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he hasn't said anything particularly dunkworthy recently but he deserves to be here again anyway. fuck 'em

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

he hasn't said anything particularly dunkworthy recently

Let's test this.

Here we go, from five days ago:

So what does the right get right?

Well, sitting here in the capital city of the mightiest empire known to human history, I think one thing the right gets right is a patriotic attitude toward The United States of America.

https://www.slowboring.com/p/what-the-right-gets-right

Edit: Ahhhhh, it gets worse!

But Communism, to cite probably the most important example, was really bad!

And it was really bad even though a lot of earnest and well-meaning Communists were involved in good causes like civil rights and union organizing and opposition to apartheid. The fact that many people with good ideas and good intentions were also Communists and Communism killed millions of people and impoverished hundreds of millions just goes to show that sometimes really bad ideas get mixed in with worthy reforms. A century ago, eugenics had sterling progressive credentials. More recently, and less dramatically, thousands of people were murdered as a result of progressive over-enthusiasm for de-policing.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

centrist me when i post bait and get other hexbear users to do the dunking for me

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

I knew there'd be some low-hanging fruit but I didn't expect an immediate "over-enthusiasm for de-policing killed thousands of people."

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This is what's called a layup, I think. I don't play hockey.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

mightiest empire known to human history

lol. lmao

around-the-cape

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

A century ago, eugenics had sterling progressive credentials.

Why do fascists always lie about this?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

He puts most of his truly awful takes behind a paywall these days.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

One Million Americans inshallah-script

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

I used to listen to a couple podcasts featuring this ghoul when I thought i was a Very Smart Progressive Liberal™ so i hear his little voice every time i read something about or from him

Yuck

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I feel like Yglesias isnt even that much of a liberal darling anymore. He’s way more ghoulish and off putting than he used to be and is just saying more wildly stupid and smug stuff for anybody that isn’t a ladder climbing ghoul or soft fascist.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

He deserves to be eternally dunked on for his "a billion Americans would be a good thing" take. Every day is a day where he should be made fun of.