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Robert Nottoli's avatar

It's always impressive how Matt gets criticism like "what happened to you" from BlueMaga types. but will also get something like "I was with you until you said you were no fan of Trump.."

This guy in the interview is clearly a leftist based on his criticism of global Capitalism, I'm guess he read the Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein form his "shock and awe" comment. I love watching peoples heads explode when they can't fit an essay neatly into their blue or red headspace.

Keep breaking the Matrix Matt.

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Skeptic's avatar

I look at Matt's Twitter feed every now and then. It's become very dark. It went from a lot of "what happened to you, man?" which is kind of funny, to many barking, foaming, screeching accusations that he's a traitor, a Putin plant, or even a white supremacist.

Check it out some time. It's gotten creepy.

I'm hoping this is just some isolated nuts and trolls. But when you realize that some of his big RussiaGate antagonists now have high positions in the Justice Department and the intelligence services, it feels ominous.

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Telegram Sam's avatar

Unfortunately it's not nuts and trolls... I find myself out of sync lately with Matt's priorities, but it's the venom from his critics is part of what keeps me here. People who want to demonize honest discussion are my enemies, no matter what side. Seems his overall priority is to have no sacred cows or taboos when it comes to issues counter to freedom and democracy, and that's too much for a lot of people.

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Phisto Sobanii's avatar

This is hilarious to read after you claimed my views were "contrarian posturing."

Is it because I'm not a famous journalist like Matt? Go on. You can tell us the truth.

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Telegram Sam's avatar

Truth is you have a screw loose.

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Phisto Sobanii's avatar

Not the same as being wrong!

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Telegram Sam's avatar

Well you're two for two.

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Phisto Sobanii's avatar

I'm just glad you proved my point. I knew you could!

How, you ask? Through the fifth condition of mind control: specifically the end of it.

"If one expresses a question, they are made to feel that there is something inherently wrong with them to be questioning."

See? At least one example of what you claim doesn't exist - right here in your own comments to me!

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Telegram Sam's avatar

Glad I could help.

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SimulationCommander's avatar

It's also pretty strange how none of these people question themselves. If the people who you admired are no longer on your bandwagon.......

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norstadt's avatar

People who question themselves are mostly done with Twitter.

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Telegram Sam's avatar

Confirmation bias is a hell of a drug.

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sasha's avatar

The TDS is real and has claimed a tons of victims.

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Phisto Sobanii's avatar

Matt clearly left a cult. lol

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Telegram Sam's avatar

They left him.

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Anon's avatar

There are a lot more left leaning critics of covid authoritarianism than the mainstream media acknowledges. I know, because I went looking for them to preserve my own sanity: CJ Hopkins, Mark Crispin Miller, Alison McDowell, Naomi Wolf, Whitney Webb, James Corbett, Giorgio Agamben, winter oak press, off-guardian, the lockdowncriticalleft subreddit, Bellows magazine...

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Matthew's avatar

Architects for Social Housing is quite good (even if a little too materialist/Marxist for my tastes at times), and David Cayley has written some great articles/blog posts from the more philosophical approach (quite like Agamben).

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sasha's avatar

I find MCM is too conspiratorial and falls for dramatic too easily. Hopkins seems to be a lot more grounded.

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