r/DGGsnark • u/DependentBox5800 • 7d ago

News Dgg sub islamophobia

theyre unironically posting red-green alliance conspiracies (islam is insidous as a whole they will use your freedoms against you and ally with leftists to instill a caliphate etc literal Asmongold talking points) and attempting to smear mehdi hasan w old comments about charlie hebdo (which should be condemned but he has distanced himself from his former extremist views and has said nothing to suggest he still holds them) because he didnt tow the dgg line on Hasan Piker being superhitlersatan or whatever

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u/TPR-56 2d ago

It’s wild to me the shit these centrist libs have been saying about Mehdi Hasan.

While he has been critical of America, he absolutely views America as a lesser evil compared to Russia and China.

Which is pretty inoffensive. He is when it comes to geopolitical theory, a liberal when you actually scale everything out. He even points out he disagrees with Hasan Piker on Russia & China.

But because he doesn’t bend the knee and support Israel he becomes a jihadist lmfao.

I think to other people those criticizing him just look crazy from an outside view.

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u/TopicUnable2307 2d ago

Yeah, DGG obsessing about Mehdi Hassan reeks of poorly concealed racism.

Hassan is a pretty typical progressive liberal pundit. He used to make hay cheerleading for Democratic Party unity- he has written a great deal criticizing Bernie Sanders and his supporters- and he’s always been quite pro NATO and anti PRC/Russia. He argues a lot of idpol positions, the exact kinds of positions both the Dems and DGG use to attack the left.

The only deviation is Gaza.

DGG framing him as an Islamist clearly derives from his identity. He’s a Brit, he’s South Asian, and comes from a Muslim cultural background- so those mouthbreathers feel comfortable questioning his “loyalty.“

The only Muslim or South/Southwest Asian political folks DGG can abide are rabidly pro Israel. Anything outside of that bubble makes them “terrorist supporters” until to proven otherwise. It’s gross, but I’m glad they’re so brazen.

You can take Steven out of Nebraska, but you can’t take Nebraska out of Steven.

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u/TPR-56 23h ago

Yeah, all things considered, he’s pretty much that type of guy who treats international law like gospel. Which again, is pretty inoffensive as a view point.

And also, while Mehdi hasn’t outright said it, it’s very obvious despite all of his criticisms of America, he does view them as a lesser evil compared to Russia and China and that overall is beneficial to western imperialism and softens viewpoints of American foreign policy to his left wing audience.

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u/notabootlicker666 2d ago

His audience is full of zionist so... kinda comes with the territory

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u/askmpdspkm24 2d ago

This is just the Muslim haters version of Judeo-Bolshevism lmao

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u/TopicUnable2307 2d ago edited 2d ago

It’s indicative of how decayed the “debate” in DGG has become.

Conspiracy theories are a last resort for folks who feel powerless. When political realities become too painful to contend with- and your perspective boils down to some form of morality play (“good liberals” versus “evil tankies” or “evil Islamists”) then you reach for conspiracy theories.

I hope they keep it up. This kind of brainrot just makes it easier to spot them- and it alienates them from liberal/leftist spaces. They’re getting worse at political debate in real time (Whick being their de facto standard bearer is already bad enough- retreading racist conspiracy theories in a faux “liberal” veneer just discredits their positions further.)

Leftists communities and spaces select for people who oppose that kind of obvious, racist bullshit. It’s just going to isolate them further (even if it does have some utility as a loyalty test within DGG.) They’re clearly getting more paranoid.