That’s such a good point.

Sometimes I do wish that my world were small enough to exclude knowledge about Hasan, or about the worms that burrow into children’s eyeballs, or the genocides of history, or any other kinds of evil.

No idea. I could write a lot about Hassan, but it’s not worth my time and it’s faster to relegate his fans to Trump supporter status.

I’m not denying that he sometimes utters the correct sentiments, but he has no principles. I’d consider him basically soulless.

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I watched Hassan become famous and his dishonest narcissistic imbecility is about the only consistent feature of his character. The cult of celebrity has its hooks in you.

Performative politics is all the rage.

Hasan is a socialist at random. He’s utterly philosophically illiterate, so his positions are a flip of the coin. You might say, “fine, let’s use that,” and I agree - as long as you don’t lose sight of the fact that he’s a narcissistic grifter.

In all seriousness, you can’t entrust political significance to character-deficient, uneducated dingdongs with no commitment to reality.

Anyone know the source of this quote?

Why not just make it so nobody under 18 can own a smartphone. Why these fucking useless age checks.

The big problem has always been the kangaroo courts. Anything Congress does, they’ll strike down in court, paralyzing the country.

Average reactions to Beto were closer to mine. He lost fairly badly. Like I said, his anti-gun stance was too strong. Analogously, veganism is morally superior to carnivory, but a vegan isn’t going to win Texas.

The world is on fire. Human civilization is ending. I could not care less about culture war crap.

Exactly.

50% of the country is fake Christians. Talerico knows how to talk to them. The guy is in actuality what the GOP pretends to be. He could single-handedly upset the entire status quo with enough airtime. Every time I hear him speak I’m impressed.

Beto was never viable (anti-guns, doesn’t know how to talk about religion). I also found him repulsively fake.

Talerico is an authentic, sincere left wing Christian. He’s a threat to the entire Republican order. If he says he’s not progressive it’s to distance himself from pronoun weirdos.

He’s Bernie Sanders for Christians. Which is why both parties want him to lose.

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I love Crocket but there’s a reason CBS blocked Talerico’s interview from airing. The guy represents the only actual threat the Texas GOP has faced in 3 decades. He knows how to talk to Christians. I’ve personally never seen anything like it in all my years.

No, let’s pick the most polarizing figure we can find and try to win Texas that way.

Talerico is the furthest thing from a coward. Every clip of him is awesome. I wouldn’t be surprised if the GOP are voting against him in the primary because he can actually talk to Texans.

50% of Americans are led by cynical religious zealots. Someone like Talerico is the only way to communicate with them at all, which is why he represents a huge threat to the status quo.

That’s what happens when the rejection of basic moral and empirical facts becomes a political platform. Everything becomes political.

Like this: “my political platform is that 1+1=3” Now every scientific claim is political.