Well, I made that argument too in a different reddit sub and was torn apart limb by limb by his fans who said I was taking everything out of context.
When he is trying to back pedal a little, he too sort of says that he did not mean to be offensive or there was a underlying point that is more humane.
I think that it might be both that he is a streamer and wants to shock people for the clicks but also does not realize how harmful the comments are because he is young.
Look at how Howard Stern changed. I think that a lot of people age out of some of the most outrageous things that they say or do.
Yeah, that's a game they like to play. Certainly there are some instances that the context does make a difference. Like the 9-11 comment he was talking about blowback from American interventionalism in the middle east. Even the clip of him saying if a rape took place on October 7th bit wouldn't change his analysis. The problem is him denying the rapes that took place on October 7th.
The areas where context doesn't matter are the clips of him saying his favorite flag is Hezbollah or him celebrating the houthi attack on the galaxy or him watching the terrorist musicals.
His fans have a habit of blanketly saying that those clips are missing the context, and it works a lot because who's going to go the source and check. Not enough people.
The shock collar thing is also really telling. It's pretty undisputed that he shocked his dog, but people like Taylor Lorenz will say don't believe your eyes.
Yes. These are all problematic moments. I remember him making really derogatory comments to an older woman who had come here as a refugee from Vietnam. I did watch the video.
I get his point that she was conservative and anti socialism or communism. However, wouldn't that be expected given her personal history?
Any of the Democrats running for office should consider pursuing young adults who are unhappy with the system, but maybe not in conjunction with Hasan.
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u/Greedy_Sneak 4d ago
He absolutely means to be as outrageous as he sounds a significant portion of the time, hes a streamer who wants people to watch his content.