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naraburns  nihil supernum  1yr ago (text post)   3575 thread views

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I don't believe him to actually be a virulent racist or antisemite or whatever. I don't even think he is a particularly political person.

Can you explain your thoughts on this?

Haha I guess it is a contrarian take. Most/all of his content isn't political, not in the way that people like John Oliver, John Stewart, Glenn Beck, etc, are. If you watch World Peace, the sketches are things like a parody of a /fit/ guy, or a wife who cucks her husband with an IVF sperm donor, or a pickup artist helping a disabled guy get laid.

I mean, a lot of the comedy is subversive. It's funny precisely because you can't say it, e.g. MDE released a book titled 'How to bomb the US government'. So in a world where you're not supposed to quote crime statistics, standing up in front of a crowd and quoting crime statistics becomes funny, but also gets you labelled as all kinds of things. Or, after getting your show on adult swim, wouldn't it be funny to sing "Jews rock!", and include footage of producers looking uncomfortable?

I don't see Sam as a culture warrior, like Nick Fuentes or Milo. During the BLM protests a couple years ago, he was telling people not to protest/counter-protest, not to get arrested, it's not worth it, just be cool, etc. I feel like he's generally sceptical of politics, he doesn't have an agenda, he's not trying to enact change. He has anti-establishment views, and satirizes the PMC, the Davos elite, etc, but I feel like it comes from a position of accepted powerlessness.

As for 'virulent racist', that's just not the vibe I get after watching him. I mean, Sam invited Harley Morenstein (Epic Meal Time guy, and jew) to come and train with him. Sam made holocaust denial jokes and they both laughed. It feels more like a "I don't care what race you are as long as you're racist" type thing.

Interesting perspective, thanks for the response.

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