Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

I think it's "let's not fear offensiveness so much that it trumps other more important goals" vs "we have offensive goals"

and the parts i think i understand suggest they’ve been reading a parody Chelsea account or something

on *some* issues of course "both" "sides" are the fucking same, Nerdstrom, or did I dream Nancy Pelosi and Paul Ryan marching in lockstep on FISA 702?

Nerdstrom's posts are all The Dems Are Practically Perfect In Every Way

"anti Trump" is the absurdly minimal requirement for Dem rank-and-file strokeoffs these days

No I’ve criticized Dems.

I get that she’s trying to own one of the worst people who had ever lived here but this is downplaying racism in a kind of gross way.

"oh no, racism and hatred are bad m'kay, don't do it, m'kay" 😳 we can do better 😎🌈💕 #WeGotThis https://t.co/jQrq3yXpKB

— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) August 12, 2017

This isn’t great either.

*ahem* seem to remember your contempt when you signed off on all those FISA warrants for surveillance of a military prisoner 😉🌈💕 #WeGotThis https://t.co/FoaU5pB6mR

— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) August 26, 2017

Her #wecandobetter #wegotthis series is like dorm room poster level “both sides are bad” . Harder challenge is finding tweets of hers that are good.

how is that "both sides are bad"?

you seem to be going out of your way to read a pretty obvious criticism of a platitudinous hillary tweet as ‘downplaying racism’

the second one seems, again, like a legit criticism of surveillance-state hypocrisy from chelsea’s own fairly unique perspective

idgi

for NP-approved messaging, seek out the "centrist rally" tweet I can't seem to post right now

That first one is definitely shitty. If your response after Charlottesville is to criticize Clinton-tweets, then you've become a caricature.

She can walk and chew gum at the same time.

the second one is Chelsea talking about something that was specifically and directly done to her and her circle of acquaintances

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/01/15/transgender-activist-chelsea-mannings-senate-video-listed-as-inappropriate-by-youtube

She could have expressed in a way that wasn’t dismissive about what Yates was addressing.

Xpost

She can walk and chew gum at the same time.

― Simon H., 16. januar 2018 20:44 (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seriously dude?

You might want to do a quick google search to see what her most popular charlottesville tweet was

She could have expressed in a way that wasn’t dismissive about what Yates was addressing.

You might want to do a quick google search to see what her most popular charlottesville tweet was

The one w the picture of herself in it?

oh, fuck off

With all due respect the Hillary one is better, acknowledges the gravity/tragedy of what happened. Second is as much s platitude w added level of branding I guess.

I mean the Chelsea one is as much of a platitudinous statement.

"we can do better than just blandly dismissing prejudice" is not as platitudinous as...blandly dismissing prejudice, esp coming from someone who actually advocates for transformative policy changes

fucking love the turn this thread has taken, as we agonise over which of two chelsea manning tweets from months ago are better

also lol at chastising someone for putting themselves in their tweet, on twitter, that most selfless and anonymous of platforms where your name and picture are plastered on every message

Imagine if HRC had done that Manning tweet lol

what the fuck are you talking about

curb stomping in cedar rapids

imagine if hrc did 9/11, or hrc was a duck, or if hrc had screwed a homeless man’s femur to an icbm

The same people would love it if she did that exact same tweet I think. No one would say she was “making it about her”, probably.

https://media.giphy.com/media/etfzQDfD0nSLu/giphy.gif

This is the dumbest argument I've helped drag on in recent memory. I'm out.

In other, actually thread-relevant news, we got two new co-ops in at work, both dudes around 21/22-ish, and I made a bet to myself that one of them would be a Chapo listener, and I was right. (I live in Toronto and I work for a company that makes accounting software.)

I’m curious if there’s a Canadian Chapo yet. Michael & Us covers agitprop, Trashfuture has canadians living in the UK.

there isn't really. I've pondered trying to do something like that but it's really a lot of work! (not as much work as, like, a real job, but more than you might think)

trudeau curd house

chapeau sap house

Lobaws Gord House

Loblaws even god damn it

in all seriousness can you imagine how depressing and draining it would be to keep up with the canadian politics and punditsphere with the same level of obsessiveness that chapo does for the states

fucking love the turn this thread has taken, as we agonise over which of two chelsea manning tweets from months ago are better

― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, January 16, 2018 8:03 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gentlemen you can't dirtbag left in here this is the

xp. i can barely leaf through a postmedia title without wanting to wail maniacally

id love something for canada tbh

good ref hoos

New movie premium ep today, costarring Brendan.

pretty enh if you haven't seen it, which I haven't, and won't

if everyone itt sends me five canadian dollars I'll consider launching Chapo North

vaguest kickstarter ever

commensurate with my confidence level in the concept

neoliberals are hosers

Chapo watches movies so you don't have to is definitely one of my favorite kinds of chapo.

simon i will be a guest hoser on your show

got a laurier burnin a fuckin hole in my snowpants bud, pitter patter