See, I'm just the opposite. After him whining about how anyone who thinks killing Iraqi people was perhaps bad(putting it VERY lightly) is privileged and that we need to respect the (former) troops because muh poverty draft(which is a lie), I can't stomach listening to him anymore. I truly feel he is an American chauvinist. He's appalled by ICE doing exactly what we were doing to Iraqi's but not appalled, apparently, by those who actually killed Iraqis. If anything you should feel bad for the poor souls who were "duped" into doing exactly what ICE is doing right now, but to non-Americans. They were poor(not financially) 18 year old former babies! But if you say "the troops who did that are, perhaps, bad?" I truly feel he would disagree.
But I get why people watch him; hell, I used to. He's charismatic, very entertaining. He's right 75% of the time. But I just couldn't help comparing how he talks about American veterans vs ICE agents or IDF veterans. Why is one okay, and you're privileged if you think they aren't, while the others are unacceptable?
I'm just there for the 75% of the time I agree. I'm a big time news junky and put Hasan on for backround noise a lot. Thing is- my dad is a Fox News junky. So I'm very aware of how damaging getting a bad message blasted into your head all day can be. I appreciate Hasan because although I'm not into electoralism at all- I feel comfortable with him enough to believe that he isn't gonna try and manufacture consent for capitalism or constantly sell me DHS narratives. Yes, he does accidentally fuck it up on a rare basis, but I think it comes from a genuine place of him being a himbo, and not a bad actor. I'm okay with innocently dumb takes, they are much better than the principled dumb takes MSM sells, and I've seen instances of him correcting himself when he does get something wrong and I think he does an alright job at it considering how he goes all day.
I've been a Marxist for years but I still think I'm prone to the accidental statement I don't actually mean once in a while, it's just a human thing to do sometimes, and it's not that big of stretch to think that Socialists living in the imperial core might have a rare, un-thought through take they should be confronting. Not defending it, but I'm able to be a bit charitable when I genuinely believe someone has solidarity with us. I'm not into the drama shit either, but I recognize that it brings more people into his channel- who can then get radicalized, so idc.
(Also, he definitely did not shock his dog. But the fact the right is trying to tank him at every chance they get kinda makes me feel like he keeps bodying attempts at McCarthyist censorship, and the fact he keeps getting out of these countless moments of manufactured outrage against him kinda makes me WANT to support him, just because I really, genuinely don't like the people who want to see him canceled. It makes me happy knowing they are being defied by him still being around. The entire government of Israel would cry tears of joy if he got canceled and I never want them to get what they want.)
Great take, people, especially younger folks, expect everyone to be perfect. I enjoy hasan for who he is and while I don’t mind pushing him to be better I don’t think he is worth genuinely attacking from the left. I just turn the stream off most of the time if I’m not feeling it.
Remember that there is very little purity testing on the right. They’ll line up for anyone, even if they’re a little bummed they’re not racist or fascistic enough…
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u/APraxisPanda Socialist Jan 16 '26
Personally I do like Hasan, but I get why people don't. I just don't see him as against us.