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Hinkle was recently featured by the NYT as the face of the rising anti-imperialist and pro-Palestinian movements.

Today, he says he is a Stalinist and a Maoist who was expelled from the Communist Party of the United States. (Roberta Wood, a party leader in Chicago, said he subscribed to the newsletter but had never joined the party and did not reflect its values.) He once supported Bernie Sanders, but now praises Donald Trump.

He is, he wrote last year, an “American PATRIOT, GOD fearing, Pro-FAMILY, Marxist Leninist, Pro-PALESTINE, RUSSIA & CHINA, Anti-DEEP STATE, Anti-IMPERIALIST, Anti-WOKE, Pro-GROWTH, ANTI-MONOPOLY, Pro-GUN, Pro-FOSSIL FUEL.”

Now liberals everywhere will continue to associate those ideologies with uncritical support for Putin and anti-LGBT views. blob-no-thoughts

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  • ButtBidet [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    I'm so ootl, does the CIA just pay these people to have the worst viewpoints ever and say they're ML?

  • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    peppino-angry I'm fucking pissed this guy is getting so much traction not only in the mainstream press but annoyingly on some smaller independent Chinese media, he's 100% being promoted by the bourgeoisie so these types are the face of "leftism" in the minds of liberals/hogs.

    • booty [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      We'll paint the guillotine red white and blue for him

      spoiler

      juche-rose

  • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Lol so the people were 100% when they said he’s a fed and not just some random reactionary.

    But what are the chances it’s even dumber? What are the chances the feds purposely leaned into this angle for division but he’s genuinely not an agent at all and just morally bankrupt and doesn’t care about anything? I mean ultimately he carries out their agenda intentionally or not so it doesn’t matter, but it just seems too perfect that a psyop soldier is publicly involved with him, yes?

    • StalinStan [none/use name]
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      2 months ago

      It does make their job easier if they pick a guy that is organically annoying. So that would probably be part of it. Less chance of him messing up and breaking character as well.

      • JohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]
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        2 months ago

        they used to find people already saying what they wanted in zines or whatever and then backing them rather than directly commissioning propaganda, no reason to think they wouldn't find indoctrinated jackasses to prop up doing the current thing.

      • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        He was hanging out with Russian soldiers and talked in a video conference in Iran. It seems like this dude is either the most annoying, successful modern day spy, or he’s useful to every agency in the world because he might give you something valuable if you treat him right lol

    • redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 months ago

      To paraphrase Gabriel Rockhill, the CIA doesn't generally and doesn't need to pay puppets to spread its propaganda; it pays to build and support a marionette theatre to promote the performances of those who already and/or are willing to say what the CIA wants you to hear.

  • HexbearGPT [comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    Lets start a hexbear communist surf gang and drown these fuckers in the lineup.

    We’ll say a baby shark ate them.

  • taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 months ago

    Lmfao this dude is a straight opp. I've never seen him before but heard his name, and now I can see what a clown he is

  • FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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    2 months ago

    "Riding Rage Over Israel to Online Prominence"

    Lol NYT is saying he is a grifter.

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 months ago

      And other anti-imperialists by association. IMO it's psyop to promote the idea that there exists a red/brown alliance, which is something feds have repeatedly done.

  • shreddingitlater [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    Not doubting it, but who's the lieutenant colonel in the picture? Tried looking up Sarah Brady and it's just a bunch stories about her toxic relationship with Jonah Hill and Jackson Hinkler (they dated a few years ago and were probably dating when this pic was taken).

    e: oh wait, they mean Tulsi Gabbard. What's linking her to psyops though?

    • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      She continued to serve as a major in the Hawaii Army National Guard until her transfer to the 351st Civil Affairs Command, a California-based United States Army Reserve unit assigned to the United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, in June 2020

  • radio_free_asgarthr [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    I will only say that it is hard to tell from that photo that that is actually Jackson Hinkle, but this is extremely on the nose since San Onofre is really close to a marine base.

    • FumpyAer [any, comrade/them]
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      2 months ago

      It's gotta be him, he is also known for being a surfer. Also, I looked at his face, and that's him.

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      This blog post by the army colonel his girlfriend(?) was linked in the NYT article and it identifies him as Hinkle.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Is it unfair to say that this guy is some kind of contemporary Dick Spenser?