• corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]M
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        3 years ago

        My initial thought was "Tucker Carlson" but that seemed like it would be giving him too much....not 'credit,' but well...credit.

        • LibsEatPoop3 [he/him]
          hexagon
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          3 years ago

          Yeah Tucker Carlson is worryingly popular and actually brings more people to the Right. I don’t think Maupin can compete.

      • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]M
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        3 years ago

        No he's just a really silly conservative that prides himself on having "high level ideas." He never really got very big, but he still plugs away at it, kinda like Maupin. It's really hard to explain if you're not familiar with Rubin, but idk....Maupin just kinda has the same vibe.

        Should you choose to expose yourself to Rubin, I'd definitely find a clip of Hasan Piker, The Serfs, Thought Slime, or BadEmpanada dunking on him.

        • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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          3 years ago

          Isn't Rubin the guy who tried to whitewash Ben Shapiro by saying "You wouldn't have a problem having dinner with me and my husband" and Shapino answers with some homophobic shit like "Well, as long as its not like a gay party" ?

      • JackalopeEnthusiast [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        He used to pretend to be, but he's since dropped that.

        I used to live on a farm with Dave's in-laws, and one time he came to visit us for a couple weeks. He seemed really surprised that a commie like me was into guns, talked me up in one of his video (about how "you can't please everyone"), and kept using me as an example in twitter arguments back when he supported trans people in the military.

        I guess he's changed his mind about trans people though.

          • JackalopeEnthusiast [she/her]
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            3 years ago

            Knew his husband's family a lot better, but I met him once yeah. Terrible Yoda impression.

            https://youtu.be/qTPCI_yF1uQ here's a vid from back when he was still claiming to be a liberal. The other anecdote about the self-sufficient farmer who supports safety nets? Completely made up.