Link to this fucking nerd: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis/status/1686818661204721664

So Ana Kasparian from TYT did the classic: 'The left's focus on identity issues divides us! I'm done with it!' stupidpol after being called out for being a TERF and repeating typical transphobic right-wing rhetoric, which she constantly doubles down on.

This TYT LIB called Ben Burgerfucker maybe-later-honey decided to defend her, while proudly proclaiming himself to be "socially progressive" lenin-sure and "pro-gay & trans rights", yet thinks calling out a fellow LIB for spreading blatant transphobia is "identitarian scolding and purity-testing". hypersus Having believes means absolutely nothing to these idiots. Liberals will gladly defend TERFs as long as they're politically aligned with them.

It's always the same shit with these types of assholes. Conservatives do their culture wars, spread false narratives and implement laws criminalizing trans people's existence, and then when we defend ourselves and push back against the lies and bigotry that spreads even among supposed 'allies', all of a sudden we're the ones responsible for the culture wars and being "identitarian". agony Fuck off. And like any good class reductionist does, pretend like standing up for a minority and caring about their struggles is a distraction from class politics and fighting for better material conditions, maybe-later-kiddo just to hide the fact that you never really cared about said minority's struggles in the first place, and will gladly throw them under the bus because you don't care what happens to them. Also, the TYT are LIB, yet they'll conveniently pretend they care about improving material conditions. dont-laugh

And yes, in that video Kasparian used the term "identitarian" jesse-wtf to refer to intersectionality on the left. That term is literally used by Pan-European ethno-nationalists to describe their fash ideology, and she's trying to equate us with them. visible-disgust Another typical chud strategy. But apparently it's working for her audience, because even fucker Ben, the so called 'socially progressive' wanker is using that term now, and can't fathom how any of that is characteristic of someone shifting to the right, wonder-who-thats-for because like the typical LIB he is, he doesn't want to look in the mirror and admit he's full of shit, and that his social progressivism is just performative bullshittery.

Every single day I lose more faith in these so called 'allies'. desolate Fucking useless.

My rant is over. Gonna grab some more ganja to relax. rust-darkness stalin-smokin

  • Walk_On [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Repurposing something I wrote earlier:

    Ben Burgis is a hack. He, along with Douglas Lain, used to be apart of Zero Books and made Youtube videos for that publishing house’s channel. They’re both Left Coms who complain about cancel culture and political correctness (Burgis was even on Rogan). They even made a few videos bashing Michael Parenti that appear to have been deleted from the Zero Books channel. Even one of Lain’s videos is an interview with Glenn Greenwald with a thumbnail that says “Flashback: Glenn Greenwald is not your enemy”, while Burgis actually released a book with the title, "Canceling Comedians While The World Burns".

    • SkolShakedown [he/him, any]
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      1 year ago

      for some reason I feel like he was all over the place like 3-4 years ago, brought on as like the "smart book guy" for various Internet politics shows. absolute dullard who is actually dumber than he looks.

      • keepcarrot [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        I'm pretty sure he pushed bonkers hard for that. Just inserting himself wherever.

        • SpookyGenderCommunist [they/them, she/her]
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          1 year ago

          I feel like after Michael Brooks passed, now that Ana Kasparian and Ben Burgis don't have him as an anchor, they've been floating off into chud territory ever since.

    • Budwig_v_1337hoven [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Pretty happy they got canned by Zero after the take-over (or take-back) by Repeater (which is made up from the original Zero crowd, from the Fisher days)

      I vaguely remember them leaning into some terf shit shortly before all that, but I'm not sure how much of a part it played. Might be misremembering too, but I do definitely know both of those dudes suck at what they pretend to do, absolute con man level of analysis, all to further their little grifty careers