Can't wait to finish listening to Trash Future featuring Derek Davidson so I can start listening to Chapo Trap House featuring Derek Davidson
Edit: pretty sure he's mispronouncing Qatar but I haven't studied Arabic in a long time and my teacher was from Morocco
According to Wikipedia, the standard pronunciation is [ˈqatˤar] and the local one is [ˈɡɪtˤɑr].
And the BBC pronunciation is "Cutter" for some damn reason
Just like Iraq.
I have heard Iraqis say "ih - rack"
But bush says "eye rack" and the BBC is uh, they're fucking British, so of course they say "ih - ROCK"
And so all the libs just assume the man from London must be saying it right. ih - ROCK
And so all the libs just assume the man from London must be saying it right. ih - ROCK
Maybe they are saying it right and that's the English pronunciation
The end of the episode went to a kind of strange place. Am I the only one who thinks it's a bit much to be hyper critical of colleges when everyone on the call (with the exception of maybe Felix) has at least a bachelor's degree? And many work in academia and/or journalism? It kind of reminds me of conservatives shitting on universities but at the same time attending Ivy League schools. They resent the institutions but crave the legitimacy. Shouldn't we encourage young people to pursue whatever post high school education (including the trades) they desire? I'm not sure I buy Matt's assertion that politics will split into who did and didn't attend college. It's not virtuous to attend college. It's also not virtuous to not attend college. Aren't they falling for the same condescension of the working class that they criticize on the right? Am I losing it or did it come off a bit fart sniffy?
I don't think its hypocritical. It might be a bad hypothesis, but I don't think its hypocritical that a person who went to college came up with the idea.
Not sure how I feel about it yet but I can understand the argument.
Damn chapo is getting fucking boring. Can't remember the last episode I was able to finish.
Disagree with their mocking of designating Trump a 'fascist'. Sure, he's not overt and he hasn't murdered journalists yet, and there's no curfews or martial law, but the reason people are flagging it now is because this is the only chance we can nip it in the bud (potentially maybe :( probably not). Does it seem hysterical to the right wing? Absolutely, but they're screaming socialist on their end and that's an effective dogwhistle, so why shouldn't we do it?
Plus, there's some really terrifying hints recently that show it might be heading somewhere pretty bad. It might be fine, but I disagree with the idea we should be mocking people putting up incredibly valid red flags.
