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CNN put out a statement and Abby Philip released a clip:
https://x.com/abbydphillip/status/1851104454247903688
Girdusky is doubling down saying it was a joke:
How the fuck do you accuse someone of being a terrorist and then threaten to blow them up? Also, I am slowly missing the "talking stick", more and more.
Ryan James Girdusky, the POS in this clip, just posted on X: "You can stay on CNN if you falsely call every Republican a Nazi and have taken money from Qatar-funded media. Apparently you can't go on CNN if you make a joke. I'm glad America gets to see what CNN stands for." (I'm not going to post a link because fuck that platform.)
"Oh I was joking". If you were joking you wouldn't have told people you responded because you thought Mehdi said Hamas (which you didn't think, you heard Palestinian and got angry). You would have said it was a bad joke. What a typical Nazi crybully Girdusky is.
"I was just joking" is every fascist's go-to line when they realize their hatred is not accepted by present company. Walking that line between serious hate speech/incitement and "only joking" is absolutely characteristic of fascism.
Dude realizes he said a heartfelt, knee-jerk "quiet part out loud" and frantically tries to walk it back. It's SO obvious that in his heart all Palestinians, and anyone who supports Palestinian rights, is a) Hamas and b) a valid target.
I... I feel like this is basically something that would happen in some kind of prequel to V for Vendetta, like the 'expanded universe' of archived clips, stored in Stephen Fry's secret art dungeon.
... fucking hell.
Medhi is a fucking gem. If you aren't subscribed to his YT or Zeteo, the fuck are you even doing.
This is such a nuts clip. The dude is a piece of shit, immediately realizing he fucked up then saying "well I thought he said he supports Hamas" even though Medhi didn't even mention Hamas.
They're getting so close to slaping swastikas on their arms, this guy realized immediately that he can't quite put the arm band on yet. But he desperately desperately wants to.
Fuck this guy. Medhi Hasan is an amazing journalist and he doesn't deserve this shit.
Kinda like Musk after the first assassination attempt. These people are chomping at the bit to go all-in fascist as soon as they think the gates are open
The clip: removed X link and adding these alt sources
https://bsky.app/profile/phillewis.bsky.social/post/3l7mmjjh6od2h
Reposted as unlisted on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@Zikeji/113389042020055586
No X links please.
I know I don't know where else to get the source from I'm so used to getting it from Twitter before it was X. Suggestions?
I've seen a mirror; I think it was xcancel.com. (I just checked that and it does seem like a mirror.)
Screen record and post it on mastodon or even Bluesky.
