Link to this fucking nerd: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis/status/1686818661204721664
So Ana Kasparian from TYT did the classic: ‘The left’s focus on identity issues divides us! I’m done with it!’ after being called out for being a TERF and repeating typical transphobic right-wing rhetoric, which she constantly doubles down on.
This TYT called Ben Burgerfucker decided to defend her, while proudly proclaiming himself to be “socially progressive” and “pro-gay & trans rights”, yet thinks calling out a fellow for spreading blatant transphobia is “identitarian scolding and purity-testing”. Having believes means absolutely nothing to these idiots. Liberals will gladly defend TERFs as long as they’re politically aligned with them.
It’s always the same shit with these types of assholes. Conservatives do their culture wars, spread false narratives and implement laws criminalizing trans people’s existence, and then when we defend ourselves and push back against the lies and bigotry that spreads even among supposed ‘allies’, all of a sudden we’re the ones responsible for the culture wars and being “identitarian”. Fuck off. And like any good class reductionist does, pretend like standing up for a minority and caring about their struggles is a distraction from class politics and fighting for better material conditions, just to hide the fact that you never really cared about said minority’s struggles in the first place, and will gladly throw them under the bus because you don’t care what happens to them. Also, the TYT are , yet they’ll conveniently pretend they care about improving material conditions.
And yes, in that video Kasparian used the term “identitarian” to refer to intersectionality on the left. That term is literally used by Pan-European ethno-nationalists to describe their fash ideology, and she’s trying to equate us with them. Another typical chud strategy. But apparently it’s working for her audience, because even fucker Ben, the so called ‘socially progressive’ wanker is using that term now, and can’t fathom how any of that is characteristic of someone shifting to the right, because like the typical he is, he doesn’t want to look in the mirror and admit he’s full of shit, and that his social progressivism is just performative bullshittery.
Every single day I lose more faith in these so called ‘allies’. Fucking useless.
My rant is over. Gonna grab some more ganja to relax.
I hate it when libs(chuds at this point really) give condescending descriptions on strategy from the left when it always boils down to ‘sacrifice the people of color and trans people! We can’t save everyone!’
How about we put the wealthy white people last in the conversation and tell them their concerns and safety can wait until the next election?
And it always seems to escape them that the strategy they advocate pretty much describes the status quo.
Can’t rock the boat when some people are trying to have brunch on the deck!
Not to get weird about it, but also it never works. This is not a puyi vs Romanov situation. This is them just lying about being liberals. Their points are meaningless because they are meaningless. To take them seriously is an insult to everyone else.
“Identitarian” is literally a thing that nazis tried to rebrand themselves to. It was also a popular fascist community on Voat.
Anyone calling trans people identitarians for calling out transphobia is just doing “the lgbt people are the real fascists” in a crypto-nazi underhanded way.
You sound unhinged.
The only one unhinged here is you. Coming in here to reply to a two week old shitpost of mine to make this about me instead of the subject of my post. That says more about your state of mind than it says about mine. Pathetic.
Heh, gottem
Now please face the wall:
I’m very sorry. I interacted with this instance before I knew it was all about commie train conductors. I will leave you in peace.
Why doesn’t he set an example by talking about material issues instead of contributing to a discussion he thinks is all a waste of time
Repurposing something I wrote earlier:
Ben Burgis is a hack. He, along with Douglas Lain, used to be apart of Zero Books and made Youtube videos for that publishing house’s channel. They’re both Left Coms who complain about cancel culture and political correctness (Burgis was even on Rogan). They even made a few videos bashing Michael Parenti that appear to have been deleted from the Zero Books channel. Even one of Lain’s videos is an interview with Glenn Greenwald with a thumbnail that says “Flashback: Glenn Greenwald is not your enemy”, while Burgis actually released a book with the title, “Canceling Comedians While The World Burns”.
for some reason I feel like he was all over the place like 3-4 years ago, brought on as like the “smart book guy” for various Internet politics shows. absolute dullard who is actually dumber than he looks.
emphasize universal material issues
There’s that muh materialism leftist-baiting totem word again. It’s like how uses “logic” “reason” and “facts” in a sloppy way that sounds authoritative but is misusing the words for petty and selfish ends.
I used to assume it was just an occasional Hexbear thing to defend treats, but I’m seeing it more often elsewhere now.
it’s what’s come to be known as “vulgar” materialism, basically people going into analysis half cocked because they only have a vague idea of what materialism is