Shades of TYT... a 'barnacle', a 'ball-boy' for Jimmy Dore in twitter debates, a 'left grifter' who 'denies genocide' to make money... somehow.

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https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1521212162504597504 and https://twitter.com/SamSeder/status/1521207519728779264

Aaron Maté @aaronjmate
May 2
A @SamSeder co-host claimed on-air that I "deny genocide all day long." Oddly, they didn't say what genocide I allegedly deny.

I asked Sam's producer to either substantiate the claim, or retract and apologize. Rather than do either, they made a segment calling me a "grifter":

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Majority Report @majorityfm
May 1
Dumdum Left Grifter Claims Democracy Now! Is Pro Imperialist





@SamSeder's segment doesn't:
- say what allegedly makes me a "grifter"
- refute anything I’ve said
- defend his show's allegation that I deny genocide; he just states that allegations of a Uyghur genocide are "controversial" (💪
- have anything to do with its clickbait title

On top of all that, @SamSeder claims to be unfamiliar with me and my work.

So why do a clickbait segment attacking me, rather than just retract and apologize? Sounds... grifter-y.

Sam Seder @SamSeder
I apologize. I don’t do our YT titling and have just seen. I have eliminated the words “left” and “grifter” to reflect the segment more accurately and out of my respect for you. Should be reflected in YT soon if not immediately.

Aaron Maté @aaronjmate
It's unfortunate that you can't insert any attempt to defend your show's claim that I "deny genocide", or to refute anything I've actually said. That would require you having respect for your audience, and some minimal intellectual courage/honesty. You opt for more cowardice.

Sam Seder @SamSeder
Aaron, got to put you back on mute soon but i’m pretty sure we showed a tweet of yours saying quite explicitly that you do not believe there is a Uyghur genocide. If its not there i will have my producer insert it.

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The dreadful Nomiki Konst woman was the one who made the allegation (from 3:45) that Mate was 'denying genocide all day long' because 'that's also a path to making a lot of money on the internet'. Needless to say Mate is correct that there is no Uighur 'genocide' and DemNow have shilled for imperialist wars on a number of occasions in recent times, eg:





Seder & co of course didn't discuss any of that substantive critique, preferring to throw around ad-homs and present themselves as liberal gatekeepers guarding the left flank of Acceptable Public Discourse. Poison. And I can't understand how anyone can watch the guy, given how slowly & torturously he gets to his points. 'Dumdum' is a bit of a projection too, methinks...

jeers,
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