I mean, that's no different to the sorts of things we see about Jews right here every day from numerous users.
Firstly, even here you don't commonly see the level of viciousness toward the Jews that Bongino was spewing toward Palestinians and Muslims in general. Secondly, even if you did...we're a fringe internet forum, not a syndicated radio host. "Stormfag88" or whatever here does not have the reach of Bongino.
It's a bit different having him spout that shit on the radio, than seeing someone spout that shit about Jews here.
Lastly, I don't agree with either, so I'm not sure the point anyway. Palestinians are not all guilty, and not all subhuman. Neither are Jews. Even if we had a bunch of users pushing that shit here, I still disagree with Bongino's evil takes.
I mean, it's big news. I view it more as being interested in the Kirk stuff - and Candace being one of the only big people talking about it - than him fangirling over her.
It's also just following the trends/news. It probably would have looked like I was fangirling over Fuentes, when he was especially big in the news, and after he crushed Piers, and stuff. When I'm not even a fan. Same thing with Candace; if you care about Kirk (and I'd argue more people should), you might inadvertently seem like you're going hard for Candace.
Just like with Fuentes, the people attacking Candace the hardest are absolutely fucking retarded, so if you're talking about things she's involved in, it can seem like you're all in on her team. Just because the other side is worthy of much more criticism.
That said, yeah, I think Clint is adjusting to his sudden rise, and is trying to cozy up to big names like Candace and Fuentes to some extent.
Timestamp (although the whole thing is good): 16:29
This is from ten months ago (meant to put that in the title too, oops), and I thought it was relevant (again/still), in wake of Bongino leaving, and I was reminded by the thread about him that got posted. The video really sums up some of the major problems of the admin. And, yeah, you guessed it.
Also, that's wild. Look at the views. 3.1k. Clint Russel blew up, primarily after the Kirk killing. One of his videos really blew up, and he got 800k on that. That's crazy for nine months difference. Grats to the dude.
And Tulsi has been an absolute disgrace
Thank you. I don't see enough people calling her out. It's a shame; she was one of the people I had highest hopes for, and she's either silent or actively complicit in all this mess.
This whole admin has been a massive blackpill; get the outsiders in power, they immediately become the insiders. Not a spine to be seen anywhere.
I'd sometimes listen during a commute, but never considered myself a fan; not a 'fan' of most of those AM people.
And then he lost me after October 7th, and I wouldn't even listen. He was one of the worst and most bloodthirsty people on the radio, giving Mark Levin a run for his money even. 'No such thing as an innocent Gazan,' ranting about 'terrorist sympathizers,' wanting to kill them all, stuff like that. It was bad. Calling people subhumans.
Dan Bongino is, choose at least one: A propagandist with no morals, a hateful monster, or an easily swayed and emotional person who gets caught up in the fervor. But the hate and self righteousness he spews is insane.
Elon's not a good parent either, as far as I can tell, but still better than the psycho lady.
Plus, it would just be hilarious. She tried to trap him, and then still wasn't even satisfied; imagine he gets his son back, and stops paying her. Let's go!
Not sure they'll view it as worth the trouble but, yes, his life is in more danger than it was before he released those videos. Which is insane.
And these psychos are the ones who want even more control of my country come next election.
He pisses the right people off.
While that's always a good sign, and I've used that argument myself for sure, I agree with AoV; it's not always good enough. There are people who piss the right people off, who are absolute monsters. That's not Asmon, to be clear, but just an example.
For me, pissing the right people off should be a secondary bonus, not the core argument. You do good work and piss the right people off? Awesome. And, to some extent, that is Asmon. But, as some people have pointed out, he also has some big failings. I don't hate the dude - I actually think he's pretty likeable - but he's definitely got some issues.
I don't dislike Asmon, but he does have some character traits I really don't appreciate.
Foremost, he doesn't do his research, but speaks with absolute authority or confidence. So he'll react to things where he doesn't have the full context or story, and then present himself as something approaching an expert. It's a pretty infuriating pattern.
When he's right, he's right; I think he has decent instincts, and his ideology seems relatively "based" outside of some blind spots. But he's inconsistent, and since he goes off halfcocked, when he gets it wrong, he can get it very wrong. And, most frustrating, just gets it wrong for incredibly simple and avoidable reasons...the aforementioned not doing any research. He just reacts. Which is fine, if he also wasn't taken as some sort of "thought leader." Which isn't his fault, but it's just weird.
Also, I hate to see all these people I to some extent like dive headfirst into the 'I'm ignoring history and past statements, US interventionism is great and necessary now (because Daddy Trump.)' Just like with October 7th reactions, and just like with Iran reactions, Venezuela/Iran 2 is making me lose some respect for people I like.
I fear the 'breakfast question' has even more dire answers than I had feared, and even people who talk about the breakfast question often fail the test themselves. Which is wild.
Also, no matter how you feel about this ICE shooting, I really hate the bloodthirstiness some people on "my side" are exhibiting. I heard it put well, I think by Daryl Cooper (who sadly also missed some obvious stuff and got things wrong for no reason), that this was a 'can, not should' shooting. i.e. the lady probably crossed enough lines so the agent will have a decent defense for pulling the trigger...but doesn't mean that's what was called for in that situation.
Kind of what I've been saying; she takes most of the blame for putting herself in that situation, and behaving like a lunatic, but doesn't mean I like the outcome, and doesn't mean the agent behaved perfectly. And, sadly, I think both sides wanted this. The left to prove their point, the right/admin so they can point to the riots and get more support for increased crackdowns. It's also just fucking midterms nonsense.
Lastly, because I realize this is another essay, but this is an interesting point I haven't seen anyone make. Most people are talking about self defense, but I do see some talking about duty to protect as well. People keep talking about duty to protect when it comes to killing Americans. 'He had to pull the trigger, or she would have driven off and killed someone else. You can't let her leave the scene.' But, if she actually had been driving right at a pedestrian, that agent has no duty to stop the car and save the pedestrian, if he fears for his own life. People can't have it both ways. There is no duty to protect, so he had no obligation to stop her from leaving the scene. They had her plate...they had her "partner," so she wasn't going to escape justice either. We can talk self defense, that's certainly valid, but the idea that he had to stop her from leaving is just not correct.
Again, she takes most of the blame for doing what she did, but the whole thing was avoidable from all angles and, to my point, I don't like to see people cheering this on. Or even overly justifying it, even if it was justifiable. While law and order is very important, we do also have to be wary of further normalizing the killing of Americans, even retarded ones. They want a federal policy force; they almost officially got it under Biden, and they're doing something similar under Trump. This will come back around and target us, too. No matter how you all feel about this crazy leftist, a lot of the people pulling the 'law and order' strings hate us as well.
Ideology and irrelevant people aside...they're just terribly designed too.
The left one doesn't even say "UNITED STATES OF AMERCA" on it, outside of as part of Girl Scouts. The second is even worse, as it doesn't have a clear border, and looks like shit. Here's another bad one when I was looking for comparisons: Vera.
Compare to even some of the previous "random women" coins. This one I found at least has a clear border, and isn't cluttered. And then your classic has no unnecessary clutter at all.
You want to put random shit on the coins? It should at least be about America, and it should be well designed.
He's equating her death with Kirk which is stupid.
Absolutely. As I said, I like Tucker, but anyone who tries to equate the two events deserves notching but scorn for that opinion.
Kirk was sitting there, when someone murdered him. He was not a physical threat to anyone.
This lady drove a car at an armed federal agent, who then shot her.
They're not fucking the same.
I will say, I like Tucker, and I absolutely appreciate where he's coming from. I wish we lived in a world where the compassion he preaches made a better world.
But, just like his failing on tribalism, he fails to take reality into account.
You can't be colorblind, when every other group hates White people. And you can't give too much free ground, when your opponents are deranged psychos who want to tread on everything you hold dear, and insist on linestepping. If you don't shoot them here, they will keep pushing until you have to shoot them to stop them from literally slitting your throat. Because there is no limit they won't go to.
As I've said, I wish this lady hadn't died - feds killing Americans, no matter how retarded, is not something I cheer - but she's still the one who fucked around. Both can be true; I wish the officer hadn't killed her, but if she'd behaved better he wouldn't have. Don't fuck around, don't find out. Simple.
Trump sold himself into the hands of Miriam Adelson for $100m to buy himself out of his legal troubles and get back into the White House.
I still don't get how you can buy a fucking billionaire for a few million, but apparently something like that happened.
At best, they threatened him with some absolutely atrocious shit, and he caved. The middle is he's a greedy fuck who sold out our country for a hundred more million. The worst is he actually is a gigaperv, and he's in the "Epstain files" or something equivalent.
I personally still put it to option 1 or 2 as most likely but...yeah, either way, it's not great for the whole "Donald J. Trump is America First" narrative, which seems pretty dead and buried by this point.
As I've said, I wish she hadn't died. I don't cheer any deaths, and I don't like when law enforcement kills Americans.
But the lionization is absurd, and any sane person in that position (well, they wouldn't have been in that position to begin with) would not have been killed.
Did she "deserve" to die? Not in my opinion. Was she the primary cause of her own death? Absolutely.
This is another instance of someone fucking around, and finding out. I wish they hadn't fucked around, and I wish they hadn't found out...but they fucking did. Stop doing that, and you stop dying, like 99% of the time.
What do you think about the permanent for bad faith trolls?
110%. Fuck 'em. They're not members of the community, they're not here in good faith, and they don't deserve human rights.
That's tongue in cheek, obviously but, yeah, that's the main reason for the new rule where new arrivals are held to higher standards. If they're not from here, and want to shit up the place, they get deported.
I'm good with the rules, and your tag worked for me. I didn't get Shadow's either.
I did change a setting though; check your profile settings, over on Communities if they don't work here; there's a setting to allow pings. Which is weird, because it was off, but I still got pings in the past. I have no clue what's up with this retard site...
I'll try tagging everyone else, see if it helps.
u/Smith1980 u/SocraticMethod1 u/CarmenOfSandiego - check the comment tree above, Shadow wants final input on new rules. Let me know if these tags work too. Thanks.
Almost, if you're into that...but way too messy. Like I said, I'd appreciate more of a clear border, at the very least.