Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

Is she the anti-vaccine one?

Apparently she supports mandatory vaccines "when they're called for", whatever that means. (it didn't come up in the interview.)

you know, for diseases that are really bad
(insert your own logic on which ones qualify)

I feel like flappy keeps saying well it's silly people are just reacting to X and c'mon that's not a big deal but so your examples of X really make it seem like they are horrible

ha they were on their best behavior with Marianne Williamson. She comes off as less of a joke than I thought. To the point that I could see her havoing a moment at the debates.

they were overpowered by the radiant light of her orb

I was with her until she got to the "socialism is just when the state does things like make a police force, I am smart and have read a lot of Marx" and from there I found it tough to take her seriously

Apparently she supports mandatory vaccines "when they're called for", whatever that means. (it didn't come up in the interview.)

― Simon H., Wednesday, June 26, 2019 3:10 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

why didn't they ask about this? did the interview tape before she made that statement?

Possibly, but they were really more interested in asking her wtf her "politics of love" is about and how it relates to socialism/social justice more broadly than in individual policies/positions

for how edgy they are they tend to be pretty softball interviewers but I guess they mostly have friends or ppl they like on

"politics of love"

maybe i should just listen to the podcast cause this sounds like warmed-over corey booker-esque horseshit.

they're eating it up in istanbul

she's definitely more serious/interesting than most of the Democratic field but a) the bar is very low and b) she just as definitely wallpapers over a lot of hard questions with flowery rhetoric and her easy-to-listen-to delivery of said rhetoric.

orrrrrrb gaaaaaaang

Love, socialism, it's all just semantics

(this occurs about 10min in)

i liked her interview but lol @ when they asked how she would face a hostile congress and her answer was basically thru the power of good vibes.

tbf, that's basically what biden is saying too

She’s a compelling speaker in her way but uh I have questions about anyone whose books include:

The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money and Miracles

A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever

When I was a lad you couldn't be a grifter and dream of one day occupying the White House, but those barriers have been broken. truly a beautiful thing.

you must be extremely old

wait were you being sarcastic,friend?

I typically enjoy the chapos but this is my first time wading into any sort of online discussion around it

They messed up their livestream last night and there was no "pregame", only them talking over the debate. Pretty brutal, tuned out early.

She’s a compelling speaker in her way but uh I have questions about anyone whose books include:

The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money and Miracles

A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever

― JoeStork, Wednesday, June 26, 2019 11:46 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

bend the knee

Those books are at the very heart of Williamson's campaign. She's running for the same damn reasons that Herman Cain ran. Trump, too, for that matter. She's just using it to increase her reach into the public consciousness. It'll work, too.

everyone is mad at the deeply stupid Anna/Amber interview, but I would rather highlight Matt's excellent new Inebriated Past, which makes the most coherent case for Bernie as the closest-to-correct candidate for the historical moment that I've heard anyone make.

That interview is unfathomably stupid at every turn.

tbh I'm hoping Amber just hops over to Red Scare at this point

tried to listen to their debate roundup and I felt like I was just listening to a very slightly edgier and leftier version of pretty much any political podcast

tbf all debate commentary is per se bad and all early primary commentary is per se bad. No one should even talk about these things imo.

yeah, it's pretty dumb that they repeatedly and correctly point out that the debates don't really matter but then do point-by-point analysis anyway. but also, content ain't gonna produce itself

Virgil wonk episodes are always painful.

The election night stream was 10X more awkward because Virgil clearly wanted to do a serious election night thing while Matt got blackout drunk and suicidal.

Basically nobody has any idea about anything at this point so trying to come up with a good take (at least one that isn't just based around why a candidate is actually good or not) is always a loser.

Matt got blackout drunk and suicidal

more proof that Matt is the best chapo, this is the correct response to being forced to cover these things

caught a bit of one the recent chapo eps the other night - my gf puts on podcasts at bedtime - and they were covering, with righteous indignation,a bret stephenson piece were he pretends he will ever vote democrat in the general and that the dems should care about his opinions and not be "too far-left" etc. and fair enough, that absolute dogshit should be greeted with opprobrium, but it just feels very deja vu at this stage.

This is blowing up a bit:

uhhhh i guess this was calculated to get a rise out of people, but it's still really bad for one of the Chapo people to give a friendly interview to Spiked, a far-right publication – & for her co-interviewee to use it to slag off anti-fascists?? wtf @CHAPOTRAPHOUSE pic.twitter.com/tyB6UBsCOM

— molly smith (@pastachips) July 5, 2019

amazing to me how much time and energy you guys put into deciphering the internicene convolutions of what are essentially obscure talk radio hosts

when i had a twitter account i was well-versed in all sorts of controversies of this ilk and it took basically no effort on my part at all. definitely not something i miss knowing about mind you

what and where is this Anna interview?

Chapo seems more bearable when you just stick to the podcast.

https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/07/04/meet-the-anti-woke-left/?ampcf=1

ok found it

lol you could set your watch to chapo/red scare flare-ups by now.

amazing to me how much time and energy you guys put into deciphering the internicene convolutions of what are essentially obscure talk radio hosts

Thanks for giving us a heads up about your superiority?

It doesn't really take a lot of energy to, uh, click on links FWIW.

Shakey otm tho

I guess it's not clear to me if fans/followers of this stuff think its just entertainment or if it serves some larger legit political organizing purpose. I initially followed this thread for the while thinking it might develop into the latter but honestly it seems much more the former, like its more of an inconsequential soap opera with occasional joeks ("just links clicking links" etc)

I think the “larger political purpose” question was answered by the Daily Show 15 years ago.

haha fair point. and interesting parallel to draw.

fwiw they have said time and time again on the show itself that posting and listening to podcasts is not organizing and should not be confused as such

It's only a problem if such podcasts actively deter from engaging in political action and I highly doubt that's the case. Although I do agree that the esoteric nature of these interminable Twitter beefs is eye-rolling, which can be said of almost anything that involves social media.

so this is more like an exercise in ideology as a performative/sporting event?

I'm not saying this is a problem per se I'm just trying to understand the phenomenon, what people get out of it etc

like, you have your favorites and you get to root for your side in the world of social media etc

etc I say