@teethgnashing Hmmm before you respond all annoying style I wanna redact that “all” cause I could go either way on Viet Cong lmao idk enough about all that
@teethgnashing Like these are all basic examples of sensitivity/decency and you are putting it on the same level of useless dorkiness as “Latinx” like how exactly do you define woke 2.0?
if you surveyed ten million random americans i guarantee more of them remember seeing this guy on their feed during the drake/kendrick lamar thing than have ever heard of fantano lol
@extramicrowave@willforthrill it's a lame thing to brag about and even lamer because there literally is a a legit argument to an even lamer guy holding the title. which just makes him all the more lame for trying to claim it LMAO
he actively made "anti-SJW" content and tweeted in support of his FRIEND carl benjamin aka sargon of akkad after he was banned from here. i absolutely believe someone can grow and change and not be that guy anymore but the fact he pretends he never was pisses me off
the thing about calling Anthony Fantano "4chan" is that going on /mu/ in the early 2010's says absolutely nothing about his ethics or politics
Fantano once complimented my afro when i was DJing a /mu/ tinychat back in the day. i was already a registered socialist at the time!
which again is why it's so fucking annoying he can't also be a role model for dudes that may otherwise feel like their only choice is to double down on edgelord bullshit instead of leaving it behind like he did
the fact that he has branded himself as a poster child for simply having correct politics now and not as like, living proof that south park edgelordism is curable is so dishonest in my opinion! he could have done so much more good sharing his *real* story intead of burying it
@splitmaude@westcoastwinter i think i agree with a version of the point maude is making where i can think of few others who have huge audiences for non-political content and consistently stick their neck out to say woke stuff. and the fact that he isn't someone i'd call a "Leftist Voice" serves that point
@jaeporeon@unflicuneballe also fans "stealing" music to listen to it is badass and "artists" stealing music to call their own is completely different? anti-piracy sneaking into anti-ai discourse like