• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Neoliberals want him to matter just as much…

    They want to sticl problematic streamers like Piker to every progressive so that instead of talking about progressive policy, they can just make candidates defend a fucking twitch streamer using the candidate for views.

    That’s why the republicans, neoliberals, and billionaire owned media won’t shut the fuck up about this douche.

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      13 hours ago

      I don’t know or care who any twitch streamers are but lemmy won’t shut up about this guy.

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        13 hours ago

        It’s not just Lemmy. Hasan Piker has influence and it has establishment Dems, Republicans, and everyone in between sweating.

        Like it or not, Piker is a formidable mouthpiece for the disenfranchised youth.

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        12 hours ago

        Yeah I’m not impressed. Something about his ascension makes me feel like he’s astroturfed hard by foreign governments, likely China.

        Plus he shocked his dog. Watched the live footage. Watched his reaction. Fuck that.

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          11 hours ago

          It’s always so obvious when bad faith actors talk about Piker. The dog shock rumor is a clear indicator that you’ve fallen for a right wing attack on a progressive influencer.

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            11 hours ago

            Jinkies! You’re going to have to be more convincing than that for me, Velma! Denial isn’t refutation, sorry.

            The obsession people have with this twitch streamer is downright creepy. I wonder, how much do these people just lurk in his chat feed? It’s weird.

            Also, “bad faith actor”…? I’ll bet money I have more evidence he’s a dog shocker than you have I’m a, “bad faith actor” — whatever that means.

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              11 hours ago

              Shock collars aren’t inherently abusive and they don’t work on the type of dog breed that Kaya is.

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                11 hours ago

                Shock collars aren’t inherently abusive and they don’t work on the type of dog breed that Kaya is.

                Quoted in case of edit. Thank you for proving my point. I’m content to stop here.

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        12 hours ago

        Lemmy wants to think it’s informed…

        But I noticed a lot of people just repeat the same things that have been true for 30 years, which would have been fine if the faction who were the problem that entire time hadn’t lost control of the party after the last presidential.

        People aren’t really informed here, they mostly just repeat whatever they heard someone say. Which explains why they blindly follow streamers/influencers.

        They just want the dopamine hit of tribalism without actually trying to fix anything

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          9 hours ago

          How do you always seem to have the most perpetually working and out of touch takes? Its like, actually shocking how consistently you end up on the wrong side of simple issues .

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      12 hours ago

      You claim to support progressive policies yet you are a “centrist” and attack people who campaign with progressives . You should complain about those democrats going to fox news to agree with the facist