The person wrote that most of his *audience* is right-wing, judging from the comments here. I concur. Matt isn't, even if he appeals to many on the right. He acknowledges that liberals no longer care about government/corporate censorship and other free speech issues - formerly issues championed by the left - and that the right, the progressive left, and Libertarians are now on the same side of this issue.
Presumably you are responding to "Most of Matt's followers, judging by the comments here, are one flavor or another of right-wing sloganeer who wouldn't like Brie no matter what she says or how she conducts herself. Par for the rightwing course." and pretending that I think Matt is right wing?
Just as hard right dumbasses latch onto black writers like Sowell and Hughes to launder their racist takes through a "negro" lens, Matt gets championed by some really ugly rightwingers because, for the moment, free speech advocacy lets them direct their fire at the usual suspects without seeming to be the usual rightwing turds.
So, to be very clear, I don't think Matt is right wing. Having read all his books and subscribed here from the beginning I think I would have discovered his "rightism" by now.
He has some dumb takes, like everyone else, but that is neither here nor there.
Wow, your flavor of idiocy is rare. Your hatred of anything other than yourself must make you a blast at parties, airport terminals, the DMV and animal shelters.
Matt is an old-fashioned liberal who isn't a fan of war, really doesn't like censorship, and also opposes things like the government spying on our own citizens. I don't think he's ever voted for a Republican. These days, I don't think he'd vote for many Democrats either. But he was a Kucinich supporter when Brie was just becoming a teenager. Hell, he supported Bernie before Brie did.
Matt has a loyal following who have read him since at least the RS days. Following his publication of the Twitter Files, he gained a large number of Twitter followers, as people were interested in this government/NGO/tech industry conspiracy to censor. Many of them also found his Substack. It is true that the newcomers seem to be more to the right than the previous audience, but all the newcomers have really made this comments board great. If one wants an echo chamber for comments, one can go to The Free Press. And maybe since they no longer perceive that they are surrounded by other Trump-haters, some of those with TDS have radically drawn back their Orange Man Bad rants.
But for Brie to even think for a minute that Matt doesn't go after the right-wing bad guys, it demonstrates her ignorance. Matt goes after the FBI, DHS, CIA, etc. You know, THE BAD GUYS?? Her problem is that she, along with an enormous number of idiots in this country, have decided that the FBI, DHS, etc. are all great, because they will help prevent Trump. All fun and games until they turn their guns on you.
Like I said, I think she has a personal investment in the Bernie catastrophe having been caused by nefarious doings above and beyond the DNC and MSM blatant manipulations. She also has a job to do on Rising.
I can't agree that one-note rightwingers make anything great. but as we used to say YMMV.
Spicy take - right wingers and left wingers in and of themselves are not the problem. When either side turns authoritarian is where we have problems. And in 2024, the left wingers are the authoritarians.
Matt wrote for Rolling Stone, not Financial Times. He invented the unforgettable Vampire Squid metaphor for investment banks. That's right wing?
The person wrote that most of his *audience* is right-wing, judging from the comments here. I concur. Matt isn't, even if he appeals to many on the right. He acknowledges that liberals no longer care about government/corporate censorship and other free speech issues - formerly issues championed by the left - and that the right, the progressive left, and Libertarians are now on the same side of this issue.
Presumably you are responding to "Most of Matt's followers, judging by the comments here, are one flavor or another of right-wing sloganeer who wouldn't like Brie no matter what she says or how she conducts herself. Par for the rightwing course." and pretending that I think Matt is right wing?
Just as hard right dumbasses latch onto black writers like Sowell and Hughes to launder their racist takes through a "negro" lens, Matt gets championed by some really ugly rightwingers because, for the moment, free speech advocacy lets them direct their fire at the usual suspects without seeming to be the usual rightwing turds.
So, to be very clear, I don't think Matt is right wing. Having read all his books and subscribed here from the beginning I think I would have discovered his "rightism" by now.
He has some dumb takes, like everyone else, but that is neither here nor there.
Wow, your flavor of idiocy is rare. Your hatred of anything other than yourself must make you a blast at parties, airport terminals, the DMV and animal shelters.
You are an imbecile.
Matt is an old-fashioned liberal who isn't a fan of war, really doesn't like censorship, and also opposes things like the government spying on our own citizens. I don't think he's ever voted for a Republican. These days, I don't think he'd vote for many Democrats either. But he was a Kucinich supporter when Brie was just becoming a teenager. Hell, he supported Bernie before Brie did.
Matt has a loyal following who have read him since at least the RS days. Following his publication of the Twitter Files, he gained a large number of Twitter followers, as people were interested in this government/NGO/tech industry conspiracy to censor. Many of them also found his Substack. It is true that the newcomers seem to be more to the right than the previous audience, but all the newcomers have really made this comments board great. If one wants an echo chamber for comments, one can go to The Free Press. And maybe since they no longer perceive that they are surrounded by other Trump-haters, some of those with TDS have radically drawn back their Orange Man Bad rants.
But for Brie to even think for a minute that Matt doesn't go after the right-wing bad guys, it demonstrates her ignorance. Matt goes after the FBI, DHS, CIA, etc. You know, THE BAD GUYS?? Her problem is that she, along with an enormous number of idiots in this country, have decided that the FBI, DHS, etc. are all great, because they will help prevent Trump. All fun and games until they turn their guns on you.
Bri clearly doesn't think that.
Like I said, I think she has a personal investment in the Bernie catastrophe having been caused by nefarious doings above and beyond the DNC and MSM blatant manipulations. She also has a job to do on Rising.
I can't agree that one-note rightwingers make anything great. but as we used to say YMMV.
Spicy take - right wingers and left wingers in and of themselves are not the problem. When either side turns authoritarian is where we have problems. And in 2024, the left wingers are the authoritarians.