Benjamin Dixon bringing the heat

[repoman]

These are some of the best screeds I have heard in the past few months, I don't agree with much of it. But he makes some very good points.

I know a lot of people don't like video dumps, but this guy is in rare form here.





I might get excommunicated for posting this, kek.

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

So, this clown bellows that the Progressives are siding with the alt-right to attack the mainstream media. Bullshit. It took only 60 seconds to see he's full of crap. I stopped listening there.

 

[repoman]

He is talking about people like Jimmy Dore, I think. They are buying alt-right talking points without even knowing it.

Also, there seems to be talking about this article which references this other one:

http://progressivearmy.com/2017/07/21/no-progressive-left-will-not-ally-white-supremacists/

https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/lefties-need-to-stop-being-shy-about-working-with-the-anti-establishment-right-40c27a9dc98e

I think it may be possible to people to think they are progressive while also wanting the world to get to the point where identity politics doesn't need to exist. Maybe ones who are silly enough to not see how it is needed now more than a last year.

I think the idea that the AR might be trying to push to progressives is that the media is pushing identity politics too hard and this lead to backlash that lead to Trump. So the answer is for the media to get back to economic disparities at best and leave most race/gender/orientation topics behind.

The AR will like to push stories like about Asian students needing a higher SAT score to get into schools than Blacks. Asians never held slaves here and were also discriminated against. Whatever wedges they can use.

 

[LordKiran]

He is talking about people like Jimmy Dore, I think. They are buying alt-right talking points without even knowing it.

Yep. Believe it or not those people exist, they allowed themselves to be consumed by their distrust and general dislike for the clintons and their supporters.

 

[repoman]

If Jimmy Dore was talking about something and he know all the facts in proper proportion, it would be worth listening to him. He is fairly engaging. But he puts his performance far above his accuracy.

I saw him get dismantled more than once on his very basic factual errors and I don't think he corrects himself or pulls down error ridden videos.

What Sam Seder has said (can't find video now) is that Jimmy Dore types even when they are accurate in their anger will actually depress democratic votes, whereas as Rush Limbaugh will increase republican votes.

 

[LordKiran]

If Jimmy Dore was talking about something and he know all the facts in proper proportion, it would be worth listening to him. He is fairly engaging. But he puts his performance far above his accuracy.

I saw him get dismantled more than once on his very basic factual errors and I don't think he corrects himself or pulls down error ridden videos.

What Sam Seder has said (can't find video now) is that Jimmy Dore types even when they are accurate in their anger will actually depress democratic votes, whereas as Rush Limbaugh will increase republican votes.

Because Jimmy dore and his ilk are bitter old people who have nothing to contribute besides complaining endlessly.