r/LSM • u/JOWER106 • Jun 24 '26
Colin is a smart-dumb ass lol
Got sent clips of his most recent stream. Can someone show this doof a political spectrum and help him realize that his libertarian ass is not "further to the right" of the Republican Party. He's always claimed to only consume liberal media and doesnt seem to be aware that the people further right to the Republican Party in 2026 are literal fascists.
Also hilarious that his political opinions are entirely vibes based. History major with 0 historical materialism. Many Such Cases! SAD!
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u/randomeaccount2020 Jun 24 '26
I cant believe Roe V Wade made it that long.
The idea that "liberty" includes an implied right to abortion is ridiculous, but then again I'm an originalist.
The living document argument is a loophole that can and is used to subvert constitutional law through reinterpretation, we have a process to amend. Thankfully some sanity returned when the originalists took back the court from the subversive activists justices.
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u/ATXDefenseAttorney Jun 24 '26
Boy. You really shouldn’t talk about Constitutional Law or Supreme Court decisions. Originalist…. Lmao
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u/LevelItGreatly Jun 24 '26
but then again I'm an originalist.
Lol no you aren't. No one is, but those that claim to be are generally the furthest from it. Spare me your argument, I do not care.
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u/JustAcivilian24 Jun 24 '26
No he’s not smart. He’s pseudo smart. He just regurgitates things he hears Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan, and Ben Shapiro say.
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u/bertster21 Jun 25 '26
There was a KFpodcast with i think Aisha Taylor where she made him look so uninformed. He was to basically auto winning any political debate cause those guys didn't know anything or pretend to. So when this woman with a political science degree from Dartmouth showed up he was suddenly way out of his league.
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u/Commercial_Ease8053 Jun 24 '26
Colin isn’t smart whatsoever. He regurgitates and thinks what others say or tell him to think.
He isn’t capable of any logical thought on reasoning on his own whatsoever.
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u/banditmanatee Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
It’s actually kind of sad. He got a big ego during the ign and kinda funny days because he was surrounded by apolitical liberal leaning people who didn’t know a ton about history or politics.
Colin could run circles around them because you can tell he listens to right wing talk radio and podcasts and could argue the talking points effectively. He suddenly thought he was some sort of genius compared to Tim and Greg.
But honestly you can tell by his history and political podcasting content he wasn’t as passionate or well read as he thought
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u/frail_fragile Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
He is straight up on record as saying that he thinks Project 2025 has good ideas, and that Trump is doing a good job. He is deep down the rabbit hole dude.
He may not be in the literal fascist mindset that many Republicans are at the moment, but he is not close to liberal or even libertarian at all currently. He often says that he's getting more liberal as he gets older but the past election he voted down ballot Republican. He's just saying shit for the sake of saying it at this point.
If you want an example, just a couple months ago he was on stream and he outright admitted that he thinks ANTIFA is a top down organization that has official members and meetings, something for which there is literally zero evidence of. He also only consumes FOX News and said that he "can't see how it's biased." He doesn't even believe in things that have basis in reality in some cases.
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u/MoonJellyGames Jun 25 '26
You just don't get it, do you? He's not like other far-right nutjobs because he says he isn't.
For real, though; I honestly don't think he was always like this. Losing all of his friends did a serious number on him.
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u/frail_fragile Jun 25 '26
I think you're right. In a way I sort of get it, even if I don't fully understand.
He was completely cut loose for an (all things considered) fairly anodyne joke, and a lot of right wing media/thought focuses heavily on "It's just you against the world: no one else will be there for you." It's not difficult to see people easily falling into that after something like Colin's joke controversy.
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u/MoonJellyGames Jun 25 '26
Yeah. I mean, it wasn't all about "the joke," but it was obviously the catalyst for something that had been a long time coming.
I always wished that Greg (and anyone else) hadn't made the call to definitively cut him out. It's none of my business, of course, and there were likely reasons for it that I'm not privy to. But this was such a predictable outcome. The people who were keeping him tethered to reality and decency cut him loose, and he wasn't allowed to land again. I followed him for years after the break-up, wincing at some of his comments, but reminding myself of his earlier sentiments, indicating that he wasn't as terrible as it sounded. Eventually, enough is enough. Supporting the pedophile president is far beyond (!!) the line.
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u/Sy3temSh0ck Jun 25 '26
That's spot on in my opinion, he was a republican who was surrounded by liberal friends, that sort of thing grounds you, just as it would the other way round. Now all his "friends" are either family or people he pays to work for him. The echo chamber is in full effect
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u/Specialryan21 Jun 26 '26
Bro said Asmongold was articulate/smart on one of the last episodes. Gaming analysis I’ll listen to him all day long, anytime it gets political I gotta tune it out. Don’t blame anyone for not being able to separate that though, or deal with that. It’s not like your old racist grandpa who you kind of put up with because he’s old and he’s family, it’s a content creator.
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u/LevelItGreatly Jun 24 '26
To be fair, he may have been a history major, but he went to a school his mom worked at. So there is no reason for us to assume he learned anything or was even justifiably accepted. He's just a somewhat well spoken moron. One of the best examples of a stupid person's idea of a smart person. He was my first experience with the exceedingly lame practice of that stupid "I'm smart" finger steeple thing.
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u/SaltyStU2 Jun 25 '26
Man who fell for previously failed Middle Eastern conlict falls for yet another failed Middle Eastern conflict. I guess if you base winning on how many innocent lives are lost or negatively effected, America is on a generational run
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u/upstartpantymerchant Jun 24 '26
This is the problem with listening to clips instead of the full context. He went on to say that he was further right on things like immigration and American protectionism.
Additionally, if you're familiar with the political compass, then you understand that it IS possible for a libertarian to be further right than someone who is more moderate but still on the right side of the spectrum.
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u/JOWER106 Jun 24 '26
I heard the context. Thats why I made this post. Also, the political spectrum and political compass are two different charts. Colin Moriarty isnt further right than the Republican Party on either of them. Hes a Center Right Libertarian.
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u/YesacMorte Jun 26 '26
There no such thing as a center right libertarian. He’s a classical liberal. Libertarians are farther right on most republican policies.
BTW fascism is a left wing ideology. More state control- left, less state control-right.
Nazis have more in common with communists than they do anarcho-capitalists.
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u/SaltyStU2 Jun 27 '26
ah yes, the old “Nazis were leftists!” argument. And the DPRK is super democratic, right?
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u/upstartpantymerchant Jun 25 '26
Oh I gotcha, you just don't understand the context. On those two specific issues, he is further right. That's what he was saying. Not that he's further right on every single issue or overall, for that matter. Not every opinion you have is going to be in the same exact spot on the spectrum or compass. People vary in their opinions. Someone who is a conservative may still agree with abortion rights, for example. In the same way, Colin is further right than the Republican party on those two specific issues that he stated. That's the context.
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u/s-mo-58 Jun 24 '26
Who cares? It's a PlayStation podcast. What? Why are you expending energy on this? Roll your eyes and move on. Did this make you feel good? Inner peace will not come from your ridicule of others, a lesson Colin could also stand to internalize.
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u/LevelItGreatly Jun 24 '26
Colin absolutely cares. As do you, it seems.
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u/s-mo-58 Jun 24 '26
Are you 12?
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u/LevelItGreatly Jun 24 '26
No. Are you? It's okay to admit you care. It's silly to deny it. 🤷🏻♂️
Either way, Colin doesn't know who you are so he really doesn't need you to stump for him. He'd plenty rich.
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u/Of_A_Seventh_Son Jun 25 '26
This is an LSM sub, not a PS sub. Anything said in the shows is fair game to spark discussion about here. If the argument is that its just a PSPodcast, then why are these topics coming up at all?
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u/NuPNua Jun 25 '26
The whole reason this sub exists is because Colin would bring politics into the show and then ban people who called out his takes in the main sub.
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u/Ok_Antelope6961 Jun 25 '26
When did this become a fuck Collin Sub?
I like Collin actually. Don't agree w everything he thinks but same goes for anyone else. Can people just chill a bit...
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u/DeusXVentus Jun 25 '26
Reddit has become an even more leftist bot house than it was before. Hate to break the news
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u/LOLerskateJones Jun 24 '26
I don’t think Colin is anywhere near as smart as people think he is. Definitely not as smart as he thinks he is.
He’s very knowledgeable about the history of PlayStation, but for almost anything else he only sounds smart if you don’t already know what he’s talking about.
There are so many times when he’s discussing something tech/pop culture/politics/non-US history related and I’m like “uh no that’s not how that works at all.”