[FRIAM] Fridman V Rogan (V Rutt), Tolerance and Charitability

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Russell Brand, right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Brand
I am put in mind of Joaquin Phoenix’s style of preening as Joker in whichever batman movie it was.



> On Jun 15, 2024, at 7:16 AM, glen <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Sorry for not being clear. Yes, Fridman is part of the alt-right pipeline, similar to Rogan and ... oh, what's the name of that comedy actor hippie guy who used to be lefty but is now toxic? ... oh never mind. The point is that, in the name of all-sidesism and trying to connect, listen, have empathy with, the "deplorables" because they're suffering so much for having their privis slowly stripped from them, we upregulate the vectors for their brain worms.
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> We have a pub regular who is a hard righty who consistently argues against women's rights, gay rights, democracy, etc. Musk is his hero. I've broached that he read some Thiel. But that's too philosophical for his tastes. Anyway, I've been asked more than once why I entertain that guy ... why not just shut him down as soon as he starts spouting his regressive rhetoric? I'm not sure, to be honest. It's either to remind me of who I was as a kid back in Texas (?) or maybe to demonstrate to my lefty friends that, yes, actual people actually believe this stuff (?) ... or maybe to help learn on-the-fly tactics for nudging one way or the other (?) ... IDK. But I can say that his words don't offend me. They clearly shut down almost everyone else there. But it doesn't seem to bother me at all. Maybe I'm a psychopath?
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> On 6/14/24 14:52, steve smith wrote:
>> glen wrote:
>>> One of Fridman's schticks is "love" ... to entertain, say, fascists who, were they to be in any sort of powerful position, would gladly destroy you and all your loved ones. But as long as they're fringe enough, you can listen to them with the same credulity with which you listen to, say, Sara Walker. Maybe it's a form of security through obscurity? There's so much traffic that nobody can separate the wheat from the chaff. So Lex can't be a part of the alt-right pipeline. Obviously.
>> I'm not sure if I read you right here?  You are positing that Lex is part of the "alt-right pipeline"?   Or more that his "tolerance" of the kushner/netanyahu/ctucker types enables the alt-right?   I see his "tech bro" embrace of the likes of Musk/Bezos/Zuck to be it's own problem but not precisely as an alt-right phenomenon?
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