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Uncritical support for Ben Norton against the LaRouchite cranks at The Grayzone (like Max Blumenthal). (twitter.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/766438

Some of the replies and reposts have me chuckling.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, I'm with Ben on this one. The whole thing from Max Blumenthal appears to be incredibly malicious. First question is, why come out with this now. What is he trying to achieve with this smear campaign. As Ben arrives in a new country to benefit from the goodwill of his hosts, citizens must be warned that a criminal mind is lurking in their midst. Seems a tad much, is he warning all of China against him?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Watch out there's a guy who changed a patreon password and took THOUSANDS of dollars!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only thing I could think of would be him trying to get Ben's visa revoked. China has pretty strict non-criminal record requirements on their visas (at least on work visa, not sure about other types).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I guess, but if he thinks China's going to revoke Ben's visa over a twitter smear then he's even more of a clown than I thought.