Current Events > What's the best mainstream left-wing podcast?

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I need to save these so I don't lose them. There are too many right now. I'll slog through the rest of the JP ep, but it's pretty rough so far.

TBGWT which one is that? Which episode should I check out?


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@Giblet_Enjoyer posted...

Hillbilly lefties are something I never knew I wanted and super refreshing to hear

Look up the mine wars & Appalachian bolsheviks

Appalachia has a rich history of socialism owing to the brutal tactics by the coal companies

Watch the movie "Matewan"

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I have a hard time taking the anti-JBP arguments seriously. Generally comes across as jealousy and ignorance. Do you have to like him? No, but at least give a solid argument as to why he's "bad."

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Lathissamus posted...

I have a hard time taking the anti-JBP arguments seriously. Generally comes across as jealousy and ignorance. Do you have to like him? No, but at least give a solid argument as to why he's "bad."

Heres a good thread explaining why hes bad:

https://twitter.com/zei_squirrel/status/1331505661817937921?s=21

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joe40001 posted...

I need to save these so I don't lose them. There are too many right now. I'll slog through the rest of the JP ep, but it's pretty rough so far.

TBGWT which one is that? Which episode should I check out?

TBGWT =The Black Guy Who Tips.

any episode will do outside of the movie/episode review shows, unless you watch the shows they review such as The Walking Dead.

they have a new show every couple days it seems.

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au_gold posted...

Heres a good thread explaining why hes bad:

https://twitter.com/zei_squirrel/status/1331505661817937921?s=21

Literally none of that makes him a bad person. And for every thing he's wrong about -- he's not an expert on evolution nor science, and he's allowed to be wrong on those fronts because not everyone is. Now there's a lot of real good he's done for real people with his works in psychology, and there are thousands and thousands of people that have done better due to his videos, lectures, and books. Literally how is he "bad"? Because he has some conservative views on religion? Also, some of those clips are snippets and taken out of context.

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Lathissamus posted...

Literally none of that makes him a bad person. And for every thing he's wrong about -- he's not an expert on evolution nor science, and he's allowed to be wrong on those fronts because not everyone is. Now there's a lot of real good he's done for real people with his works in psychology, and there are thousands and thousands of people that have done better due to his videos, lectures, and books. Literally how is he "bad"? Because he has some conservative views on religion?

All the good hes done doesnt make him any less homophobic or transphobic. If you think hes a good person despite those character traits, thats on you.

The fact that hes not an expert on climate science, evolution, politics, and pretty much anything that isnt basic psychology makes him dangerous when he pontificates on those subjects. His followers will believe every word he says despite his ignorance.

Lathissamus posted...

Also, some of those clips are snippets and taken out of context.

Lmao, JP stans never change.

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Lathissamus posted...

I have a hard time taking the anti-JBP arguments seriously. Generally comes across as jealousy and ignorance. Do you have to like him? No, but at least give a solid argument as to why he's "bad."

I think he's bad because he used the same common AGW "skeptic" tactic of selecting a tiny period of time wherein arctic ice volume increased instead of decreasing in order to claim global warming isn't a thing.
I don't care if you're more righteous than Jesus in every other area - if you agitate for the genocide of basically all life on earth, I consider you bad.

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Lathissamus posted...

Now there's a lot of real good he's done for real people with his works in psychology

you mean his self-help book?

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Conflict posted...

Lathissamus really does have a humiliation fetish eh

yikes, my fanclub is growing it would seem.

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All I'll say is that I agree with JBP on a lot, and he's actually a good person that gets a lot of shit from the left for almost no real reason. But he's winning at life, and they aren't, so oh well.

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Lathissamus posted...

All I'll say is that I agree with JBP on a lot,

sure, whatever

and he's actually a good person

according to whose definition?

that gets a lot of shit from the left for almost no real reason.

this is just blatantly false

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Lathissamus posted...

But he's winning at life, and they aren't,

Isn't he the guy that went to russia to be put into a medically-induced coma in a last-ditch effort to kick a benzo habit? And suffered brain function loss as a result?

I'd say most of CE is probably better off than JBP, lol

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Trash Future
QAnon Anonymous
Majority Report used to be great back when Michael and Jamie were there.
KNow Your Enemy
Trillbilly Workers Party
TBGWT =The Black Guy Who Tips.
And I got to finish behind the bastards

I will try to start most of these but I probably won't finish them all

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Trillbilly Workers is fine. They seem like nice people, but they weren't really challenging or engaging me.

Like they just seem like normal people shooting the shit which is cool, but they seem like the kind of people I'd agree with on everything anyway.

I'll keep going through the list. I'm hoping to hear somebody make an uber good case for something like CRT, because if I did that would really challenge me, and I want my opinion to be well informed and not ignorantly biased.

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joe40001 posted...

Trillbilly Workers is fine. They seem like nice people, but they weren't really challenging or engaging me.

Like they just seem like normal people shooting the shit which is cool, but they seem like the kind of people I'd agree with on everything anyway.

I'll keep going through the list. I'm hoping to hear somebody make an uber good case for something like CRT, because if I did that would really challenge me, and I want my opinion to be well informed and not ignorantly biased.

CRT is a subject you're not gonna find covered much, since its an incredibly broad subject that leftist circles don't engage in. You want something covering CRT, check Youtube

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Marc Lamont Hill has a lot of great segments on CRT.

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Blue_Dream87 posted...

CRT is a subject you're not gonna find covered much, since its an incredibly broad subject that leftist circles don't engage in. You want something covering CRT, check Youtube

I have, and you can get like Ted Talks about intersectionality and stuff like that, but you won't hear people sounding like normal people talking discussing why it's super important etc.

I want to hear people make their arguments for things I currently think are bad ideas because I definitely could be wrong, and want to know if I am.

I mean I'll try everything, I just know it's bad to stay in a bubble. If I'm honest it's because I was following somebody I liked as they were interviewed on different shows and they showed up on Megyn Kelly's podcast, and Megyn was doing a decent job being moderate and measured, but then there was just this moment of her slipping into hivemind republican where it was just like "hoooooold up, Megyn".

I guess I want to listen to the left-wing equivalent to Megyn Kelly a little. But if I said that people wouldn't give good recommendations because they would assume she's much more horrible, dumb, and biased than she actually is.

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