Mehdi Hasan on demands to respect Trump voters & anti-vaxxers:

[tblue37]

Link to tweet

[tritsofme]

1. Not sure who this person is, or why anyone should care about his opinion?

[lagomorph777]

2. He's a host on MSNBC.

[tritsofme]

4. I suppose not watching cable news has its benefits.

[Skittles]

33. what exactly is wrong with the sentiment expressed

just curious

on edit - ah OK, I read your comment further down....yeah, I have done that too

[mn9driver]

6. He has a show on MSNBC and 1.1million Twitter followers.

I’m not personally familiar with him, but there are lots of influencers out there that I have no idea who they are; a consequence of turning into an old guy

[Eyeball_Kid]

11. Did anyone ever set up a college curriculum for "Influencing?"

I have a Bachelor of Arts in Influencing. I went to the College of Influencing Sciences at my local university. I can also take courses remotely. The costs of education in the College of Influencing are... well... negotiable. It depends on one's ability to influence.

SO MUCH INFLUENCING!

[NJCher]

22. very funny

They have those courses; they just don't call them "influencing."

[lastlib]

25. Mine was called "Persuasion"

Fascinating class, and I had an excelent teacher.

[GoneOffShore]

28. Do you set brand parameters for aspirational influencers?

Or are those negotiable within the paradigm?

[jaxexpat]

16. He's saying the "theyism " in America is hypocritical.

When you're on the receiving end of tribal condemnation and shunned as an alien , a "them", your perspective tends to shift from self satisfied to a truer understanding of societal exclusion.

[ZonkerHarris]

19. You should care about the point he makes because GOP hypocrisy is a hard enemy

[Demsrule86]

21. I don't give a damn about anything he says.

[ZonkerHarris]

23. so you want to respect Trump voters and anti vaxxers?

[Demsrule86]

35. I just said I don't give a damn about anything he says...and have stopped watching cable news

because of people like him... so I have no idea what you mean. He constantly attacks Biden.

[Evolve Dammit]

26. that's pretty harsh. Seems like a valid point.

[Demsrule86]

36. A broken clock is right once in a while...

He has attacked Biden both during the primary and during his time as president.

[Demsrule86]

38. I should say he does in this instance have a valid point. I just dislike him.

[Skittles]

34. so, why click on the link?

seriously, why

[Demsrule86]

37. One gives an opinion...why not?

I have seen many Duer's click on an OP in order to disagree or to make their opinion known...I do not like this guy at all. Read some of the things he has said about Biden during his various appearances.

[Skittles]

40. but you said you don't CARE what he thinks

people like that, I put in the "Trash" pile

[tritsofme]

24. My bad, I misread the title as this person demanding respect for anti-vaxxers.

My phone’s adblocker doesn’t load tweets inline without clicking into it. Still not particularly interested in the guy’s show.

[ZonkerHarris]

27. I don't watch him either but he's right on this point.

[11 Bravo]

39. Unless you disagree with what he said, what's your point?

[JohnSJ]

3. Not too much different than you Mehdi bashing Biden every chance you get

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[padah513]

7. And here I was thinking I was the only one who saw it.

I can't watch him and when he guest hosts I change the channel.

[Celerity]

10. lol

Not too much different than you Messi

[Mme. Defarge]

13. But very supportive of ending the war in Afghanistan.

And very critical of the uniformly, over the top negative news coverage.

[NJCher]

31. that's disappointing

I don't watch him a lot but when I do watch him I have not seen the Biden bashing. I'm sure he does so, though. I believe you.

However, I think that many of these hosts plus comedians had a very superficial take on what they saw on the Afghanistan evacuation. It took a while but a few of them came around. Our local NPR even had a show that was just brilliant: it was "OK you can do better? How would you handle the evacuation." Callers phoned in with their ideas and there were some experts who called who explained why a lot of these things wouldn't work. I might go back and listen and post that show if it's worth it.

Bill Maher is a good example. No doubt about it, he is very smart and he is very witty. He hates republicans with a venom that would rival any of us. But in the name of "fairness" he often makes fun of Democrats, sometimes justified but many of the times not. He does not have an indepth look at the news.

And I don't think that's just my leftie bias showing, either.

Of course, I understand that not every talk show host or comedian can spend time on a board like this to read articles and learn more about issues. But we know that many talk show hosts do, so a little more reading and understanding time before someone shoots off his/her big mouth would be good.

[joetheman]

5. I'm with you Mehdi and SMH!

[ck4829]

8. When those three bright and young Muslims were murdered in North Carolina...

There were people on Breitbart saying the scumbag who did it should get a medal.

I’ll just remember that when they demand respect for their psycho views.

[bobnicewander]

9. About Respect

After their aberrant behavior of circumventing 50 years of popular and accepted law, respect is not freely given, it must be earned by changed behavior since that strike against the majority of the country

[Progressive Jones]

12. Trumpers and anti-vaxxers can kiss my elite Liberal ass. nt

[agingdem]

14. We were asked to "understand" the trump voter..

understand where they’re coming from, like trump voters are layers deep..this is what i understand.....they hate the “other” ..persons of color, Jews, Muslims, Native Americans, Asian Americans, LGBTQ, the disabled, the poor and now we’re supposed “understand” the anti-vaxxer..I've watched enough murder mysteries to recognize a serial killer when I see one..and make no mistake anti-vaxxers are killers....Mehdi Hasan is strident and caustic as hell.. when he goes after joe I click him off but on this he’s right

[Pinback]

32. Their tears of impotent rage sweeten my latte

as my chauffeured limousine takes me to my Black Lives Matter meetup.

[Texaswitchy]

15. Never.

The anti-vax types are the reason we are in this mess.

We could have moved on already.

Tired of having to deal with this people.

[East-A-Squared]

17. No respect for the Fuck Your Feelings crowd.

[ProfessorGAC]

41. It's Their Slogan

I see nothing wrong with returning the sentiment.
"Fuck my feelings? No, fuck your feelings you cowardly snowflakes."
Yeah, that works!

[Aviation Pro]

18. Sure, I'll respect them....

...I'll just ask that they respect not going to any care facilities and to die gurgling, but quietly, in their diseased homes.

[Demsrule86]

20. I can't stand that guy...he was the last straw...I ditched cable news for good.

[IronLionZion]

29. We should profile Trump voters

and harass them every time they try to fly and tell them leave our country since they're not real Americans. Never Forget

[Dawson Leery]

30. Every Muslim was NOT to blame for 9/11.

All anti-maskers/vaxxers are to blame for the ongoing crisis.