Quote tweet https://x.com/GoodVibePolitik/status/2109143547207127490
You’re a 47 year old trained media professional who two days ago was openly beefing with a 20 year old on Twitter by hyperfixating on his header photo
Opinion | Why I Miss George W. Bush - The New York Times
By Mehdi Hasan
Nov. 30, 2015I read a bit and then scrolled to the end.
Mr. Bush’s foreign policy may have harmed Muslims abroad but
“Leopold II’s policies might have inconvenienced some Congolese abroad but” type shit
Sometimes on Bluesky I see Hasan has posted something about having a 30 minute verbal debate with some racist chud. I’m certain every single time people in the thread tell him stuff like “You gave them a platform so they won the debate,” and he starts muting/blocking because he’ll never learn. Plus he loves the sound of his own voice too much to ever shut up.
pot calling the kettle black. https://x.com/MujammaHaraket/status/2088515987247149204
I really don’t even know much about Norm, I just saw this video the other day and thought it was funny to share here
totally fair, he’s not wrong here and that screenshot is hilarious
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he’s wrong about trans issues, hes wrong about black issues, he’s wrong about “from the river to the sea”, hes wrong about BDS, he’s right about jewish supremacy and the holocaust industry, he blames “woke academics” and cancel culture for his blackballing rather than zionism, and shouldn’t be treated as an idol where his many failures are hand waved rather than discussed. why he might come to the conclusions he expressed in the clip? why might someone who’s made cogent arguments his whole life engage in “cognitive dissonance”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/26/israelandthepalestinians.usa
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/17/university-protests-gaza-norman-finkelstein
Holy shit. Now I’m curious how I fucked up to have the image of the man in my head that I do. I actually knew about some of these (certainly not the two you linked) and somehow it escaped my thinking. You’re absolutely right. Just because he doesn’t fall for one of the intellectual traps Zionists promote, he isn’t justified/justifiable in falling for a myriad others, nor is the bigotry he ends up supporting excusable.
yeah i’ve read most of his work and it’s really solid when he stays in his lane. unfortunately he’s been lionized a bit post 10/7 for saying the right things on interviews
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
He’s also the author of a book call how to win every argument…
Win Every Argument shows how anyone can communicate with confidence, rise above the tit for tats on social media, and triumph in a successful and productive debate in the real world.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60505565-win-every-argument
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