Comments by "oolong2" (@oolong2) on "Is The Left Tearing Itself Apart?" video.

The problem is that the caller is under the false impression that "the left" is united on this issue. There are many on "the left", like Ana from TYT, who downplay the right wing talking points and rhetoric which lead to violent attacks like this. You will not find solidarity from a "moderate left" who doesn't understand the issue and will only undermine your efforts in order to make themselves sound reasonable. The only way is to force people to listen regardless of their political ideology. This is what MLK understood. Bigotry and racism is not left/right issue regardless of how it leans heavily to the right.
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@badcabbage4836 Yup. I saw her sucking up to him and doing everything she could to not be confrontational.
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@@DaveBadger Tie people down and scream in their ears... 🙄 Obviously I mean through discourse, repetition, protest. I'd think by evoking MLK that the context would be clear.
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@JohnSmith-to5ow I tell you that it wasn't about tweets and then you reply and decide that the issue wasn't about anything else except a single tweet? Do you realize how gaslighting and insufferable you sound? If you don't actually understand what the issues have been with TYT and Ana why do you pretend as if you're an authority on what the response should be on those issues? I'm not going to respond to the rest of a comment because it is obviously coming from a place of ignorance. You seem to think that Emma, Sam, John, Francesca, Humanist Report, etc. as well as the people who quit TYT and stopped supporting them are all talking about a tweet? Never mind the fact that she was complaining about something that did not even apply to her.
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@JohnSmith-to5ow You're the one who mentioned tweets when my comment said nothing about tweets.... Those tweets were certainly cringe and misguided, but I largely didn't think too much about it. However everything changed and came to a head a month ago based on some statements that Ana was making on other programs and an unwillingness for TYT to address issues in good faith. They went out of the their way to bash "the far left" without giving any context or reason for why they're suddenly bashing their own supporters. Which ironically is very similar to the you're complaining about here. You don't need to platform right wing talking points and spend entire segments bashing the left over something minor on the internet you disagree with. Ana's comments were literally featured on the Fox News website and being used as propaganda against the left and trans people. I'm not surprised you don't know the full story, because TYT will rant about something that came from Twitter without giving their audience any context. I recommend watching these videos to get the actual context: --"Trans TYT Employee Quits, Condemns Cenk Uygur & Ana Kasparian’s Anti-Trans Rhetoric" --"Bad Faith Justifications For Trans Political Persecution MUST Be Met With Militant Advocacy" (Where Sam & Emma felt they had to say something even though Ana is Emma's friend) --"ANA KASPARIAN HAS LOST IT" (Cenk's cousin Hasan Piker where he slowly realizes how damaging Ana's commentary have been)
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@JohnSmith-to5ow If you think it's about "minor tweets", then you don't understand the issue. Saying she has always defended trans rights is gaslighting given the fact that she was doing the exact opposite. The trans community is deeply upset over this. A trans contributor who has been with them for a couple years quit over this. Half their online moderators quit over this and sent a letter. There's a reason why John, Francesca, & Emma all came out to support trans rights in opposition to what Ana & Cenk were saying. So for you to downplay it because "it doesn't effect me so no big deal right?" Is effing gross. If you don't care about other people's struggles or pain, then just shut up and get out the way. This is why MLK spoke about how the "white moderate" is more dangerous to a cause than the KKK. And in case you didn't realize it. TYT is an internet show, everything they do and say is on the internet.
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