), which puts them in immediate danger
@DiRico_Rants
Knowles just straight up reinforcing traditional gender roles in real time as she's telling him, dude, *this* is the whole problem.
Amazing to watch.
@abigfatbunny
@classiclib3ral
Scott Adams loves to whine about what a personal sacrifice it's been for him to support Trump openly, so it could have been him. But if Milo had gone on the same rant before I wouldn't be the least bit surprised
@liekitisnot
@evo_homo
@thebadstats
Even then, the Black Sea isn't in the "northeast" of Ukraine. And Ukraine has more potential for gas extraction than oil, but far less of either than Russia... The guy is just clearly out of his depth. Not like his cult of fans would know or care, though.
@scib0rg
1. Sounds insincere & pandering.
2. Ranking groups in a hierarchy is always problematic.
3. Like excessive self-deprecation, it's a way to avoid working on yourself: "I just can't help myself, I'm naturally hopeless at this and you're better, we just have to accept that."
@TOS_Violator
Not a crucial detail but it's perfect... "no, I'm not the woman your husband is leaving you for, I'm the woman who came and adopted a kitten from your backyard that one time."
"Oh! My bad. Carry on."
@TNOQuoProQuid
@souljagoytellem
Yep. Sad to see someone try to be a pickme and not even get picked. Hope she moves on to something more worthy of her time.
@pantrymoth
@rocco_germanboi
Cool, but their arguments still deserve to be mocked and discredited like any bad faith sophistry. You can do that AND work against their right-wing agenda in other ways.
@JosephRReagan
@MattBinder
"Two wrongs don't make a right?" Wait, I'm sorry, what *two* wrongs?
Raichik harassed and slandered people, that's the first wrong, yes?
Lorenz/WaPo exposed who was committing that wrong, now it's harder for Raichik to keep doing it with impunity. That was... wrong? Somehow?
@nikicaga
When she says "scientists", that actually means flat earthers and intelligent design conspiracy theorists.
Y'know, the kind of "scientists" that do their own "research."
@DanteAtkins
Yep. And they'd still be my bitter opponents even if they weren't embarrassingly wrong about that outcome.
Like how the fuck would a victory by the Russian Federation in the 2020s be something for leftists (let alone socialists) to cheer on?
@politicalmath
Maybe Mitt shouldn't have run against his own healthcare policy.
Or accused people who pay sales and payroll taxes of paying no taxes while addressing a roomful of fat cats.
Conservatives are all about "personal responsibility" until the moment comes to own their mistakes.
Exactly. Ranking implies you can assess them each independently, when some of the worst things about Trump's term grew directly out of the Bush-era GOP: Karl Rovian ratfucking, tawdry culture war grievance-mongering, inept response to crises b/c they hated government on principle
@Audrevanon_
It's a common name in both languages 🤷♂️ (Also I think Zelenskyy would have been "Vladimir" as a child since he's a native Russian speaker)
@ConspiracyBull1
That's not a Ben Garrison cartoon, is it? Style looks more old-school and message seems just a bit more explicitly pro-Russia than I'd expect from him
@AricToler
Ok I'm struggling to understand this: Why do they want him to not be a Nazi so bad? What do they gain by him not being Nazi? They're not Nazis (or at least they say they aren't) so why would it matter?
@sunraysunray
Why? They're showing O'Brien where the fuck to get off. And they're having labor leaders speak for them who weren't idiotic enough to endorse Trump.
If Trump loses the Teamsters will know their guy fucked up and there's a good chance they'll boot his ass. Best outcome.
@shaun_vids
Climate change alone would be reason enough to want Trump to lose even if everything else between him and Biden were equal (which it isn't, including on Gaza).
Same for abortion, trans rights... pick any issue.
Of course I care who wins, what are you talking about?
@nikicaga
It's because he and Jackson Adenoid are pushing a "Russia is good for Africa" propaganda narrative and Malema is a weird enough freak to agree with them
@elcine19
@RottenInDenmark
That's like asking if they know whether Republicans and Democrats have changed positions on any issues since the 19th century.
Even if they know, they'll pretend they don't to the death
@monoblancoatx
@kingbullyo
Well, it's not contradictory if you're a smooth-brained chauvinist... So yeah, there are definitely millions of people carrying around that cognitive dissonance with them.
@PaulSorrentino3
@MehdiHasanShow
@mtaibbi
@mehdirhasan
Because Matt *expressly* said he wanted to come on the show to address that *specific* story. It's all there in black and white:
Mehdi's point was that Matt says he's for free speech but won't criticize Musk for censorship. And Matt just proved him right.
@MatthewDownhour
They're either just buying the magazine for decorative purposes and not reading it, or they are reading it and think it's fine.
Either possibility should be embarrassing, neither would be surprising.
@_giacomo_volpe_
He calls it "a system worth overthrowing."
But he's... not overthrowing it? And if thinks letting the Hitler guy win is gonna accomplish that, he's an idiot.
@_giacomo_volpe_
He calls it "a system worth overthrowing."
But he's... not overthrowing it? And if thinks letting the Hitler guy win is gonna accomplish that, he's an idiot.
@PopulismUpdates
Battle Hymn of the Republic, hands down.
Yes I'm an atheist-sympathetic agnostic, we're a secular country, and there's too much God imagery in that song. Don't care, it's a banger. The lyrics are incredible.
@rxkno0
@ContraPoints
His fans wouldn't shut up about how unfair everyone was to him. How uncharitably we were interpreting his good faith arguments. We weren't giving him the benefit of the doubt, they said.
@clairwil
@jh_swanson
Calling Renaissance/Baroque art "right-wing" is anachronistic imho... But I totally get what you mean! I like Hieronymous Bosch even though he definitely clashes with my values
@SxarletRed
Fine, you don't just need voting, you also need social movements to achieve real progress. 100% true.
But that's not an argument against voting. Especially at a time when recent social movements have stalled and new ones aren't materializing.
@Eddie_NYC
@deonteleologist
- Then he should have said Arabs
- Why would he mean Arabs? Arabs weren't even close to a majority in Judea under the Romans
- Seems clear he meant "brown middle easterners" and didn't know what to call them
@BozaJoza
@Karimjsmlchr
Tbh when discussing mass murders, the "at least he didn't do it to his own people" distinction never made sense to me. Whether they're your own people or not, the victims didn't provoke or deserve it. That's what makes it murder.
@saeen90_
@BretStephensNYT
@IlhanMN
@davidfrum
Until that guy goes down in flames in 2020? (Fingers crossed.) Trump's win was very flukey, and I doubt there really is much to learn from him about electoral strategy. It didn't work in 2018.
But anyway I still stand with Omar. Screw what Bret Stephens thinks about anything.
@nkulw
😰B-but no no, you guys, no I was saying that's a BAD thing. Haha a BAD thing, y'know? I *hate* the state, see that's why I- W-why are you looking me like that? I'm not the weird one, the state...! Th-You know what? You think that's weird? You're the sick one to have that on y...
@HegelwCrmCheese
Lol
To be fair, it kinda works. The creators weren't too clear yet where DV's square was in the empire's org chart, but remember how Tarkin was supposed to be "holding his leash"? So maybe this guy had equivalent rank on paper and didn't know how close DV was to the emperor?
@FafOnow
@POTUS
Their last election was in 2006. The median age in Gaza is 18. The overwhelming majority of Gazans alive today are too young to have ever voted for Hamas
@Leftylonghair
Both fascinating and pathetic how no matter where a JBP meme gets posted on God's internet, his diehard cultists will always somehow sniff it out and crowd around going "he never said those exact words" "that's out of context" "nuh uh"
@PyggPickens
@YodaQuavo
@limitlessjest
White tie legit looks like a period costume. Same for morning wear or anything you'd wear with a top hat. It's 2022 and you're not going to the Royal Ascot
@scib0rg
Also (an example of the hierarchy problems from
#2
), it plays into that anti-feminist canard: "Toxic masculinity? So you're saying masculinity is toxic??!"
No, we're saying we want better standards of masculinity. Men aren't inherently flawed, patriarchy instils the wrong values
@BipolarHaver
Wow, just look at these replies: "iT wAs A DiNeR, tHeY dOn'T tAkE rEseRvAtiOnS 😡😡😡"
Amazing and sad how, no matter where or when you post something funny about him on God's internet, hordes of Tim's diehard fans find it and angrily crowd around going "nuh uh!"
@lefty_md
@mike10010100
Ok, so that means your subscribers are just buying the magazine for decorative purposes and not reading it, or they are reading it and think homophobia fine.
Either possibility should be embarrassing to you as the editors. Neither would be surprising for
@curaffairs
@Imaplaincitizen
@DineshDSouza
Because they cut the clip to make it seem like he was lying.
It was completely clear to anyone listening that he was talking about going as part of a delegation.
@thevivafrei
@mehdirhasan
@mtaibbi
@MehdiHasanShow
Lol
Taibbi fans on March 25: Ha! Mehdi talks tough but let's see that coward debate him!
Taibbi fans on April 6: Boohoooo he was so mean!! Why did he bully him like that??
Clowns
@socdarling
@elonmusk
The dude who expanded the definition of doxxing on this site specifically to protect the author of a Nazi comic is totally fine with this.
@CartoonsHateHer
Me: Between lib and left, idk
The right wing/trads aren't wrong on some of the aesthetic stuff. Sometimes (mostly?) traditional architecture and art *is* more beautiful, sorry. Or at least shouldn't all be discarded and replaced. My most reactionary opinion
@EvilModeEngaged
@Appelmonkey
@2gay2lift
Tired-ass, thought-terminating line.
🇺🇸 is a democracy by most accepted definitions. Representative democracies, including republics with near-universal adult suffrage, are still democracies. And making democracies more democratic is good.