He’s a bit of a tankie-lite talking piece, but iirc he went on a boat to deliver aid to Cuba so he’s done some good.
The UK is only banning him because he’s anti-Zionist tho.
He’s also a bit of a show boater, showing up to protests and getting all the attention because of his star power.
I’d also say he tends to soften his critiques in person, where he might get something right, he’ll not stick to his guns when confronted.
None of if that makes him wrong per se. But the people who have eaten the anti-hasan hasbara… well they are indeed a special breed of hog
Or rather, he’s bringing attention to the protests using his star power that they wouldn’t otherwise get.
Also, didn’t most or all of the socialist-leaning anti-Zionist candidates he campaigned with win their primaries?
If you have a platform, use it. Dude’s meeting people where they are, not sure how that’s for “clout” now that real change is being made. Why do you think Fox News is constantly up his ass now?
Yeah I fully agree, and I don’t agree with the critics. I’m just giving voice to concerns I’ve heard levied from people who make organizing protests and streaming protests what they do. Hasan shows up and suddenly it’s about them not what they were protesting. And Hasan has acknowledged this and been explicit about not wanting to do that, but it’s an unfortunate artifact that comes from their star power. So they don’t do it very often.
suddenly it’s about them not what they were protesting.
That’s only how it is being framed by his critics and their fans, who still think there’s something in trying to scrutinize the dog collar.
Every case that I have seen of Hasan, be it showing up at rallies, supporting a candidate, or joining the convoy: his presence is welcomed, seen as valuable and benedicial to the protest, politician, or cause.
Only time I can think where his presence was treated as a liability was the 2024 DNC.
What a monster.
zedcell@lemmygrad.ml 3 days ago
Cuba is a “tankie” state and the most principled groups in support of it against the genocidal American blockade are “tankies”. You are advancing US imperialism by chatting nonsense about so-called tankies, doing the hard work of the red scare for your supposed enemies.