Ragdoll XJun 10, 2024

Fetterman has to be one of the biggest disappointments for the left in recent memory

https://lemmy.world/post/16385372

Fetterman has to be one of the biggest disappointments for the left in recent memory - Lemmy.World

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/john-fetterman-tells-maher-that-near-death-experience-freed-him-to-speak-out-says-progressivism-left-me/ar-BB1nS49V [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/john-fetterman-tells-maher-that-near-death-experience-freed-him-to-speak-out-says-progressivism-left-me/ar-BB1nS49V] From the article: > The liberal comedian then asked Fetterman whether his shift in various policies had anything to do with his recovery from his 2022 stroke, asking if his near-death experience had given him a “freedom.” > “Absolutely,” Fetterman responded. “There’s a line from the first ‘Batman,’ Joker’s like ‘I’ve been dead once already. It’s very liberating.'” > “It’s freeing in a way. And I just think after beating all of that, I just really [want to] be able to say the things that I have to really believe in and not be afraid of if there’s any kind of blowback.” So essentially yes, the stroke made him a Republican. Pathetic and disappointing, but all too predictable.

Show threadalekwithakJun 10, 2024
This just in: Brain damage leads to conservative values. Conservative votes still matter as much or more than yours. More at 11.
Show threadTubularTittyFrogJun 10, 2024

it’s usually simpler than that. conservatives pay more than liberals.

i know a few leftists who have now gone hard right… because they got paid more to spout conservative conspiracy nonsense than they did liberal/socialist stuff.

Show threadFacebones

In line with this, there’s also an immense left-to-far-right pipeline in media simply because the left will hold you accountable even if you agree with them but the right doesn’t give a fuck as long as you say the thing.

I listened to a podcast about one such author. I forget what about but she wrote a book based on IIRC a flawed interpretation of whatever subject leading the whole thing to be basically wrong.

People pointed out it wrong, sales plummet, author gets butthurt and defensive, now they’re playing the antivax circuit I believe it was.

(Sorry, the podcast was background noise for powerwash simulator so I don’t remember specifics lol)

Jun 11, 2024 at 12:57amWeb
Show threadI_Fart_GlitterJun 11, 2024
Naomi Wolf (The Beauty Myth)?
Show threadFacebonesJun 11, 2024

That’s it. Naomi Klein was on the Factually podcast by Adam Conover and she gets mistaken for Naomi Wolf CONSTANTLY, and wrote a book based off of the rabbit hole she went down when she looked into “other Naomi.” I was able to hone in on the episode too if anybody wants it - The main theme of the episode is how smart people become conspiracy theorists, hence the relevance of the Naomi Wolf confusion.

open.spotify.com/episode/0B6sLOKXrwDJPxhEjzHyRC?s…

Why Smart People Become Conspiracy Theorists with Naomi Klein

Listen to this episode from Factually! with Adam Conover on Spotify. What is the appeal of conspiracy theories, and how is it that they entrap our friends, coworkers, or family members? Political polarization and the rise of social media have generated an unprecedented amount of seemingly absurd misinformation, yet many real people fall for it, and a seemingly endless supply of grifters are ready to exploit them. In this episode, Adam speaks with award-winning author Naomi Klein about what led us to this moment and what hope we have of extricating loved ones who've fallen prey to conspiracy. Find Naomi's book at factuallypod.com/booksSUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/adamconoverSEE ADAM ON TOUR: https://www.adamconover.net/tourdates/SUBSCRIBE to and RATE Factually! on:» Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/factually-with-adam-conover/id1463460577» Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0fK8WJw4ffMc2NWydBlDyJAbout Headgum: Headgum is an LA & NY-based podcast network creating premium podcasts with the funniest, most engaging voices in comedy to achieve one goal: Making our audience and ourselves laugh. Listen to our shows at https://www.headgum.com.» SUBSCRIBE to Headgum: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeadGum?sub_confirmation=1» FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/headgum» FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/headgum/» FOLLOW us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headgumSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Show threadKevonLooneyJun 11, 2024

Read her Wikipedia article. It’s interesting, especially this part:

Sarah Ditum wrote in the New Statesman, "Perhaps it’s not that Wolf is a feminist who’s degenerated into conspiracism, but instead that she’s a conspiracy theorist who happened to fall into feminism first.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Wolf

Naomi Wolf - Wikipedia