‘Did Your Guest Just Say I Should Be Killed On Live TV?!’ Mehdi Hasan Can’t Believe What CNN Panelist Just Said to Him

Kinda like Musk after the first assassination attempt. These people are chomping at the bit to go all-in fascist as soon as they think the gates are open

"I was just joking" is every fascist's go-to line when they realize their hatred is not accepted by present company. Walking that line between serious hate speech/incitement and "only joking" is absolutely characteristic of fascism.

Republicans think that a joke is what you retroactively call something you said in earnest as soon as you get pushback.

You can stay on CNN if you falsely call every Republican a Nazi

That's not falsely though. If you're supporting a party that's running a Nazi, you're a fucking Nazi.

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.

No need for (a). That's barely a cover and certainly not part of his racist mathematics.

People will inevitably slip and tell you who they truly are. Like Trump, who says conservatives won't have to vote again and he will be a dictator on day 1 and he wants to jail political opponents. Believe them.

Wow.

Oh this country is so fucked.

Of course he is that much of a white supremacist.

How the fuck do you accuse someone of being a terrorist and then threaten to blow them up?

Same way you claim your political opposition is committing widespread voter fraud, and then yours is the only party ever caught doing it.

Same way you accuse trans folks of being "child groomers," when the vast majority of cases involve men from your own political party or religious group.

Same way... Well, you see where this is going.

Part of the reason why this is encouraged is a lack of condemnation and sanctions on Israel for its pager terror attack. Instead you had many media outlets praise how "sophisticated" that attack was and many made "beeper jokes" on twitter and co.

The endorsement this terror attack by Israel gained from all parts of the mainstream political spectrum of course results in the American and European fascists endorsing to use it to terrorize their political opponents. if Israeli fascists get praised for terror attacks, ehy shpuldnt western fascists be also praised for it?

After all, many of these opponents parties themselves praised this kind of terror. Note that this is not exclusive to the US. In Germany there also have been dozens of supposed liberal and progressive politicians and journalists cheering on the terror attack and making "beeper jokes" to suggest killing people in Germany in this way too.

If the story hadn't been written out, I would definitely not be able to follow the cacophony that was that goddamn video.

The conch?

Never. Stop. Lying.

As long as you keep getting platformed, some number of people will eventually believe you.

Stephen Fry has a secret art dungeon?

I don’t feel that Tony is a racist. Does he make racist jokes yes. Is he known for this yes. So having him come on as a speaker you should already be aware of what will come out of his mouth. And if you have a problem with what he might say maybe don’t have him as a guest speaker.

Also while his joke has gotten the lime light it was not the most concerning thing said at that rally. Because once again he is a roast comedian, while the others on that stage said things that should be heard as well because of how worrying they are.

No X links please.

Reposted as unlisted on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@Zikeji/113389042020055586

Its important to link to primary sources. If the primary source is on x, then you must link to x.

If you want to add additional links to mirrors, that's ok

1. This wasn't what this article was about, so it doesn't need to take a position on the pager attack itself.
2. This article links to articles about the pager attack that fills in all the details you claim were missing, you just have to read (hard, I know).

I feel like every time there's a story posted that's even tangentially related to Israel, there's some Lemmy user in the comments ready to complain that the article wasn't written with their preferred anti-Israel slant...

At some point, we just have to accept that you're complainIng for the sake of complaining, not for the sake of adding anything to the conversation. You seem more interested in being heard signalling virtue than actually saying something of value.

It doesn’t mention that the beeper attack was a terrorist attack

CNN anchors were practically bragging about how surgical and sophisticated the act was when it occurred. Nevermind the collateral damage, it's actually incredibly cool when you circulate bombs through a civil population in an effort to cripple one Iranian diplomat.

CNN loves mainstreaming guys like Tucker Carlson, Glenn Beck, and Eric Erickson to collect the wingnut welfare checks that come with them.

It's only when they start costing more than they bring in that they get cut loose. Then they roll out new "respectable" conservative front men to replace the old ones.