I think we need to allow more people to change their mind. He was also for cancel culture to a limited extent and now seems to be very much on the right.
I've seen people change their mind on Gaza a lot and we should encourage people to do that.
The left can dig a comment from 10 years ago and cancel someone and no matter what they say there is no forgiveness. The last thing we need on the right is that toxic behaviour.
I've seen people change their mind on Gaza a lot and we should encourage people to do that.
Me included, and I completely agree with you. That's why I did mention that he took it back.
I'm not criticizing him for his former opinions on Gaza. It's the mindset. "This culture deserves to be eradicated because it doesn't allow people to be gay." coming from the so called right. When I saw him say that, I was just thinking how far the 'right' has sunk to say this sort of thing.
I also wasn't impressed that he backed both Iran and Venezuela. But as you say, things are quite bad.
He seems astroturfed. Having opinions like that is a sure sign of a compromised rear guard actor. I doubt he backed down on Gaza for sincere reasons. He's just seeing how much shilling his audience will tolerate.
Given where I've been, and given where the European right is, I find it more believable that someone would think that sincerely. If you buy Israeli hasbara and proactively make their excuses for them, there's no reason not to.
I think we need to allow more people to change their mind. He was also for cancel culture to a limited extent and now seems to be very much on the right.
I've seen people change their mind on Gaza a lot and we should encourage people to do that.
The left can dig a comment from 10 years ago and cancel someone and no matter what they say there is no forgiveness. The last thing we need on the right is that toxic behaviour.
Me included, and I completely agree with you. That's why I did mention that he took it back.
I'm not criticizing him for his former opinions on Gaza. It's the mindset. "This culture deserves to be eradicated because it doesn't allow people to be gay." coming from the so called right. When I saw him say that, I was just thinking how far the 'right' has sunk to say this sort of thing.
I also wasn't impressed that he backed both Iran and Venezuela. But as you say, things are quite bad.
He seems astroturfed. Having opinions like that is a sure sign of a compromised rear guard actor. I doubt he backed down on Gaza for sincere reasons. He's just seeing how much shilling his audience will tolerate.
Given where I've been, and given where the European right is, I find it more believable that someone would think that sincerely. If you buy Israeli hasbara and proactively make their excuses for them, there's no reason not to.
The European right is compromised though.