Duane Hamilton

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

@DanielR19377653 @TicketTV1 @ChudTheBuilder I understand the point you’re making but really think about this realistically…
a random person can walk up to you (and/or your loved ones) and says the most vile, disrespectful things imaginable and we as a society should applaud them because of “free speech”?

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

@TheEXECUTlONER_ This is PROOF that being obnoxious is NOT reserved to any RACE! Smh!🤦🏾‍♂️

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

(While I personally don’t want to question any individual’s motives…)
THIS!!!

[An American Negro @Techlite01]

While I’m glad this is being said, don’t be fooled by this. The conservative mainstream establishment is turning against him (Chud) because they see the writing on the wall, not for any love of defense of Black Americans. If Chud gets away with what he’s done, it’s a greenlight that this behavior now has institutional backing. One Chud armed and going around, walking up to people to antagonize them, will turn into many. That many will then turn into armed groups stalking people. That alone will trigger more violent interactions, but it’s not simply that. People need to realize, and some already do, that this will not stop with Black Americans. Once this type are emboldened, Hispanics are next, Jews (which has already begun), Muslims, Indians, etc. And when your average White person who is reasonable tries to interfere, this volatile Chud type will crash out on them too. (Chud would antagonize White people who challenged him on what he was doing, and skipped out on a White owned restaurant to give an example). Chud is going down. There are people of all races, liberal and conservative that don’t want Chud copycats. He gambled and he will lose.

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

@Streetfight983 ALWAYS LOOK AT THE HANDS!! #ai

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

OoooWeee!!!!😳😮‍💨
I believe this PERFECTLY sums up the entirety of this situation!!

[Frank McCormick @CBHeresy]

Watch ChudtheBuilder when he hears the charges and bail conditions.

He looks absolutely crushed by the weight of reality suddenly set upon him. And honestly, it’s sad. Not just sad, but tragic. He is 28 years old and a father, and he became drunk on the perception of power — and sometimes invulnerability — that comes with social influence.

This is a cautionary tale about the danger of unearned power and influence.

For the average person, having tens of thousands of followers here can feel life-changing. Reaching close to 100k can feel like winning the lottery, at first. It can be exhilarating to reach millions of people and feel like you are part of a small elite capable of breaking social media news with the right post or moving tens of thousands of people with a few carefully crafted words.

Even in the real world, people begin to treat you differently. It’s ridiculous, but true. When people find out you have a following, they begin to ascribe special significance and power to you that is usually grossly exaggerated. They think you are special and important and capable of doing things for them, and so they begin offering things to you.

For people like Chud — young men who have never been “somebody” before — being thrust overnight into social media “stardom” (even if it is lowbrow, C-tier stardom) is intoxicating. Before, you were someone who always had to say “yes sir” and had accepted that life would consist of hard work with little respect or payoff. Now you begin to wonder how high you can climb and how much power, fame, and influence you can amass.

It’s so intoxicating that it warps your ability to think rationally. You see the numbers — 200k+ followers and $70k in donations, with more pouring in — coupled with an endless stream of affirmations in your DMs and comments, not the reality that your reputation is being cemented as the guy who walks around calling Black people “n*ggers.”

In a matter of weeks or months, you have achieved more influence and reach than most men could ever imagine. But here’s the rub: you did it without the years of hard work and painful lessons most people who achieve that kind of standing endure on the way up.

You’ve been handed power and influence absent the wisdom that comes from earning it yourself — and you acquired it not by creating something important or valuable, but through cheap parlor tricks that entertain people who don’t care how this ends for you, only that they are entertained along the way.

And so, emboldened, a man like Chud sets out with his camera, gargantuan hubris, and an army of followers telling him to “keep going,” even if that direction leads straight off a cliff.

But you don’t see it, because you haven’t earned the wisdom that comes from smaller failures and hard-earned lessons earlier in the journey. Fail? How could you fail when so many people support you? Hundreds of thousands — even millions — are cheering you on. You must be doing something right.

And in fact, you become so convinced that you are justified and untouchable because of the hordes you perceive behind you that you grow brazen and reckless, going so far as to predict that this story ends with a “dead chimp” and “me walking free.”

And then it happens: your opportunity to “take a stand” and show your audience what this was really all about. But when the police arrive and arrest you, and the discussions begin between your lawyer and the district attorney, you suddenly realize that all your fame, power, and influence were an illusion.

It existed on X, but the social capital of X suddenly means very little when standing before a judge and jury who have no idea who ChudtheBuilder is. Your viral posts are no longer impressive; they are evidence — an indictment of a reckless man drunk on power.

You are now learning your first real lesson about the pitfalls of power/ influence, but at an apex where the fall is unrecoverable: forgotten and alone in a jail cell.

[Justintime @chubbedup4u]

@therobbieharvey Thank you for speaking the truth here. I don't know what makes me more sad. The fact that "Chad" is doing what he is doing (out degrading others for existing) or that he seems to have a lot of support in doing so (I hope it's bots but it seems like ppl too)

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

I believe this is a reasonably fair assessment (I’m not really a conspiracy guy but I agree that this is an unnecessary and unprofitable distraction)

[After Hours with Alex Stein #99 @alexstein69420]

Primetime @alexstein99 reviews the curious case of Chud the Builder after a recent violent altercation:

"Thankfully this wasn't a fatal shooting. They want there to be a public execution, because they want us to have a race war."

From After Hours with Alex Stein on @RealAmVoice

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

@JimmieSpeed @KiingzVision @misfitpatriot_ @ChudTheBuilder This!!

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

This is a very fair and balanced answer to (what I’d like to hope was😌) a honest question! 😉👍🏾

[Sapient Hominid @wedietz]

There effectively were all of those things until the 70s.

Colleges only accepted whites. You rarely saw a black person on TV, certainly never as a leading character.

Even today, every month is white history month.

That didn't change because racism disappeared. Laws had to be passed to change all of that, and those laws are being challenged and overturned today.

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

@NeverteIImeodd It honestly appears to be AI…😕😒🤷🏽‍♂️
PLEASE be mindful that this technology is WIDELY being used to create and advance private agendas.

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

If you understand this then you know just how POWERFUL it is!!😳😮‍💨

[Twiggy Gerstenschlagger @NoMoreRentiers]

@CleverMonsterCT 100% true. People always believe whatever is necessary to keep the illusion alive. Self deception is the glue of reality.

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

@Oliviasullvb Have NO problem with people having an opinion or holding a belief but I REALLY CANT STAND when someone holds and argues for that opinion/belief DISHONESTLY!! SMH!

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

In my limited opinion (I’m always learning😌), this is a fair assessment and honest starting point for discussion.

[Libs Of Chicago @Libs_OfChicago]

If the idea is that the Jews are the rightful owners of a land mass because their ancestors once ruled that land mass then that same reasoning can be used for any one group of ppl who makes a claim about a land mass. Meaning the ppl who claim to have Roman ancestry can simply say they have the right to rule a land mass once conquered by their ancestors.

The idea that Israel as a nation shouldn’t exist is not up for debate, any nation can certainly exist & declare borders & form a government. Ppl for some reason think Israel as a country equals Jews, it doesn’t but instead is just a country where primarily Jews live. There are Jews in Israel who agree & disagree with what the Israeli government does & doesn’t do just like citizens of any other country do. When we criticize Israel it should be clear that we are talking about the government, not the ppl & it’s important that the person you’re talking to acknowledge that.

Once ppl get over this “God promised me this land” idea there can be real honest conversations that ppl will openly engage in. God promised you & your ppl no land, that’s something made to simply shut down a conversation. Land is conquered & ruled then conquered by someone else time & time again.

It always has & it always will.

Should Palestine come to the table with Israel & agree to a peace agreement? Yes of course like any other neighboring country this should be.

I’ll also say that as Americans we have no idea what is really happening in other parts of the world. Most Americans are fairly sheltered, most don’t know what’s happening down the street from their home. Both Muslims & Jews in the United States get their panties in a bunch whenever this topic is brought up, in reality most if not all of them have no idea what they are really talking about either.

[Dade512♠️ @Dade512]

Nobody "took" that from you.

That postwar prosperity was dismantled by:

Reagan breaking unions in 1981 and beginning 40 years of wage stagnation. Corporate lobbying gutting worker protections and offshoring manufacturing. The GOP systematically defunding public education, healthcare, and the social infrastructure that made that life possible. Citizens United letting billionaires buy the political system outright.

The man in that photo lost his pension because of private equity. His kids can't afford that house because of deregulated financial markets and the 2008 crash. His grandkids are drowning in student debt because public university funding was gutted.

None of that was done by immigrants or minorities. It was done by the same political movement you're currently cheering for.

You're saluting the people who robbed you while blaming the neighbors who got robbed alongside you.

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

This really is a VERY commendable thing of him to do!! (To have the courage and humility to show real growth in REAL TIME!)

[yoxic @yoxics]

Kai Cenat kept having to look up what certain words meant during his reading journey to become a better speaker 😭

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

@eyesaluna The BEST FF entry in the franchise!! Hands down!

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

@BiasedHouston @BradeauxAndWill Is it time to adjust our expectations for Amen’s ceiling?

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

The Rockets right now are Rocky in Rocky 3 (pre Apollo training). They’re overconfident because of past success and now they’ve grown soft!! Very disappointing!!😤😕

[Duane Hamilton @wdham01]

@pook2301 @THEG0DMUTHA lol!!