https://xcancel.com/the_ason/status/1832226873155129688

    • weeen [any, any]
      hexagon
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      2 months ago

      I was wondering why he was always getting attacked by They want to critique power!!! people on twitter, I need to actually watch his videos.

      • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
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        2 months ago

        his "Dropping the Bomb" about how the atomic bombings of japan were just unecessary atrocities and preemptive aggression towards the soviets as well as cutting them out of peace deals with japan

        its great, I've watched it several times and its great info, in a horrible horrifying way

      • Hestia [comrade/them, she/her]
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        2 months ago

        He's probably my favorite video essayist. Does a breakdown of the timeline leading up to Hiroshima and Nagasaki as part of his argument against nuclear annihilation of the Japanese.

        • Hexboare [they/them]
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          2 months ago

          Actual reads the fucking meeting minutes which are readily available online instead of just doing a vibes analysis

      • Doubledee [comrade/them]
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        2 months ago

        Genuinely that skull is the first major domino in my move left, specifically his videos responding to weirdo skeptic talking head youtubers and his breakdown of the Trayvon Martin case. I was some sort of lib at the time, trying to both sides things, which I saw as peak reason at the time because I was in a deeply conservative environment. Always love me some Shaun.

      • Barabas [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        The videos are pretty good, but the main reason is that he correctly criticises voting blu no matter who as a tactic on twitter. He has been doing that for a while so a lot of these people hate him.

        They are also mad that he is doing it while being foreign, which is a grave insult.

        • weeen [any, any]
          hexagon
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          2 months ago

          a FOREIGNER critiquing US foreign policy...outrageous!