(I apologize in advance if talking about the podcast is discouraged. I don't know if that's a joke or if most hexbears feel that way). But anyway, next month marks the two-year anniversary of George Floyd's awful murder. Listening to the show in the summer of 2020, and later reading some stray commentary on this site, it seemed like the podcast kind of whiffed it on the protests. But idk, is that fair to say? I believe they participated in some marches in NYC, but I also remember Matt saying that "defund the police" was dead-on-arrival as a slogan, because cops will always be around as long as capitalism exists. I also remember there being a pretty rancid take about "working class" cops in a Taibbi episode, as well as an episode that dunked on a racial sensitivity/workplace training book. Fair enough about the capitalism opinion, and the book, which was no doubt written by a rich neolib that lacked any material analysis. I understand that CTH is a news commentary/comedy/dirtbag show co-hosted by white people, so it's not going to be the best resource on racial theory. I also understand that a big part of CTH is entertainment. But I'm curious if you have thoughts about Chapo's reaction to the 2020 protests. And thanks for sharing them.

  • Anemasta [any]
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    3 years ago

    That's exactly why their takes were outrageous. Most leftists felt elated at the prospects, many were saying that we were seeing the birth of "a real movement" in real time.

    • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Oooooh I see what you were trying to say. Lol, sorry.

      But yeah, nothing to say it still won't come back as a full on movement, it wasn't that long ago and weirder shit has happened.

      You could say I have high high hopes for a living- oww who shot me?