Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

No, I try to not be aware of memes.

Are they still into cocaine?

nah

Some personal news: I listened to a whole episode of this. Matt seems smart.

On your own initiative or by circumstance?

Matt live-streamed on periscope a follow up lecture to his fascism talk, on who made up fascist movements:

Fascism II: The Legend of Adolf’s Gold https://t.co/j7W4L7u6iC

— Matt "The Dang Deficit" Christman (@cushbomb) October 1, 2018

https://www.pscp.tv/w/boGrDjFQbUtxWG1sZ1h4UW98MXlwS2RZRVB3ZGFHV_dJow4nrnNQrWrgv-twpYw-jLfoMAsz9byvckDSJjPG

Here's a downloadable audio version of the sequel to my Fascism episode for those who rightly don't want to look at my face. https://t.co/b2FhfSncgN

— Matt "The Dang Deficit" Christman (@cushbomb) October 1, 2018

HOOS go on chapo

On your own initiative or by circumstance?

― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Sunday, September 30, 2018 7:44 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

an episode came up in a youtube playlist while i was sorta bored youtube surfing this weekend!

Felix on the latest premium episode put into words exactly what I was feeling on Thursday:

"Lying on instinct versus deliberate grandstanding. The way that Brett Kavanaugh cried reminded me so much of how I felt during [the Bush 43 years]. It's the veneer of respectability."

The comments section for that fascism explainer is a trip. If you have no context re: chapo it's just a dude giving a pretty straight-faced lecture and all the comments are ppl shouting about beer and one dude going "i voted trump but might go leftist next time".

I guess this was inevitable

BROOKLYN! Join me at @BAM_Brooklyn Tuesday night for the 6:50pm screening of "FAHRENHEIT 11/9" followed by a conversation w @willmenaker, @virgiltexas & @cushbomb, co-authors of "The Chapo Guide To Revolution" https://t.co/mEFGyhrrKQ pic.twitter.com/TMtH8VZWa5

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) October 2, 2018

it's a real dirtbag-left voltron situation

Q&A with Michael Moore and the treat boys of @CHAPOTRAPHOUSE pic.twitter.com/6z31fjIp6c

— Ah shit, I used a spooky name in the handle! ⚾️ (@TheJoeGomez) October 3, 2018

Curious how the talk went as Matt’s(if not the entire show’s) politics are more explicity leftist or Marxist than Moore’s ever were

i have this weird idea in my head that moore is getting radicalized by the dry boys

I can only hope so. I got pushback on FB for mentioning that his style is sloppy and undercuts his own points at times

Periscoped chat?

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1jMJgEepavqKL

Christman should be barred from ever doing his Trump impression again.

really glad I dropped Red Scare after like 3 weeks

Sorry but airing out alleged sexual predators in a literal Twitter thread isn’t “seeking justice” or “telling your story,” it’s attempting to capitalize on your trauma in exchange for agreeing to be exploited by a massive digital platform

— Anna Khachiyan (@annakhachiyan) October 3, 2018

meanwhile someone successfully boiled down her shtick to a sentence so I never have to think about her/them again

love to defend my reactionary opinions as cosmopolitan anti-americanism to my audience of gullible, self-hating europhile americans

— /// (@infiniteaviary) October 3, 2018

eurgh xp

someone had to take up Paglia's mantle

she's tweeted about camille paglia multiple times including pictures of paglia books she's reading

and she basically has the same views

like millennial trolly paglia basically

more trolly i guess

imo Red Scare is more of a comedy podcast than a political podcast. it's closer to Cum Town than Chapo, they talk about politics just as much and their (really just Anna's) political affiliation is contrarianism. Anna deliberately misinterprets events and contorts her takes accordingly, and then there'll be a pause and Dasha will offer a lukewarm "sure." it's schtick and obviously not for everyone. this is only to say that taking them at face value or seriously is just as much a waste of time as getting mad about a Cum Town bit. they (Anna) thrive off the negative attention on Twitter, if you don't like them just ignore them. most of the humor for me (and Dasha/Meg) is how stupid or insane Anna sounds sometimes.

sounds like tremendous content.

Are we not, as a culture, done with contrarianism yet

brettkavanaugh.jpg

xp lol definitely not

Are we not, as a culture, done with contrarianism yet

― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, October 4, 2018 1:17 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

new opposite-world board description

anna khachiyan is not contrarian, she actually has p consistent horrible opinions

those are not mutually exclusive, they go hand in hand. you could say the exact same thing about Camille Paglia.

contrarian implies opportunism; imho anna is a principled bigot

I don't think RS really works as a comedy podcast because they spend too much time on their dogshit opinions tbh

someone on reddit pointed out that Dasha and Anna look like young Walter Becker and Donald Fagan and now it's all I can think about whenever someone mentions red scare

https://scontent-frt3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/afed116f26fd455295314e3d1f49bb37/5BFF5D42/t51.2885-15/e35/39184831_1880895528655732_7217063384053710848_n.jpg?se=7&ig_cache_key=MTg1Mzc5NDA5MDcyMDA1ODE4NA%3D%3D.2

https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-03-at-9-52-42-am.png?w=807

omfg

I don't think RS really works as a comedy podcast because they spend too much time on their dogshit opinions tbh

― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, October 4, 2018 1:52 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is the comedy for me

if i wanna engage with dogshit opinions i’ll post on ilxor dot com thx

they spend too much time on their dogshit opinions

Probably a function of the fact that Anna takes up 75% of the airtime.

but doctor i am paglia, c

lmao

AK’s schtick really hammers home for me just how empty and reactionary contrarianism is as a mode of commentary, since it can’t exist without something to bristle against. She would be lost without her lefty/liberal media peers to piss off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUJUmMU4X7s

The reading series are getting kind of exhausting too now unfortunately, way too much commentary and not enough reading the article. Having five people jumping all over a Rod Dreher piece really kills the fun.

yeah, just listening to something stupid play out is much more fun than hearing people yelling "This is so stupid!" after every sentence

They should cap people on the mic at three, including guests.

I do a show with four hosts - it can work as long as you have someone conducting/moderating, which I think Will tries and mostly fails to do. Even less of an excuse for crosstalk since they usually record in the same room.

Bring back the talking stick/VHS box