Re: Cancel Culture Critics ABANDON Principles for Israel (w/ Glenn Greenwald) Archived Message
Posted by Ian M![](https://images.boardhost.com/invisible.gif) on November 1, 2023, 6:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Cancel Culture Critics ABANDON Principles for Israel (w/ Glenn Greenwald)"
'It's standard free speech absolutism, something which is approved of by large sections of the various libertarian/right' - except not many appear to be doing so in the case of Israel/Palestine, instead calling for de-platforming, disciplinary action, sacking etc. Have any on the US right stuck to that principle on this? I can only think of Tucker Carlson - the rest all appear to be genuflecting to Israel and accepting the framing of oct 7th as 9/11 meets the holocaust 2.0. Point taken about GG's comments on the house speaker, though he at least noted his political disagreements with him. I scrolled back through the System Update shows as you recommended and only saw one interview with a right wing figure, Vivek Ramaswamy, unless 'non-woke' Coleman Hughes and 'liberal myth of diversity' Freddie deBoer are also on the right (I've not heard of them before). Leftists Matt Stoller (I think?) and Gabor Mate are interviewed in the same timeframe and there are multiple mentions of Brand, Assange, and dumping on mainstream politicians, dems & repubs. Admittedly I haven't watched most of these, so maybe you're right about the 'red meat' for MAGA types, who also deplore many mainstream republican figures. Anyway, it seems to me that if it's a grift it appears to be v. narrowly focused (or more easily explained by shared principles of left/right libertarianism) and they're not doing it very well by calling their rightwing viewership 'snowflakes' and calling out their hypocrisy on Israel/Palestine. But still, something to keep an eye on, and Dore's uncritical acceptance of conspiracies & lies around global warming are a red flag to me (though the criticism of govt policy is often fair). cheers, I
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