I think some people may have misinterpreted the post to think that Hasan is against bullying people who are right wing. I saw Hasan say that he is fully on board with people bullying Asmongold at this point. He says that he tries to be charitable to people who are willing to be changed but also he also recognizes that some people are too far gone.

Good catch. I couldn't understand what was being said while they were talking over each other.

People with right wing beliefs deserve to be bullied.

This discussion was mostly casual. They agreed on mostly everything.

The most heated disagreement they had was on the participation of Jewish people in anti-Zionist movements.

BadEmpanada says that he has a term "Jewish Exceptionalism". I think he said that he made this term up. He says that by focusing on the opinions of Jewish people in the anti-Zionism movement gives the appearance that the opinions of Jewish people matter more.

Hasan said that Jewish Anti-Zionist groups are important because it shows uninitiated people that the Jewish religion and Zionism are separate entities. Hasan says it's not intended to say that the opinions of Jewish people matters more.

Historically they were not known to be friends. There was a internet drama, "reactgate", "chairgate". Twitter was debating whether it's ethical for react streamers to make money from watching videos made by other people.

There was one time when Hasan put on a youtube video of a small youtuber and went to go to the bathroom. This wasn't really like a normal scenario for Hasan. At the time he was known, excessively pausing during videos. Watching a video and pausing and commenting over it is generally considered to be protected by "fair use" in terms of Copyright law. The small youtuber was upset. Hasan apologized. D*stiny fans created a larger drama out of it.

During this same period, Badempanada chose to take the position against react streamers. He said that react streamers are stealing labor value from other video makers or something. I think he has changed his position to be more lenient as long as the commentary of the reactor adds new value and also he likes that he's getting more subscribers when people react to his videos.

For this reason they avoided each other. They have made a truce in the past year. I think Badempanada was banned from twitch. Hasan only streams on twitch. This video from today is basically the first time they've talked publicly together

I've played 2 hours of the stream. It has been very casual. There's no heated moments. They have very light criticisms of each other. Hasan thinks that Badempanada scares people because he doxes his enemies on twitter. Badempanada thinks Hasan should leave the US because the political situation is getting too bad.

So I watched the whole video now. He says that the dropped out of university 2 years ago to live in the woods. Luke is a total Ted Kaczynski guy. I remember Luke used to make memes about Ted. Luke was an academic who spent years studying linguistics before deciding to live in the woods and now blames "wokeness" or whatever term he uses for that. Ted was also an academic who moved to the woods and in his manifesto blamed socialists and "political correctness" for problems in society. There's a lot of similarities. Luke wants to be Ted.

The funniest thing about Luke Smith is that he's a far right 4chan guy but he studies linguistics for a university, so he constantly has to read and cite Chomsky in his work.

It seems absurd but every right wing politician is talking about it right now. If all of right wing media and politicians are talking about it. And DHS announced that they are investigating. Then it seems like a notable story despite being absurd.

Bonus absurdity. People are posting on twitter that May 15, 2025 is 8647 days after September 11, 2001.

I think this is a spectacle similar to the Biden administration. The Biden team would try to create a false public appearance that they were pressuring Israel, while always giving Israel free rein.

Earlier this morning, Trump told Qatar that the US should take Gaza and make it into a "Freedom Zone".

The US claims that China is shipping "fentanyl precursors", like ingredients to make fentanyl. The US basically says that China is selling kits to make fentanyl. I saw one US politician compare fentanyl precursors to cake mix.

Starting about 5 hours ago, Grok started saying that mentions of "white genocide" and "kill the boer" was due to a glitch.

The thing that China is upset about is being blamed for the US Fentanyl problem and the additional 20% tariff. "Despite the goodwill China has shown, the U.S. wrongly slapped tariffs on Chinese imports by citing the issue of fentanyl." "The move has dealt a heavy blow to China-U.S. dialogue and cooperation on counternarcotics, and gravely hurt China’s interests."

I changed my post title to match the articles from China as to not editorialize. I still think the post is important.