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[–] micnd90@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago (3 children)

To be fair he was participating in Free Julian Assange rally. But yeah it still doesn't excuse the fedoras.

[–] voight@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

We have to honor this dude who tried to work with the feds only to be inevitably betrayed by worshipping fearless truth teller journalism.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Isn’t he associated with the “billion Americans by 2030” writer and his ilk? Or didn’t he go on a half year “journalism” campaign about Hunter Biden’s dick pics lol. Or am I just associating two unrelated bald guys together for some reason

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mainly know him as the "cops are workers too" guy lol

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He's a radlib at best, but that's not really a fair summary of his comments. He said many cops come from the working class (true), and that being a cop is one of the few steady, good-paying jobs readily open to the working class (also true). This was part of a larger discussion on why the working class is not uniformly on board with police abolition.

There are plenty of other points to be made in that discussion, but "this has an economic angle for the working class" is a fair one to mention.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Naw billion Americans guy was Matt Yglesias I think

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

I think it's a trilby. Fedoras have wider brims.