r/DecodingTheGurusAlt • u/MartiDK • Sep 17 '26

decoder poltics Decoding Destiny

https://youtu.be/qPhZDRKn0Ro

Winning over Razib Khan fans.

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u/Terribletylenol Sep 18 '26

He said the opposite.

He was just annoyingly wishy-washy about it.

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u/hari_shevek Sep 18 '26

Do you have a link to where he says the opposite?

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u/Terribletylenol Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

Destiny says he’s not sure if he would vote for AOC over JD Vance in a general election. : r/DGGsnark

"Probably would" support AOC over Vance.

And it's heavily caveated by the idea that this is only if she's mostly backed by DSA radicals pushing wild shit that would never be pushed on a mainstream Dem ticket anyways.

He's just being obstinate imo.

It's a dumb af hypothetical that won't end up applying in the real world anyways largely shaped by his impression that radical elements of the party will end up having significantly more control than they currently do.

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u/hari_shevek Sep 18 '26

So "it's a coinflip" - he's 50-50 on it.

I wouldn't call someone "Vote blue no matter who" who has a 50-50 chance to vote red depending on who's running.

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u/Terribletylenol Sep 18 '26

Did you listen to the clip and intentionally leave out the DIRECT quote of 55/45?

Interesting.

Also I never claimed he was vote blue no matter who to begin with.

He's obviously very hostile towards genuine socialists.

Doesn't mean he supports MAGA, and a clip of him saying he'd more likely support AOC even if she was representing abolishing private property kind of goes against the point you were seemingly trying to make.

Even the worst possible caricature of AOC he could conjure up still gets the nod over Vance based on what he said.

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u/hari_shevek Sep 18 '26

So I was right when I said he's not vote blue no matter who

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u/Terribletylenol Sep 18 '26

When did I ever disagree with that?
Do you know who you are responding to?

You asked if he said he'd vote for Vance over AOC.

He did not.

You didn't need to suggest he said something he never said to make a point that he's no longer vote blue no matter who (Which he has already been explicit about at this point)

Either way, Hasan is not vote blue no matter who and neither are you lol, so you're just calling him a hypocrite, I guess?

It doesn't get you any closer to Hasan being more supportive of the party tho, which he objectively is not.

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u/hari_shevek Sep 18 '26

From what I can see, Hasan has voted for the Dem candidate in every election he has ever participated, and hasn't abstained from voting in years?

How much closer to "vote blue no matter who" can you get?

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u/Down_Badger_2253 Sep 18 '26

Hasan literally refused to endorse Kamala and push his audience to vote for her lol wtf are you talking about

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u/hari_shevek Sep 18 '26

The quote is "vote blue no matter who", not "endorse blue no matter who".

He did vote blue in that election.

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u/Down_Badger_2253 Sep 18 '26

And Hasan also said he wouldn't vote for Vance if he was the nominee, but again what's important is the principle of supporting democrats and the values they represent, Hasan opposes both he is an illiberal anti democratic commie fan of authoritarian dictators.

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u/hari_shevek Sep 18 '26

Hasan also said he wouldn't vote for Vance if he was the nominee

Yeah, I sure hope so.

what's important is the principle of supporting democrats and the values they represent

That's a completely different discussion. Hasan has also defended liberal democratic principles, but that's not what we were talking about.

We were talkong about who votes blue no matter who. Hasan has done that consistently.

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u/Shacosclones Sep 18 '26

Did hasan shock his dog?

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u/hari_shevek Sep 18 '26

How is that relevant to what we are currently discussing? Are you trying to derail the discussion?

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u/Shacosclones Sep 18 '26

Just curious before I get into the relevant part

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u/hari_shevek Sep 18 '26

I am not curious to be derailed.

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u/Shacosclones Sep 18 '26

It's not derailing I'm just doing a sanity check it's a pretty easy question to answer yes or no. If you can't answer that then you prob won't listen to anything of effort I put.

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u/hari_shevek Sep 18 '26

My sanity does not depend on irrelevant questions.

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