okwithmydecay@leminal.space to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agoBritish Airways pulls Louis Theroux podcast sponsorship after Bob Vylan interviewwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down10
arrow-up1177arrow-down1external-linkBritish Airways pulls Louis Theroux podcast sponsorship after Bob Vylan interviewwww.theguardian.comokwithmydecay@leminal.space to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square35linkfedilink
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoHow is calling for the death of soldiers truth to power?
minus-squareEx Nummis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months agoI meant Theroux’ interview, not his subject. He’s not responsible for the things his interviewees say.
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoTheroux is responsible for whom he chooses to platform and what parts of an interview to publish. He knew this would be controversial, generate lots of clicks, and might lose him sponsors that don’t want to associated with radical rhetoric.
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·2 months agoThe guy has literally interviewed the KKK, but this is radical rhetoric too far?
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoDid the KKK guy defend chants to „Gas the Jews“ or similar in his interview?
minus-squareDenjin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 months agoDid Bobby Villain chant “death to the Jews”? Stop making false equivilence.
minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoDid Vylan call for the deaths of jewish people or did he call death to the IDF which is entirely different?
minus-squarew3ird_sloth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNo but…he’s a KKK guy so…did he need to?
minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoHe has interviewed neo-nazis in the past so it is odd that a rapper is the one who sets these “advertisers” off.
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agodon’t you hate it in history class, when they talk about how good it was to kill Nazis. Will somebody think of the poor genociders
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoAnother troll for the blocklist. Why are there so many of you guys lately?
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agobeing hasbara is a full time job
How is calling for the death of soldiers truth to power?
I meant Theroux’ interview, not his subject. He’s not responsible for the things his interviewees say.
Theroux is responsible for whom he chooses to platform and what parts of an interview to publish. He knew this would be controversial, generate lots of clicks, and might lose him sponsors that don’t want to associated with radical rhetoric.
The guy has literally interviewed the KKK, but this is radical rhetoric too far?
Did the KKK guy defend chants to „Gas the Jews“ or similar in his interview?
Did Bobby Villain chant “death to the Jews”? Stop making false equivilence.
Did Vylan call for the deaths of jewish people or did he call death to the IDF which is entirely different?
No but…he’s a KKK guy so…did he need to?
He has interviewed neo-nazis in the past so it is odd that a rapper is the one who sets these “advertisers” off.
don’t you hate it in history class, when they talk about how good it was to kill Nazis.
Will somebody think of the poor genociders
Genociders*
Another troll for the blocklist. Why are there so many of you guys lately?
being hasbara is a full time job