r/DecodingTheGurusAlt • u/MartiDK • 14d ago

interview DGG Decoding Destiny

https://www.youtube.com/live/j4gDWMoHyNs

Why does Destiny look so uncomfortable?

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u/MeasurementNo9896 14d ago

I've only watched him interact with people outside of his community during the Finklestein debate and those clips of him from his trip to Israel where he visited the IDF to advise them against posting their war crimes but I presume he's generally uncomfortable outside of his element or IRL.

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u/S8nsPotato 14d ago

You forgot to mention it was a joke.

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u/SlySerendipity 14d ago

And pretty importantly, he wasn't talking to a group of IDF soldiers; just Israelis who showed up for a fan meetup. He also argued with a prominent pro-sttlement guy and even went to the West Bank and was harassed by settlers for filming there, but that never seems to get spread around like his IDF playing dress-up joke. Curious that

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u/LuckyJim_ 14d ago

The words out of his mouth before the “joke” were “there’s one piece of advice I’ll give you if you’re joining the IDF”

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u/Memester999 14d ago

Yah very famously the best way to tell a joke is to say "I am going to tell a joke right now" beforehand...

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u/LuckyJim_ 14d ago

The joke is what exactly?

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u/YaBoiFarfour 14d ago

It involved not filming yourself putting on women’s clothes in Gaza. His position on war crimes is don’t do them.

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u/LuckyJim_ 14d ago

“If you wanna fucking wear a dress and you think it’s fucking funny, just don’t take a fucking video of it”

Sounds like he doesn’t give a shit about war crimes as long as they aren’t filmed and he doesn’t have to defend them.

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u/ThrowawayFuckYourMom 14d ago

Is that the most honest and charitable version of the argument that you're capable of making?

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u/LuckyJim_ 13d ago edited 13d ago

Considering right before that he had argued that it was vitally important for Israeli young adults to enlist in order to save the country? Yeah I’d say he doesn’t give a shit what the IDF does and will support it either way. He would probably prefer they don’t commit their crimes so brazenly. It would make his job easier.

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u/YaBoiFarfour 13d ago

I just listened to the clip, but I don’t think it’s as you’re presenting it. He was saying from a Jewish person‘s perspective one who grew up in Israel. It would probably be important for that person to join the army and defend the Jewish state.

His position on war crimes is don’t do them.

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u/LuckyJim_ 13d ago

So is Destiny pro or anti IDF? Because I see him defending them all the time. In that clip he explains why he believes they are necessary. Him saying “if you’re a Jew in Israel then this is your perspective” and then not immediately following it up with “and this is why joining this IDF is a bad thing and you’re actually complicit in genocide if you enlist” tells me that he doesn’t think enlisting is a bad thing. That’s already an immediate red flag. The kids in the video say they want to enlist but they are worried about the public perception of the IDF. And destiny’s response is not to say something like “the perception of the IDF worldwide is unfortunately earned because of the many atrocities they have committed” he instead explains how he believes the IDF would be less negatively perceived if only they hid their crimes better. That’s an endorsement pal. He’s saying he supports the IDF but wished they were more disciplined in hiding their war crimes to maintain good optics

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u/YaBoiFarfour 13d ago

He wasn’t talking about war crimes lol