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I think the death of Michael Brooks signaled the death of the left in the West (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Honestly feel this way. He died not too long after the Bernie 2020 campaign ended and when Covid was still in full swing.

Honestly in a way he was lucky because he didn't get to see all the fucking bullshit that came later (e.g. Biden, "the pandemic is over jack!", Gaza, etc.).

But his death kind of symbolized the start of the "blackpill" era for lack of a better term.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know about the thesis of this post, I tend to think things were dead much sooner, BUT let me hijack this thread to hate on his majority report replacement Emma.

Emma has bad superlib politics (with some welcome exceptions like trans advocacy) and is very thin skinned. Emma can't get through more than one or two sentences without stammering in a way that is evocative of gagging. Not good for a news presenter in what is primarily an audio medium. We've all heard of faces made for radio, she has a voice made for the silent era a-little-trolling

Thanks for coming to my TED talk, we all miss Mr. Brooks michael-laugh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Matt Lech is working on her, the lib is visibly but gradually receding

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Comrade, I like Matt Lech a lot but it has been years. Maybe she has improved on some things, but she's coming from a place of bad instincts. Backing Warren in 2020 is a mistake Matt Lech can't erase from your history

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

No argument here, but it's a visible change. I wish the libs in my family moved that far in 4 years