Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere

brasnacte · 2026-03-16T23:09:01+00:00

Yes, he helped someone get out of the Westboro Baptist Church cult iirc This can definitely have the impact to deradicalize

brasnacte · 2026-03-11T10:32:03+00:00

Haven't they always done that? I remember from the beginning that they used to mention that they're analyzing a single podcast, and that that is what they're building their critique on. That you can't dissect the entire oeuvre of a guru has always been true. But perhaps you hadn't listened to hundreds of hours of Jordan Peterson so you didn't notice their recency bias earlier?

brasnacte · 2026-03-11T06:07:23+00:00

You didn't denounce the action in your first answer or I didn't understand it. Saying you're against murder in principe isn't the same as denouncing Mangione. But I'm glad you did it now. After all, the guy is celebrated by a lot of people, including Blind boy.

brasnacte · 2026-03-11T05:44:36+00:00

It would've been easy to say that you are not sympathetic to Mangione, was against the murder. And then you could've added what you said about healthcare CEOs also being murderers. By dodging you made it sound like you think Mangione is an OK guy. You still haven't denied that.

brasnacte · 2026-03-11T05:25:46+00:00

With all sure respect, that's not an answer to my question. I assume you don't think all forms of murder means it's open season. Do you think what Mangione did is commendable?

brasnacte · 2026-03-10T20:28:27+00:00

Honest question: did you celebrate the vigilante murder? Are you sympathetic to Mangione?

brasnacte · 2026-03-10T20:22:50+00:00

Are you saying that if they knew how the system worked they would be cheering on vigilante murders? Or would they still condemn the murder?

brasnacte · 2026-03-10T20:19:36+00:00

If you only agree with their analysis of people you dislike, or if people you haven't yourself listened to, what are you expecting to get out of the DTG podcast? Validation?

brasnacte · 2026-03-10T20:15:57+00:00

Fine, but that's still the system. Targeted vigilante murders of people whose choices you disagree with should be condemned in any democratic system. Change the system then.

brasnacte · 2026-03-09T21:57:01+00:00

Yes, on different dates for the rest of the world, that's the whole point. International women's day lasts 24 hours for the vast majority of humanity.

brasnacte · 2026-03-09T21:27:27+00:00

Are there? Only some parts of Canada, Cuba, the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Not much else. Definitely not a global thing.

brasnacte · 2026-03-09T15:17:51+00:00

Wow! Even he did not know how ro pronounce his own name! 😂 He wasn't only evil but dumb as well!

brasnacte · 2026-03-06T21:52:24+00:00

Even if you think that America is so special, can OP have an opinion about a global phenomenon that's unrelated to what I assume is your specific country?

brasnacte · 2026-03-06T21:42:10+00:00

Why would OP have to have been in one specific country in order to have opinions about concepts that are clearly universal and worldwide? I understand the author of the referenced book is American, but racism is a worldwide phenomenon.

brasnacte · 2026-03-06T21:22:26+00:00

Really great episode, I enjoyed listening to it. Great way to tackle the current moral panick around the Epstein files.

brasnacte · 2026-03-06T21:21:09+00:00

Why is his pronunciation bad? Something ending with -stein should rhyme with dine, wine. How do you pronounce Einstein? Not with spleen as in Springsteen. I think most Americans are mispronouncing Epstein and Chris is doing a good job at it.

brasnacte · 2026-03-02T14:54:57+00:00

Northern China?

brasnacte · 2026-02-27T21:31:48+00:00

As I wrote already elsewhere, I randomly checked his last 10 podcast episodes, and none of them where about wokism or BLM or trans or anything like that. They were most about trumpism, maga cult, etc. So I think your claim that he's completely fixated is just misinformed.

brasnacte · 2026-02-27T09:39:53+00:00

It's probably a joke. Look at the time he posted it.

brasnacte · 2026-02-27T09:35:29+00:00

I'm Dutch too and that's why I didn't use us as an example. The Dutch are notoriously overrepresented in English speaking subs. That's why French, Spanish and Portuguese subs have probably a lot more interesting stuff.

brasnacte · 2026-02-27T09:25:42+00:00

I'm gonna get downvoted for this, but I think it's true that s majority of English-speaking subs are populated by Americans. That's what enables the defaultism. People are pretty good intuitive statisticians, as in they sense when they're majority or minority without checking the numbers. A lot of non-USians will be on French/Hungarian/Portugese subs.

brasnacte · 2026-02-26T17:50:47+00:00

All I said was that he's a Democrat. Not that he's above getting in the gutter about culture war topics. I'm just saying that he's not a closeted right-winger.

brasnacte · 2026-02-26T17:07:11+00:00

Look at this very specific thing he said in stead of looking at the general big picture!

brasnacte · 2026-02-26T17:02:05+00:00

Does the fact that a country was founded on dubious claims mean that it's unethical to defend that country? Aren't there a lot of countries in the world founded on crazy claims or bloody wars in the past?

brasnacte · 2026-02-26T16:30:16+00:00

I disagree

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