• Night Monkey
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    19 months ago

    Hasan is a grifting fool who promotes socialism and communism and takes people’s donations but is already rich. His takes are complete garbage.

    • @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      People can choose to not donate to him. Also he does plenty of fundraisers.

      Grifting is a strong word for someone that is very well educated and doesn’t just pick the mainstream position in every subject because it’s easy.

      The man does good work let him earn some money from it.

    • gila
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      59 months ago

      Hasan was quoted by this article because he was notably outspoken about the original gamergate, had the correct take on it, and the current trend is literally just an attempt at relitigating those same issues.

      Here’s an exercise for you: can you name a single person on the planet that would more appropriate to quote on this issue than Hasan, and why?

      Even if I accept and agree with the position in your comment, there isn’t.

      • WolfdadCigarette@threads.net
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        -29 months ago

        Anita Sarkeesian. Ja Rule might also have some deep personal insight into the video game bigotry pipeline. He’s a face and personality I respect.

        • gila
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          39 months ago

          I think in your rush to namedrop someone else involved you maybe neglected to consider whether that’s actually the case. Anita went into hiding and gamers don’t know who she is anymore

          • WolfdadCigarette@threads.net
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            09 months ago

            I get the not so vague feeling of contrarianism and I honestly dig it. Lemmy’s inability to keep sticks away from posteriors is exhausting.

            • gila
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              9 months ago

              Hasan was the biggest driving force behind anti-gamergate sentiment originally and that deserves to not be disrespected in the comments because of some unrelated gripe you have with him that is founded on a logical farce, that’s it

              • WolfdadCigarette@threads.net
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                19 months ago

                I’m not the person you originally responded to so hold your assumptions. The journalist who still actively works in this specific field a decade later, after becoming the subject of its ire is an objectively better choice. Don’t blame me for having the capacity to answer your question.

                • gila
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                  19 months ago

                  Sorry for assuming, I’d encourage you to check Anita’s own opinion about speaking on gamergate though. She doesn’t want to.

                  • WolfdadCigarette@threads.net
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                    19 months ago

                    Wait, what? I was at an event where she spoke about it and she seemed comfortable enough speaking about it in that context. I guess feelings can change over the years, my mistake. Sincerely.

    • gila
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      79 months ago

      Because socialism is when you’re poor

      • @candid@lemmy.ca
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        Yeah I honestly expected more nuanced takes from decentralized Reddit but I guess I expected too much. Nobody has provided any examples of his “bad takes” except that he makes money off his work, as he fucking should. So I’ll just move on with my day. Been watching the guy on and off for years, haven’t donated to him once so not sure where I’m being grifted lmao.

        Also is this place being brigaded by incels/right wingers? Some of the comments on this post are concerning.

        Edit: nice username and profile pic, I’m a big fan of King Gizzard myself, Infest The Rat’s Nest gets a spin weekly!!!

        • gila
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          29 months ago

          He’s grifting them into not listening when he says “I’m a socialist propagandist”, I guess

        • gila
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          59 months ago

          This place has a lot of lib/leftist infighting, it’s generally the most left social network in my experience though