(informal, originally Canada, US) A con artist; someone who pulls confidence games; a swindler, scammer, huckster, hustler, and/or charlatan.
(colloquial, especially Internet) A manipulator or otherwise generally corrupt person who “games” a system, group of people, or other entity for selfish gains; especially of a political “sell-out” perceived as lacking integrity.
Hasan doesn’t lack integrity. Hasan has been pushing the same beliefs and world view for his entire career. And the moments where he was wrong in his analysis, like when he predicted that Russia wouldn’t invade Ukraine, he owned up to it and said he was wrong. He tends to avoid making predictions about what world powers will do these days because his predictions have been wrong before.
Hasan is not selfish, as I’ve already demonstrated in one of the comments I responded to you with.
Hasan does not manipulate because his funding source, coming from his fans, allows him to be impartial when it comes to covering the news. The same cannot be said for Ben Shapiro, Candice Owens, Megan Kelly, Fox News, etc. because these people have to tow the line of the party and follow the direction of the US State Department or else face getting de-platformed. If Hasan is de-platformed on Twitch, he can pick up and move to YouTube or somewhere else and his fans will follow. Hasan is an independent commentator. And if you think he’s manipulating his fans, it’s only because he’s acting in opposition to the US State Department who’s doing the same. It is an information war out there.
Hasan is not a con artist. I can’t believe I have to state this given that the biggest con artist in the US political system is the man currently at the top, which happens to be Hasan’s largest opponent. Hasan makes it his mission to debunk what Trump says and cut through the lies he spews. If you think Hasan is a grifter but ignore the reality of Trump, then I have no other conclusion to make than to think you’re a conservative in sheep’s clothing, disguised as a progressive that actually wants to undermine the movement, or an enlightened centrist that tries to do “both sides” apologizing. Not going to cut it on Lemmy of all places.
According to Wiktionary:
(informal, originally Canada, US) A con artist; someone who pulls confidence games; a swindler, scammer, huckster, hustler, and/or charlatan.
(colloquial, especially Internet) A manipulator or otherwise generally corrupt person who “games” a system, group of people, or other entity for selfish gains; especially of a political “sell-out” perceived as lacking integrity.
Hasan doesn’t lack integrity. Hasan has been pushing the same beliefs and world view for his entire career. And the moments where he was wrong in his analysis, like when he predicted that Russia wouldn’t invade Ukraine, he owned up to it and said he was wrong. He tends to avoid making predictions about what world powers will do these days because his predictions have been wrong before.
Hasan is not selfish, as I’ve already demonstrated in one of the comments I responded to you with.
Hasan does not manipulate because his funding source, coming from his fans, allows him to be impartial when it comes to covering the news. The same cannot be said for Ben Shapiro, Candice Owens, Megan Kelly, Fox News, etc. because these people have to tow the line of the party and follow the direction of the US State Department or else face getting de-platformed. If Hasan is de-platformed on Twitch, he can pick up and move to YouTube or somewhere else and his fans will follow. Hasan is an independent commentator. And if you think he’s manipulating his fans, it’s only because he’s acting in opposition to the US State Department who’s doing the same. It is an information war out there.
Hasan is not a con artist. I can’t believe I have to state this given that the biggest con artist in the US political system is the man currently at the top, which happens to be Hasan’s largest opponent. Hasan makes it his mission to debunk what Trump says and cut through the lies he spews. If you think Hasan is a grifter but ignore the reality of Trump, then I have no other conclusion to make than to think you’re a conservative in sheep’s clothing, disguised as a progressive that actually wants to undermine the movement, or an enlightened centrist that tries to do “both sides” apologizing. Not going to cut it on Lemmy of all places.
Kindly, fuck off.