What happens when you put Mehdi Hasan in a room full of 20 conservative? He owns them all. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social: “It’s a pretty big story. Maybe if you read the fake news, you might know.” Watch Mehdi’s episode on ‘Surrounded’: zeteo.com/p/is-this-th...
This man is lethal with words
Cenk Uygur has 20 new pals to have a beer with!
They have no human qualities
Tough to watch. One of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen. Not sure if it hurts or helps to “debate” folks with these beliefs in a format like this. Seeing young people like this is saddening.
And these white people really think they are the master race...😳
Yep, one guy actually said, "White people ARE native Americans."
Another side effect of the trump movement: people are more comfortable expressing hate
What happens is, they spread their message even further, growing their hateful ideology even more via a media outlet who…… shocker…. is another for profit media rig
I love that they OUT THEMSELVES so nicely for the entire world to see. Remember their names and faces.
Debating should be a sport. You need to train years before you get good at it.
Must have been a lot of pressure being in that room, as the only person with brain cells
The ignorance and racism is ASTOUNDING 💥 @mehdirhasan.bsky.social … as always, is amazing and brilliant 🔥💥💯 💙💙✊✊✊✊💙💙
Serious question. Mehdi owns them with facts and debating skills, but does this help? Does it change people’s minds? Does it give a platform for these deplorables? I actually don’t know the answer. Makes me feel good? But does it help or hurt. Views please.
I’m doing my second watch now but, the guy says he is a fascist and the room claps. But as it becomes more and more clear that he is actually a fascist and not “that is what leftist call people they disagree with” meme, they stop clapping. The only silver lining. Everything else is despair.
Yes - a bottom even with these folks. But the level of white supremacy and total ignorance our country’s values and Rule of Law is breathtaking. They are shameless in expressing views that used to bring shame. So is that good as it brings it out in the open? Or bad as it is a platform? IDK
Normal people think mehdi owns them, fascist people think they own mehdi, sadly a few people will watch this and think the fascist have a decent point and move right. This won't make any fascist change their mind, unfortunately some on the right will watch this and decide to go much further right
So much anger…
I think Kai is ready for Starship Troopers... JFC... This is cracy....
20 fascists
Terrifying.
Is the answer you give more oxygen to the fascists? They will spin these videos to claim they came out as the heroes of their story.
Stupid can't be fixed, I am greatful that Mr. Hasan has emphasized how awful some 'muricans are, there is no soft-pedaling people who actually, believe and act like this.
If you want to platform Nazis I can’t stop you, but I ain’t watching.
Pink shirt wants to do a final solution
Way to give them publicity, I guess
Fantastic takedown! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Watching that made me sick to my stomach
Thank you for your courage in entering a pit of humans full of ignorance and hate Mr. Hasan, the reflection of the USA is scary indeed.
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Willfully ignorant = stupid in my book. And stupid should be painful. As John Wayne said, life is hard. It's harder if you're stupid.
20 dumb magats!
On the other hand, if this is the future America has to look forward to, there’s no need to feel bad about climate change or debt or no healthcare because… just watch the whole thing…
I wouldn’t go home and face my immigrant father after I embarrassed myself like the girl there, nor would I anyway, I’d get beaten down for being such a disrespectful pos… still shocked lol
Please watch the full thing, I’m only the second kid in and my jaw is on the floor, watching the ppl in the background getting so happy over the racist stuff, and the girls? The girls get most excited about the racist stuff, I had way too much optimism for America… I feel very uneasy right now…
Update: only watch if you’re already fully decimated about the direction of the country, they thought they would pwn Medhi? The man who makes world leaders stumble with facts? They show up against a human encyclopedia? Exceptionalism is a disease… their children will see this lol
Oh, man, I know it’s woke to have a mercy rule, but lawdy! What I wouldn’t give for George Carlin to take on the next group of Bircher Boys.
Calling these people, and their cult, “conservative” lends a veneer of legitimacy and tradition they have not earned. It cloaks authoritarianism in the language of stability. They are radical right-wing extremists. Fascists and authoritarians. Let’s not allow them to co-opt more language.
These people are miseducated and delusional.
This is MAGA.This is who Republicans have always been.This is what conservatism has wrought.At its core, it's white supremacist authoritarianism—an ideology that demands everything serve white dominance: morality, economics, industry, the environment. Anything that doesn't is discarded or destroyed.
Surrounded by idiots
You can say that again!
Racists and fascists thank you for the hard work of platforming and normalizing their views. Somewhere someone filled with hate toward everyone not exactly like them just realized there are at least 20 more people just like them, so maybe they shouldn't be ashamed of their hateful feelings.
Why are you giving 20 fascists a microphone?
Lyrics...They're creepy and they're kooky...Mysterious and spooky...They're all together ooky The MAGA family!
Mehdi, I’m disappointed in you. Jubilee are an organization that invites, pays and platform literal nazis. They don’t care about healthy debate or anything they just bring in lolcows and insincere people to stir up drama and clicks.
The issue is a lot of Americans are dumb as hell. They will watch this and still vote Maga.
I understood why going on the platform and schooling them was necessary but my question is why give them the time of day and possibly furthering their own platform. Asking for clarity sake.
Ha, I saw some right leaning propagandists saying that mehdi was owned because he asked that guy if he was an economist. We are so doomed. They live in such a protected bubble
lol. Jesus. The confidence of these people is wild.
Ignorance knows no bounds as the saying goes.
What happens? Complete devastation of fools that lack any sense of critical thinking or self reflection.
Mahdi, your patience and discipline throughout the event are extraordinary. It amazes me how folks can go so far off the deep end, and it saddens me about the state of our country.
Obviously I meant Mehdi, not Mahdi.
Bless ‘em Each and every deflated one
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” ― Isaac Asimov
The saddest thing about all this is the lapdog wearing the suit and fancy hat who has bought into this rightwing bullshit and is completely unaware they would sooner stick a knife in his back or chest rather than have him stand with them. Sad.
That last line is perfection!! "It's not your country. It's our country whether you like it or not"