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In a Tuesday episode of the This Past Weekend podcast, Von dismissed any national security concerns being floated about the China-owned TikTok platform, arguing the prevalence of content related to Israel’s bombing of Gaza — where thousands of civilians have been killed — is the real reason the government is uncomfortable.

“I believe that they don’t want people sharing the truth about the genocide in Palestine and that’s why they’re doing it. I believe that that’s what it is and TikTok is one of those places where people can still do that. And they want to own it. They want to own it, dude,” the podcaster and comedian said.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Legit question @people who know more about Theo than me, but isn't Theo like, actually a pretty nice guy, even if right wing? Dude kinda reminds me a bit of Destin from SmarterEveryDay, who's obviously on the redneck side of things, is right wing as far as I can tell, but is still extremely knowledgeable, incredibly chill, and actually cares about the foundations of his stances and doesn't buy into divisionist rhetorics.

I might be assuming things and jumping to conclusions, which is why I am asking this, but I vaguely recall a video he made which clearly showed he held right wing positions but had no issue tearing down right wing propaganda and stances if they were bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Eh, going back at least as far as his real world days, he's always been about being edgy and asinine. I've never heard of him directly fucking people over, but I can't call him nice just because he uses a degree of manners in public.

It isn't about his political views, idgaf about that as far as this subject goes. Until you get into actual extremists, the kind of right or left wing folks that make up the bulk of things tend to not be assholes in their day to day behavior. They don't often pound their pulpit non stop, or publicly and directly bash any given group. Theo is like that, in that regard. It's about him generally behaving as though he has some need to stir shit to feel like he's funny.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

If this is is the guy that recently had Bernie on, then I think he's mainly poorly informed and unable to realise when a politician is spinning a line for ulterior motives.