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Boy, the guy can't win. If he's rude, he's an entitled rich jerk. If he's kind, he's got "privilege". It's pretty tiring to have everything be about oppressing
by prewett 2y ago
Boy, the guy can't win. If he's rude, he's an entitled rich jerk. If he's kind, he's got "privilege". It's pretty tiring to have everything be about oppressing the poor, it's kind like taking a conversation hostage. Well, now that we've brought up the breadline, the conversation can't not talk about that important issue.
- michaelmrose 2y agoHe's a buffoon without value or virtue. An ambassador who doesn't speak the language of the folks he represents. A writer sharing the contents of his empty head like a curator leading a tour of an empty museum. He doesn't need us to defend him nor does he particularly deserve a defense.
- labster 2y agoAgreed that the criticism is unfair, I’ve heard him interviewed and he’s a genuine-seeming nice guy. But getting Victor Orbán to write the foreword to the book is plenty to make me worry about his sense of entitlement.
- zpeti 2y agoYou know you can actually like people with different political views to yourself. I think Zizek is a super nice guy, despite disagreeing with 90% of what he says. I still think he's a great person with a nice soul.
- watwut 2y agoOrban is not a great person with a nice soul. And political disagreement in here is massive euphemism designed to make him sound better then he is.
- timeon 2y agoI think intentionally spreading obvious lies, like Orban does, is not about `different political views`. I have same view as you in your second paragraph. But let's not put everything on same level. This is the danger of this era. I respect different political views I do not agree with. I do not respect populist's manipulation.
- DrNosferatu 2y agoThat’s the problem of choosing the public identity he did: it’s a choice he didn’t have to make.