• Sagifurius@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Ah, Tim isn’t that bad, a guy doen’t think he’s a centrist is probably very, very far left.

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      1 year ago

      You’re right on half of that, but on what issue does he meaningfully align with the left? Like I said, he seems to fall right into line with the right on everything - outside the shallowest veneer.

      I’m a centrist - both sides are bad - exclusively lists things the Democrats are doing.

      I don’t support the Republicans - but agrees with everything they’re doing.

      It’s a great way to feel as though you’ve risen above partisanship and form your own opinions like a special smart boy - as you’re led straight to right-wing positions on every issue.

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        1 year ago

        Haven’t listened to him in a long time, but he definitely did not use to align Republican, disagreeing with Democrats horseshit isn’t the same thing.

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          He certainly shifted right over time, but I don’t think he could have ever fairly been called a centrist.

          Disagreeing with the Democrats doesn’t make you right-wing (I disagree with them on most things because I’m pretty far left - condemning the Democrats exclusively (other than the vaguest possible 'I don’t agree with the republicans) while near-universally agreeing with the positions of the GOP makes you right-wing.

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            1 year ago

            Is he exactly agreeing with what they say or what they do? Unfortunately that’s a real big difference.

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              1 year ago

              All of the above.

              Can you name anything Pool has agreed with the Democrats on (and disagreed with the conservative/reactionary/magat line) - words or actions in the last 2 years?

              I’m sure we can find something - but you could say that if most conservative voters. The relative difficulty proves my point.

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                1 year ago

                I know, in the past, he has voiced supply for common sense gun control. Is that no longer true?

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                    1 year ago

                    That is the most misleading headline ever. (yeah ok he leaned into shock value in his first statement) Ive noticed something over time. You know who thinks gun control works? useless people. People that actually think a gun is complicated and banning them works. It’s the current year and they, with all the power of the internet search engines, don’t realize there are people out there that built a functioning rifle at the age of 12, pre internet, because they were bored. Colour me shocked that people think a Tim Poole video like this is far right, it ain’t. Far right is fascist bootlick uniform types kecking in doors relying on numbers, far left is apparently crying a guy unimpressed with the removed movement, isn’t a far left removed, must align with fascists. get a gun, you might need it.