Mr. Whatchamacallit
this post was submitted on 29 May 2025
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Breadtube if it didn't suck.
Post videos you genuinely enjoy and want to share, duh. Celebrate the diversity of interests shared by chapochatters by posting a deep dive into Venetian kelp farming, I dunno. Also media criticism, bite-sized versions of left-wing theory, all the stuff you expected. But I am curious about that kelp farming thing now that you mentioned it.
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I don't think you or I for that matter can appreciate the difference in education on the subject between Finkelstein and Destiny. Finkelstein didn't just read every book on the subject multiple times, he wrote a whole number of them. He is one of the premier scholars on the subject in the entire world. Does that mean he is infallible and can't be questioned by someone? No, but there is a certain audacity in believing that you are in any position to debate this man after you educated yourself by reading wikipedia articles for a few days in advance, wikipedia articles which are probably in no small part based on Finkelstein's own work.
I didn't watch the debate but I've heard them both argue about the topic in different contexts. Destiny is good at debating and he can "hold his own" in any debate, regardless of how wrong he is on a subject, by litigating technicalities, deviating and distracting from the core issue at hand. I'm sure his arguments sound great if you know absolutely nothing about the subject matter.
The dude stands on the side of genocide. Yes he absolutely is wrong, evidently so
You're assuming the destiny doesn't reuse the same arguments over and over again, or that everything about his viewpoint can't be gleaned by the gleeful pro genocide rhetoric that he uses, he's constant dehumanization of palestinians.
I don't think it's necessary to read mein Kampf cover to cover, to disregard Hitler's ideology or point out the very obvious contradictions. I don't think it's necessary to watch every Mussolini speech, to disregard his ideology. I don't think it's necessary to watch a 3-hour debate and provide time stamps, to disregard a twitch streamer with an over inflated ego.
And that's before we get into the very real and very disturbing sexual misconduct, which does not directly imply he's wrong on this issue, but definitely means you should not take anything he says at face value. Someone can be correct on a topic, while being an unrepentant sexual monster, but people should still think twice and probably spend less time defending his honor.