Hotair fired Allahpundit because he became too liberal and provoked too many complaints, despite being a founding member of the site.
Hm... firing a founder is a bit troubling, but I do think it is justified in this case.
I have a history with Allahpundit. I started to follow him back in the early 2000s when I was in law school and he had a blog "Allah is in the House" where all his posts were in the voice of Allah, talking about various topics making fun of jihadis and liberals. Allahpundit was a major player in the right wing blogosphere for Rathergate in the 2004 election, and I had a front row seat.
To be clear, much of that was "LOLZ LIBS ARE TRAITORS FOR NOT SUPPORTING OUR WARS", not? (And yes, I know most of their politicians did.)
I realized that Allahpundit only became right wing in response to 9/11 out of fear, then, when Covid showed up, he switched sides again out of fear. His impulse was that he wanted authoritarian "strong government" to save him from what he feared. Very sad to see a man so controlled by fear and so delusional to think that the government could actually save him.
Actually, I'm unfortunately similar to that. I supported all the anti-terror measures after 9/11, which governments gleefully imposed here as well, same for lockdowns during Covid. I like to think that I now learned my lesson, but only time will tell.
I guess a George W. Bush Republican will definitely switch now that the Democrats are more warmongering than the Republicans.
Or maybe he was always a grifter. Who the hell knows? If you can't tell if I'm an FSB contractor despite interacting with me quite a lot, I can't tell based on someone's carefully curated posts.
To be clear, much of that was "LOLZ LIBS ARE TRAITORS FOR NOT SUPPORTING OUR WARS", not? (And yes, I know most of their politicians did.)
No, it was speaking as "Allah" to make fun of jihadis. Example:
Allah finds it hilarious that the Jew Rumsfeld's account of his exchange with a South Korean journalist appeared in newspapers on the same day as this story. You have some interesting "friends" there, Satan. Now you know how the peaceful Palestinian people feel vis-a-vis the rest of the Arab world. Speaking of which, did you know that the Jew is the "cancer" of the region and that he is disseminating his "venom" in the Middle East in hopes of conquering Saudi Arabia? It must be true; Allah heard it on Palestinian television. The imam also said that "[m]ixing with the Arabs gave the Jews an Arab trait – courage," and that makes sense since, hey, no wonder the IDF keeps winning wars.
It was hilarious at the time, and yes, you have to remember that this was at a time when the libs were totally scared of muslims to the point where you had the whole mohammed cartoon controversy. So a blog which aggressively and openly mocked the jihadis and their god was extremely irreverent and hilarious.
He also made heavy use of memes, which was pretty new in the early 2000s.
Hm... firing a founder is a bit troubling, but I do think it is justified in this case.
To be clear, much of that was "LOLZ LIBS ARE TRAITORS FOR NOT SUPPORTING OUR WARS", not? (And yes, I know most of their politicians did.)
Actually, I'm unfortunately similar to that. I supported all the anti-terror measures after 9/11, which governments gleefully imposed here as well, same for lockdowns during Covid. I like to think that I now learned my lesson, but only time will tell.
I guess a George W. Bush Republican will definitely switch now that the Democrats are more warmongering than the Republicans.
Or maybe he was always a grifter. Who the hell knows? If you can't tell if I'm an FSB contractor despite interacting with me quite a lot, I can't tell based on someone's carefully curated posts.
No, it was speaking as "Allah" to make fun of jihadis. Example:
I tried a few pages, and didn't find it particularly funny. Maybe because 20 years have passed.
It was hilarious at the time, and yes, you have to remember that this was at a time when the libs were totally scared of muslims to the point where you had the whole mohammed cartoon controversy. So a blog which aggressively and openly mocked the jihadis and their god was extremely irreverent and hilarious.
He also made heavy use of memes, which was pretty new in the early 2000s.