• Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works
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    While he has always been a contrarian, the Forgetting Sarah Marshall actor has drifted from being a mainstream comedian with leftwing views to something of a figurehead for the online alt-right in recent years

    Really? I’d have said he’s a figurehead for the alt left

    Edit. I stand corrected. Shame, I used to like his stuff

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      He sort of could’ve been if he stuck with his psudo-hippy crap. Then he started decrying science and vaccines and hanging out with rightoids. The left actually believes in science and doesn’t like obnoxious charlatans like Peterson or Rogan, so his audience shifted.

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      I guess the shift would have been around the time he began

      promoting an energetic blend of conspiracy theories, COVID denial, and the liberal use of capital letters, with videos like “The TRUTH About Pfizer” and “The CDC Are SPYING On You,"

      promoting ivermectin for viral infections, and hanging out with Tucker Carlson.

      https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34zd9/russell-brand-ivermectin https://deadline.com/2023/07/tucker-carlson-fox-firing-reaction-russell-brand-interview-1235431938/

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        It’s a term reactionaries invented to promote horseshoe theory bullshit and general whataboutism. It’s basically a dogwhistle

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          hexbear is garbage but “alt-left” is made up reactionary bullshit and if you have any leftist tendencies you’ll do well to keep that out of your vocabulary unless you want to share theories with fascists. That said, if you’re not a leftist, i don’t give a shit what you think and you can say alt left all you want

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            Alt right = baddies; Alt left = imaginary baddies

            Got it. Thanks i am glad I have you to clear these things up for me. Its a good thing hexbears dont use liberal as a slur or hate on anyone that uses non hard left platitudes. Anyone that calls themselves true leftists but has a picture of Che engraved on their eyeballs and fluent in chinese anti west propoganda is not alt left. Gotcha. If you dont see that this anti west sentiment is alt left then I dont know what to tell you.

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                Are you some undercover hexbear or something? Why would you think these people who are anti west but still want to be called leftist are not alt left?

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                    Im going to assume thats a yes. Shouts out to my Chinese friends, i know its not your fault you are just following orders. Some day you can go to sweden like you always wanted. Keep up the good work comrade!