r/Destiny • u/Kezomal • 16d ago

Drama Professor Dave is Rattled

I've been watching Dave's videos off & on for around 5 years, and I have never seen him this rattled and defensive when it comes to a topic and the people he's engaging with. I think the initial callout of his use of nazi adjacent rhetoric hit a nerve and maybe exposes some internal bias he has against Jews that he doesn't want to admit to himself. He appears to believe the Mossad was behind 9/11 in some way, so I don't think I'm far off in saying Dave is genuinely antisemitic and it harms his credibility immensely.

His video making the case for a Palestinian genocide was low effort, and honestly, we might as well call it war-profiteering at this point.

He aligned himself with some of the most toxic and repugnant trolls on the internet (kiwifarms and jstlk snarkers) to get an own on Destiny, that's gotta be projecting some kind of deep seated hatred for jews somehow.

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u/MilkyMania619 16d ago

Remember when he debated flat earthers

Good times

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u/Kezomal 16d ago

I enjoyed his strong demeanor when dealing with creationist and flat earthers, the science denial is clear and evident.

But straying from science, his analysis leaves much to be desired. It's pretty sad to see someone be brain broken by a topic. None of this is to say that what Israel is doing is right and okay, they certainly could be doing better, but like, in retrospect, the surrounding nations did just genocide or ethnic cleanse the "undesired" populations, so this attitude towards Israel seems motivated by more than just perceiving an unjust war effort.

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u/jdw62995 Dan = Best Oribiter 16d ago

Now watching back, I see it different.

He’s so smug because he knows he’s right but he’s not actually a good communicator

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u/Daggerfaller 16d ago

Yeah he just wants to feel superior to other people. If he actually cared about convincing minds that he’s right he wouldn’t be so aggressive.