CNN put out a statement and Abby Philip released a clip:
https://x.com/abbydphillip/status/1851104454247903688
Girdusky is doubling down saying it was a joke:
Ryan James Girdusky, the POS in this clip, just posted on X: “You can stay on CNN if you falsely call every Republican a Nazi and have taken money from Qatar-funded media. Apparently you can’t go on CNN if you make a joke. I’m glad America gets to see what CNN stands for.” (I’m not going to post a link because fuck that platform.)
“Oh I was joking”. If you were joking you wouldn’t have told people you responded because you thought Mehdi said Hamas (which you didn’t think, you heard Palestinian and got angry). You would have said it was a bad joke. What a typical Nazi crybully Girdusky is.
“I was just joking” is every fascist’s go-to line when they realize their hatred is not accepted by present company. Walking that line between serious hate speech/incitement and “only joking” is absolutely characteristic of fascism.
Republicans think that a joke is what you retroactively call something you said in earnest as soon as you get pushback.
You can stay on CNN if you falsely call every Republican a Nazi
That’s not falsely though. If you’re supporting a party that’s running a Nazi, you’re a fucking Nazi.
Naah, the Nazis had better dress sense. Other than that, though…
Not every generation of Nazis can have a Hugo Boss
Now they just have a huge boss…
Lol. What a little bitch
Medhi is a fucking gem. If you aren’t subscribed to his YT or Zeteo, the fuck are you even doing.
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It’s just a joke.
Then go be a racist comedian at a Trump rally.
People are trying to discuss things.
I don’t feel that Tony is a racist. Does he make racist jokes yes. Is he known for this yes. So having him come on as a speaker you should already be aware of what will come out of his mouth. And if you have a problem with what he might say maybe don’t have him as a guest speaker.
Also while his joke has gotten the lime light it was not the most concerning thing said at that rally. Because once again he is a roast comedian, while the others on that stage said things that should be heard as well because of how worrying they are.
Hey hold on a moment. He’s not a racist, he’s just a guy who has made it his identity to say racist things, which other people (who are also definitely not racist) enjoy laughing at!
You are delusional.
Dude realizes he said a heartfelt, knee-jerk “quiet part out loud” and frantically tries to walk it back. It’s SO obvious that in his heart all Palestinians, and anyone who supports Palestinian rights, is a) Hamas and b) a valid target.
No need for (a). That’s barely a cover and certainly not part of his racist mathematics.
People will inevitably slip and tell you who they truly are. Like Trump, who says conservatives won’t have to vote again and he will be a dictator on day 1 and he wants to jail political opponents. Believe them.
Can’t believe a fascist would say this. So crazy.
Turns out, that guy used to write for Richard Spencer.
Of course he is that much of a white supremacist.
Wow.
Oh this country is so fucked.
When people vote to fuck everything up in their country, you get a country that is fucked, yes.
This goes beyond electoral politics. Political discourse as a whole in that country is fucked.
Because we elected people who fucked the country for decades, which fucked our discourse.
When one party is bugfuck and you keep giving them power, they’re gonna fuck the country. And the harder they fuck the country, the harder they have to fuck the political discourse to keep fucking up the country.
This almost sounds like ‘fascism is capitalism in decay’, but strangely isn’t.
That happened in the 80’s.
This is the part where you find out.
That happened in the ’80s*.
“Just joking” is the sorry-not-sorry of the fascist world.
I’m a little surprised CNN fired him. They got bought out by shitheads and it’s sole purpose now is to masquerade as news while being the thinnest end of the wedge for nazi conservative bullshit.
This guy’s tactical mistake was forgetting to be gentlemanly and news anchorly about it.
CNN loves mainstreaming guys like Tucker Carlson, Glenn Beck, and Eric Erickson to collect the wingnut welfare checks that come with them.
It’s only when they start costing more than they bring in that they get cut loose. Then they roll out new “respectable” conservative front men to replace the old ones.
The important thing is that we remain civil and use inclusive language while we discuss whether or not an entire population including children, non combatants, and international aid workers should be stripped of human rights and murdered.
This is such a nuts clip. The dude is a piece of shit, immediately realizing he fucked up then saying “well I thought he said he supports Hamas” even though Medhi didn’t even mention Hamas.
They’re getting so close to slaping swastikas on their arms, this guy realized immediately that he can’t quite put the arm band on yet. But he desperately desperately wants to.
Fuck this guy. Medhi Hasan is an amazing journalist and he doesn’t deserve this shit.
Kinda like Musk after the first assassination attempt. These people are chomping at the bit to go all-in fascist as soon as they think the gates are open
“Clown wanders into news room and is upset that they placed a ‘no clowns’ sign outside after throwing him out”
I… I feel like this is basically something that would happen in some kind of prequel to V for Vendetta, like the ‘expanded universe’ of archived clips, stored in Stephen Fry’s secret art dungeon.
… fucking hell.
Stephen Fry has a secret art dungeon?
Unless I am mistaken, in the movie Stephen Fry plays a character who was … some kind of former media person, or someone who used to be in the good graces of the high ups of the ruling party, but basically resigned out of disgust… though he tried to hide the disgust part.
Also Fry’s character reveals himself to be a closeted homosexual.
He lives in some kind of very fancy home, full of historical literature and artworks, many , many of which are considered heretical now.
He cooperates with V by housing Natalie Portman’s character… which eventually leads to his death when the Party finds out.
… and I’ve looked up some scenes on YT at it seems my recollection is broadly correct, except that I forgot that Fry actually aired a show which makes an extreme mockery of the big bad fascist prime minister… and before this, it was more like he was begrudgingly tolerated by the regime, often being forced to censor and rewrite his show
Scene where Fry seals his fate
Scene where Fry shows his art cellar, reveals he is closeted
Ah gotcha, I haven’t seen that movie in a hot minute. I figured if anyone had a secret art dungeon, it may well be Stephen Fry.
Girdusky responded, “You’re called an anti-Semite more than anyone at this table.”
Hasan replied, “Yeah, by you.”
Girdusky fired back, “I never called you an anti-Semite.”
Buddy, you just did
Never. Stop. Lying.
As long as you keep getting platformed, some number of people will eventually believe you.
