Below is my column in The Hill on the controversies involving far-left influencers rallying support for Iranian and anti-American interests. One figure, Calla Walsh, could face legal consequences for her participation in alleged Iranian propaganda videos. The question is whether she will be treated as a type of Tehran Rose by the U.S. government.
Here is the column:
On July 4, 1916, Iva Ikuko Toguri was born in Los Angeles — 25 years before she would go to Japan and become known as the infamous Tokyo Rose during World War II.
Roughly one hundred years later, Calla Walsh, 21, has stepped forward as a type of Tehran Rose, cutting propaganda films for one of the most blood-soaked regimes in the world. Walsh appeared at the funeral of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and praised him as the “greatest anti-imperialist leader.”
Walsh is not alone. Other young Americans have rallied to the anti-American cause. That includes Jackson Hinkle, who appeared on a stage in Tehran, cheering on a crowd chanting “Down with America.” It also includes Max Blumenthal, 48, the son of Sidney Blumenthal, the columnist who became notorious as the “attack dog” for Bill and Hillary Clinton.
While supporting a regime that denies free speech and other human rights to its citizens, they are protected in the U.S. in voicing unpopular views, including denouncing their own nation. The question is where the line is between that and criminal conduct.
Walsh, Hinkle and Blumenthal fit a pattern not just as young and privileged radicals, often downwardly mobile from their parents’ careers and accomplishments, but also as voices groomed by U.S. media culture for years.
She would work on the campaigns of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. (Her work on the campaigns drew gushing reviews in The New York Times and Boston Magazine).
Hinkle was also celebrated by the media after he embraced socialism and then communism. Born in San Clemente, California, he was named one of “The 17 Most Inspirational Kids of 2017” by Reader’s Digest. As with Walsh, he was featured in Teen Vogue as an inspirational young activist. In a Los Angeles Times article, he was described by a source as “the kind of guy who gives you hope about the future … Jackson is fearless and well-informed.” Today, he is a vocal supporter not only of Iran’s regime but also of Vladimir Putin’s Russia and its war against Ukraine.
The scion of the Democratic establishment, Blumenthal attended the exclusive Georgetown Day School in Washington and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. His connections gave him immediate access to elite publications. He wrote books denouncing Israel and espousing increasingly radicalized values.
He also wrote far-left columns for the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. Liberal websites, including The Nation, The Daily Beast, and The Huffington Post, featured his work. He is viewed as an apologist for regimes fighting the U.S., often dismissing atrocities committed by countries such as Syria and Russia. (His father, Sidney Blumenthal, sent Hillary Clinton roughly two dozen of his son’s columns. Hillary responded with such praise as “Max strikes again!” and “He’s so good.”)
All three are examples of today’s radical chic in media and higher education, all given platforms as influencers.
And there are thousands like Walsh, Hinkle, and Blumenthal. Indeed, our colleges are cranking out radicalized young people who have a paucity of job prospects but an abundance of rage.
Recently, a Fourth of July event captured this culture in Chicago. The event featured Bill Ayers, a former professor, former fugitive, and one of the founders of the domestic terrorist organization, the Weather Underground.
The other speaker was Princeton’s Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a chaired professor in the African-American Studies department and a writer for the New Yorker. Taylor delighted the young audience by saying that they were all part of the “F— the U.S.” crowd and called on others to reject “the idea of loving a nation state, which is what patriotism is.” She repeatedly returned to the theme that borders are “deadly” and “borders kill people,” denouncing all borders as “a tool of death and destruction.”
Walsh’s emergence as a face of Iranian propaganda raises striking parallels to Toguri, who was arrested and convicted of treason after World War II. She was actually just one of several women who participated in the infamous propaganda radio programs for the Japanese military.
The difference is that Toguri, whom President Gerald Ford later pardoned, may have been an unwilling participant in the programs. Unlike Walsh, Toguri was effectively trapped in Japan after the U.S. refused to recognize her citizenship, preventing her from returning home to California.
Toguri was effectively destitute, subjected to cruel treatment by the Japanese. She insisted that she had been coerced into reading anti-American scripts and that even then she refused to attack the United States in her programs.
Walsh was not just a willing participant; she is a raving anti-Semitic ally to the Iranians — and seemingly any country that can do harm to the U.S.
She found ample support in the media as she veered further and further leftward while adopting anti-American views. Enablers at publications like Teen Vogue featured her manifesto: “I’m a 17-year-old socialist. For my generation, a fascist presidential administration, pandemic, economic collapse, and a historic uprising for Black lives have shaped our worldview.”
Following the attack on a synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, Walsh asked: “Why should zionists feel safe anywhere“? After the Iranian government massacred tens of thousands of protesters, Walsh defended and helped whitewash the lethal response, instead blaming the U.S. and Israel.
The usual suspects on the American left helped facilitate and fund Walsh’s radicalization. That includes Fergie Chambers, the self-styled millionaire Marxist organizer and heir to the Cox Communications empire. Chambers, a college dropout who has helped finance Walsh’s Unity of Fields organization and at times to pay her legal bills, has said that “the most important thing for the prosperity of humanity is the destruction of the U.S.”
As for her current finances, if she has received funds from Iranian-linked groups, she could face legal jeopardy. Walsh has reportedly been working with Iranian state media that have been put under sanctions by the U.S.
Hinkle and Blumenthal may also face questions regarding any support they have given or received in relation to Iran and other countries. Hinkle, notably, was a high-profile participant as a “pro-Iran influencer” at the funeral of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last year. He was also a speaker at a Houthi rally in Yemen, with his speech again followed by chants of “Death to America!” Hezbollah, like Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the other violent paramilitaries it supports, has been declared a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
The Tehran Times described Blumenthal as attending as editor-in-chief of The Grayzone with hundreds of other Western influencers. Again, there is no evidence he received or gave support directly to the Iranian regime. He can maintain that he is a journalist opposed to U.S. imperialism, acting within his rights under the First Amendment.
In our country, it is no easy task to show that someone has crossed a line. It is not a criminal act, after all, to join “F— the U.S.” chants in Chicago or even “Down with America” in Tehran. Also, if you were merely observing or reporting, you are not criminally culpable, even if you are a useful dupe for propagandists. Yet working directly with propaganda units associated with foreign terrorist organizations could lead to charges.
Fortunately for the anti-American influencers, they will be afforded all of the protections regimes like Iran and Russia deny to everyone. In the end, they are less important than what they represent: They are the enfants terribles of the American left, and they are being replicated in the thousands in our educational system.
Jonathan Turley is a law professor and the New York Times best-selling author of “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution.”
I’ve often wondered (sarc.) how so many Iranians are able to hold up anti-American protest banners and signs WRITTEN IN ENGLISH. -All written in English, held by Arabic-garbed men, women, and children, for the global Internet and media networks.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/people-here-all-seek-revenge-crowds-mass-for-khameneis-burial-banners-call-to-kill-trump/
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/02/12/world/IRAN-2/IRAN-2-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale
Who is teaching them those words? Who is making their banners? Death to America! Down with USA! Death to Trump! America will Pay! How many of us (U.S.) would be able to show American protesters how to write and print “Death to Iran” or “Death to Khamenei” –written in Persian/Farsi language– and paraded down Fifth Ave and all over the global Internet?
Lin,
I made a similar observation.
While I do believe there are those who are true believers in the Regime, I also wounder how many of those in attendance where not there by their own free will but at a “suggestion” by the Regime.
yes, and many just there to make some moolah off of the conflict!
The second link I attached, (although many Iranians do speak English, but I doubt they are the ones protesting,- not so much): shows, “Hey America!! Be angry with us and die due to your anger!
hmmmm.
lin
Typically ill-informed comment from a know-nothing MAGA moron.
Iranians are not Arabs. They are Persian, a completely distinct race of Indo-European origin, while Arabs are a Semitic race.
Iranians do not speak Arabic. They speak Farsi which is an Indo-European language, a cousin of English and Hindi. Farsi and English share similar grammar and sentence structures, and even similarly sounding words, such as daughter and dokhtar, door and dar, mother and madar, brother and bradar. English contains many words that originated from Persian, such as caravan, kiosk, guitar, and pajamas.
50% of Iranians understand enough English to carry a basic conversation. Persians long ago adopted an Arabic like alphabet, and while they are able to recognize and say some Arabic words, they have difficulty with speaking the language because the grammar and syntax and sentence structure is totally foreign to them.
They are much more likely to read, speak and understand English, because of the common roots of Farsi and English, and the shared grammar, syntax and sentence structure.
George/X/Esquire/Anonymous?
Reading Comprehension 101:
I wrote TWO paragraphs.
(1) The first one ONLY mentioned “Arabic-GARBED”
Do you know what that means?
From your favorite Wiki: “Iran has about 1.5 million Arabic speakers.[44] Iranian Arabs are mainly found in Ahvaz, a southwestern region in the Khuzestan Province; others inhabit the Bushehr and Hormozgan provinces and the city of Qom.”
(2) My second paragraph does not mention Arabic at all.
Indeed, I explicitly mention the Persian/Farsi language–(something you just learned today and tried to repeat it back to me).
Did I say anything about Arabic language.
(3) In typical fashion, you were very eager to strike out, fighting something that I never said.
(4) Thanks for the incorrect lesson. I’ll show your lesson to my sister, who lived in the area for several years, and met the last Shah (Reza Pahlavi). She’ll get a kick out of your lesson. (Sorry, I do not intend to be mean. But you are so eager to strike out that you unfortunately make a fool of yourself so often.)
I forgive you. Let’s move on.
ANON MORON
“Who is teaching them those words?”
Not Google translation. Their tyrannical government shut off the internet.
(please read my response to Anonymous, who somehow missed the fact that I had already identified the “Persian/Farsi” identity. Thanks in advance
😂. It’s the Sherlock Holmes episode- The Greek Interpreter. The Iranians think the kill Trump sign says, Help us! We’re being slaughtered.
I laughed. thanks
At what point will people like those discussed in this article finally be considered to have crossed the line between “free speech” and treason?
I think Calla whatever her name is crossed the line, from what I have read.
Jonathan wrote, “…there are thousands like Walsh, Hinkle, and Blumenthal. Indeed, our colleges are cranking out radicalized young people who have a paucity of job prospects but an abundance of rage.”
What’s abundantly clear to me is that there’s a cultish indoctrinated horde of gullible morons out there that are so delusional that they’re likely beyond psychological help.
Prosecuting these “influencers” for their actions overseas would be a fools errand that would likely inflame the horde of delusional morons thus creating martyrs of those being prosecuted. Knowing the nature of these influencers, the tactics they use, and how they think they are completely untouchable by authorities and the law, the chance that they’ve committed felonies right here in the USA are exceedingly high.
Steve, the Bernie Bros are simply Trumpers in reverse. It’s Newton’s law of politics: ‘For every MAGA type suckered by Trump’s grifting, there’s a Bernie Bro quoting Marx’.
Anonymous wrote, “Steve, the Bernie Bros are simply Trumpers in reverse. It’s Newton’s law of politics: ‘For every MAGA type suckered by Trump’s grifting, there’s a Bernie Bro quoting Marx’.”
Since your comment had absolutely nothing to do with what I wrote, your comment was pure unadulterated deflection, therefore it’s trolling.
How about you take your ignorant trolling to a different blog website.
Steve, don’t presume that those outside the rightwing bubble will pick up on your point. If I’m not watching Fox, your point might whiz right past me.
Anonymous wrote, “…don’t presume that those outside the rightwing bubble will pick up on your point. If I’m not watching Fox, your point might whiz right past me.”
I read your comment multiple times and I’m still having a difficult time connecting the rhetorical dots to the sub thread conversation that it’s part of.
In context to the previous comments, please explain what you’re talking about?
Steve, there’s going to be idiot radicals amongst every young generation. That’s to be expected. At the same time we have millions of old fools who think a convicted felon stands for law and oder.
There are millions of idiots of all age groups who believe that was a fair and legit trial, when the witness could not name the year, posed for a magazine claiming she was wearing the dress she wore when the alleged assault happened. That got debunked by their own fact checkers at the NYT. She never mentioned the assault to friends until 2020 when she made the allegations. Some 30 years later. Oh, and she apparently claims she has been raped by like 80 different men.
These very same idiots continue to run with the “convicted felon” and willingly ignores that the trial was a sham.
Just like the Jan 6th Committee was a sham.
*. AND that’s part of Steve’s point, uf.
Anonymous,
I gave you an chance and this is what I got back?
Let me get this right; I’m supposed to believe that this comment…
…is supposed to be some kind of explanation of this comment…
Holy shit Anonymous, how freaking stupid do you think your fellow readers around here are?
What you actually did was another in a long line of deflections, this time you ripped down the goalposts, dragged them out of the stadium, down Main Street, and shoved it down the nearest storm drain.
P.S. The first part of this comment from you was an unethical rationalization and the second is…. wait just a dang a minute… you have no freaking idea how conservatives “think” and you claiming you do just makes you look even more like a moron.
Steve,
The annonys have nothing else but to troll and deflection.
Your comment was spot on. A lot of these young people, having been exposed to years of indoctrination, have nothing else but rage.
Upstate (Estovir), Millions of Trumpers rage at the prospect of being ‘erased’ by non-white immigrants. In reality, America’s birthrate is totally flat.
Anonymous wrote, “Millions of Trumpers rage at the prospect of being ‘erased’ by non-white immigrants.”
You just made a claim, it’s time for you to support it with actual facts.
Of course you could pull the same moronic morally bankrupt tactic out that you did earlier in this thread; insult intelligence of someone that dared to challenge you and tell them to read the news.
I’ll hold my breath………
We are not raging. No one is going to erase us. Conservative birthrate is at 2.4.
Progressives on the other hand are at 1.6.
The replacement rate is 2.1.
Progressives are literally non-breeding themselves out of existence. And who would want to reproduce with them? The are some of the most ugly people and I am not talking about their physical appearance. The septum nose ring thing is not attractive.
AI and robotics have a better chance of erasing just about everyone. And as for the illegal immigrants, robotics are taking jobs they would of done.
How marvelous!
Anonymous wrote, “Millions of Trumpers rage at the prospect of being ‘erased’ by non-white immigrants. In reality, America’s birthrate is totally flat.”
Another ignorant deflection?
Geeze what a f’ing moron.
Don’t go away mad, just go away.
*. On the money, Steve
Lindsey Graham was a lonely and unprincipled man who betrayed his country for power, and his decency for attention.
Let it be known for all time that he knew exactly what Donald Trump was from the very beginning, and chose him over his country.
He was a simple man to understand and a tragic one. He lacked a moral core and any sense of right and wrong. The great empty spaces of his life were filled with an insatiable need for “relevance.” He found it as a cast member in the most malignant reality show ever made.
Let there be no confusion about what Lindsey Graham was. There was no complexity to the man, nor much in the way to plumb and analyze about his journey to the bottom of the Trump sewer.
Lindsey Graham lived his life as a remora, a parasitic sucker fish hovering about larger predators, such as sharks, and feeding off their detritus. And when he swam around the McCain shark, broadly viewed as a virtuous and good shark, Lindsey took on the patina of virtue. But wherever the apex shark is, you find the Lindsey fish hovering about, and Trump is the newest shark in the sea.
Lindsey had a real draw to power, but he found it unattainable on his own merits.
He was a sidekick and the hollowest of hollow men.
Lindsey Graham helped Trump divide America and break our alliances, ideals and traditions.
He was no patriot.
Lindsey Graham made his choice.
The high court of history will pass a brutal judgement about a man who knew better, but chose worse.
I won’t mourn Lindsey Graham’s death, but rather the country he helped break.
He was a most contemptible man.
You’re still a virgin, aren’t you?
“He lacked a moral core and any sense of right and wrong.”
Speaking of which, your entire comment is plagiarized. Unless you’re the execrable Steve Schmidt (co-founder of the revolting Lincoln Project) who penned that vicious garbage. In that case, you’re merely a coward for trying to remain anonymous.
More evidence professor Turley loves to rage-bait MAGA nutties. Focusing on fringe radicals? The right has their own anti-American influencers and fans.
Nick Fuentes: The leader of the far-right, white nationalist “America First” movement, Fuentes has repeatedly expressed anti-American sentiments. He often characterizes the U.S. government as corrupt and illegitimate. He has publicly cheered on Russian military actions and spoken favorably of authoritarian state control.
In September 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment revealing that Russian state media (RT) had funneled nearly $10 million into a Tennessee-based company. This company produced videos for prominent right-wing influencers like Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, and Dave Rubin.
Figures like conspiracy theorist Candace Owens and internet personality Andrew Tate have drawn immense backlash—even from mainstream conservatives—for attending events in Russia and expressing sympathy for foreign regimes while attacking American foreign policy. Some conservative critics went as far as calling Owens a “traitor” for her heavy criticisms of U.S. military interests.
Trump is a big fan of Putin. Not so much now since Putin is losing the war. Trump doesn’t want to be associated with losers. But he still has Kim Jung Un to fawn over. Very American.
Trump is a big fan of Trump. .. maybe the greatest OnlyFan.
Putin/Russia is not losing the war. Short of new elections in Ukraine, or Nuclear War.. . Russia will not lose the war.
*Zelenskiy declared martial law precisely to avoid elections .. . like Trump, he cannot afford to lose an election!
dgsnowden is a big fan of dgsnowden, using Trump’s blog to campaign for himself.
Avoid elections? Wow. Ukraine is at war. They aren’t going to have elections in the middle of a war.
Russia is already losing the war. They can’t stop the drone attacks and their military is running low on fuel, personnel, just lost the ability to resupply the front line. Russia is on the defensive.
Irrelevant.
Isn’t there a distinction between giving aid and comfort to an enemy in declared war vs. giving aid and comfort to an adversary with no declared war? In the latter, how many nations can be considered the “enemy” pursuant to which open support for those adversaries would be considered treasonous?
Criticism of the U.S. government is not the same thing as giving aid or comfort to an enemy. In war or peace. I’m shocked, Shocked, Turley would make such claims!
It’s clearly spelled-out in the very first amendment:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
I’m shocked that you think he said that, dg
That would be a legal question for the courts in a prosecution. I think the interpretation would be that the current situation is a war for the purposes of the statute. Some folks distinguish the Constitution’s clause that Congress is giving the power to “declare war” from whether a war in fact exists.
*. I refer this to heaven and the angels protecting the US.
The irony of “they [Walsh, Hinkle, Blumenthal, and Democratic Socialists] will be afforded all of the protections regimes like Iran and Russia deny to everyone.” seems to escape a sizeable number of the electorate. If the DS accomplish their goal of seizing the means of production by democratic processes, then they would be in position to suppress all dissent. Whereas in the largely capitalistic and (representative) democracy of America – the state that the DS loudly label as fascist – peaceful dissent is widely tolerated, in part, because protestors have access to the traditional media and social media. Our political freedoms are, frankly, inextricably linked to our economic system of capitalism (e.g. Musk’s ownership of X has a light hand on “content moderation”). It is no accident that we are currently celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence as well as the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”. Both were products of the enlightenment and reinforced each other in the maturation of political and economic freedoms as well as regulations. This is a unique treasure that was bequeathed to us by our predecessors and I think that it is our duty to preserve and enhance it for the future.
For Those Just Joining Us:
Commenter Steve Witherspoon has been been massively triggered by something some anonymous posted. We’re trying to clarify the nature of Witherspoon’s rage, but he is currently too upset to provide a coherent explanation.
And Estovir’s sock puppets are busy this morning labeling as ‘Nazis’ the various Jews named in Turley’s column. These attacks are expected to continue throughout the day.
Holy Toledo! Steve went off on a bender for sure. It’s been well known Steve gets exceedingly emotional when he can’t handle a simple truth. But it is indeed hilarious.
Anonymous wrote, “Commenter Steve Witherspoon has been been massively triggered by something some anonymous posted. We’re trying to clarify the nature of Witherspoon’s rage, but he is currently too upset to provide a coherent explanation.”
You literally can’t refute a word of what I wrote so this is how you choose to respond; another ad hominem in a long line of ad hominems.
Interesting choice.
Choices have consequences.
P.S. You’re welcome to your own opinion, but not your own facts.
And again, WItherspoon, cannot express the nature of his hissy fit.
And again, you’re trying to create/extend your false hissy fit narrative.
No one can “express the nature of” that which does not exist.
Crazy steve at it again.
Steve,
Rather amusing how the annony is trying, and failing, to frame your analysis as “rage” or as a “hissy fit.” This would be the same annony who always tries to claim anyone who concurs with PT are “outrage” in their comments and part of the MAGA mob PT writes to incite “rage.”
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Anyone with a IQ above 60 could see Steve’s comment for the analysis it was.
UpstateFarmer wrote, “Anyone with a IQ above 60 could see Steve’s comment for the analysis it was.”
That uniquely eliminates the “Anonymous” commenter.
With the rate of information blowing over Anonymous’ head, we could place a power generating windmill on his head and generate enough electrical current to power all the major cities along the entire I95 corridor. Anonymous’ Cranial Power Generation Potential is rapidly approaching infinity.
Geez steve, why the hardon today? You been here for 9 hours. Who the crazy one steve?
Anonymous wrote, “You been here for 9 hours. Who the crazy one steve?”
Seriously?
First, you’re openly lying about the time line. My first comment in this thread was almost exactly 4 hours ago. You’re a liar.
Second, My first comment was referring to a conversation that you were part of three hours prior to my comment. So using just those facts, you’ve been here at least 7 hours to my 4 hours, and you are implying that I’m crazy for being here as long as I have? Do you have any mirrors in your home? You’re a brazen hypocrite.
Conclusion: You’re an intentional liar and a brazen hypocrite.
You keep figuratively opening your mouth and proving you’re a moron.
Steve,
Quite right and well said.
I have noted in the past, the annony is one of the first to comment on the newest article or column from the good professor and is here well after dinner time.
The amusing part is the annony makes claims we are all just sock puppets for Estovir. Estovir does not need to lower himself down to annony’s level. Anyone with a IQ above 100 could see that the annony, despite annony’s efforts to conceal his annony identity, has many sock puppets. Tries to be “Sammy,” or “Frankie.” X/George/Esquire/Gigi/Natasha/etc. We see through it. It is quite transparent.
Another difference is that we declared war on Japan.
Pray what law did Hinkle brake? Criticizing Israel is not a crime in most states.
Criticizing Israel is not a crime in any state.
My opinion is that the matter is simple: if there is no Declaration of War, these people can say whatever they want. There is much to criticize in our foreign policy, esp. the treatment of Arab or Islamic countries in the Middle East.
PAY ATTENTION FELLOW READERS, THIS IS IMPORTANT!
Recognize the pattern when you see it.
The following conversation took place in this thread a few hours ago…
The last four words written by Anonymous in that brief conversation are signature significant.
Signature Significance: Signature significance posits that a single act can be so remarkable that it has predictive and analytical value, and should not be dismissed as statistically insignificant.
Please follow along…
1. Anonymous made specific accusations about President Trump and didn’t support them with facts which is typical argumentation for the progressive left and internet trolls, this is a fact.
2. Dustoff pointed out the that these kinds of accusations are never proven, this is an observed pattern aka a fact.
3. Anonymous whips out the progressive left’s favorite reply tactic, insult the intelligence of the one that challenges their narratives and tell them to do their own research by reading the news, this is also an observed tactic aka a fact.
Conclusion…
ANONYMOUS IS A GULLIBLE MORON OF EPIC PORPORTIONS!
Anonymous spewing, “just read the news” is proof in itself that Anonymous has swallowed as truth any biased propaganda narratives and fake news coming from the left’s attack dogs that fit his deeply rooted bias. Anonymous is a prime example of a gullible moron that’s suffering from Progressive Magical Thinking that has swallowed the anti-USA Pravda-USA progressive left narratives as truth without a shred of critical thinking or logic. Yes this gullible moron thinks that just because he can find something in writing that agrees with his biased opinion that what is written is fact.
Individuals like Anonymous, swallow as fact and subsequently parrot as fact anything that agrees with their bias without a shred of critical thinking or logic; this is the true sign of a gullible moron.
Steve,
Great analysis!
I have come to the conclusion the various annonys, X/Gerorge/Sleezeves/Gigi/Natasha/Esquire/etc. are all the same person.
They are all losers.
Hey folks, another wackjob. Anons live this guys’ head too. What’s laughable about this crazy, he thinks steve is rational. Upstate, you are a fruitcake of epic proportions.
Witherspoon, you’re throwing an entire buffet against the wall here. Almost every paragraph encompasses something different. Stick to one point.
I am entirely consistent, you’re a moron, and I support my argument throughout the comment.
How about you try to muster up an intelligent retort instead of you usual ad hominem nonsense.
Witherspoon, just so we’re clear, state in 5 sentences or less what your big gripe is.
He has a hard-on for anon.
“ad hominem nonsense …” do you know what you just posted? Dude you are delusional. You even top the Karens here.
Steve,
Looks like you hit the mark! Good on you!
As I have noted in the past, annony posts as,
The two or three word insult comments.
The “Stupid comment.” comment.
The calls for anyone over the age of 40 to die, despite the fact he is a failure to launch, Gen Z, dependent on mommy and daddy for nearly everything.
The use of MAGA as if it were an insult. Guess what, it is not! HAHAHA!
Calling everyone Estovir and declaring Estovir posts as others, which is rather ironic coming from the Annony. In the past, Estovir really owned the annony and annony took it personally. HAHAHAAHHA!!
Grammar Nazi annony has not made an appearance in a while.
Then there is the George/X/Sleezevez/Gigi/Natasha/Esquire/annonys that all use the same verbiage. Although X/annony George’s use of AI can be hysterical if you bother to read it. As S. Meyer pointed out many times, X/annony George’s AI responses contradicts itself. Often X/annony George’s follow response to his own AI response then will even contradict his previous response. S. Meyer will then point out the contradiction and ask, “Did you even read your own AI response?”
Then there is the Sally annony who still believes the Jan6th Insurrection, and keeps repeating that lie.
Then there is the really dumb question annony.
And the wild assumption annony.
And as Steve points out, the wild accusation without proof or evidence to back up annony’s moronic statement as if it were a fact.
Again, good on you Steve!
Upstate Farmer IS Estovir.
Upstatefarmer, S. Meyer can barely read. He can barely produce a coherent sentence much less a logical one. He doesn’t point out contradictions. He points out that he has serious reading comprehension problems.
X- Why do you throw out silly juvenile statements like, “Meyer can barely read. He can barely produce a coherent sentence much less a logical one…he has serious reading comprehension problems.” It sounds like third-grade playground fighting. Surely, AI is capable of something higher, more intelligent, n’est ce pas?
X, there is little, if anything, logical or indicative of reading COMPREHENSION in your regurgitation of AI-based commentary. Conversely, I find S. Meyer very articulate, and more importantly, succinct.
I among others, also have pointed out your side-sweeping, self-shooting in the foot, self-created circular arguments that you make. Truly, truly, you do seem to suffer from defective ego functioning– (and yes, even AI can articulate responsive, retaliatory strikes after being discredited).
Now, let’s stop this nonsense and act like a man, -or woman, -or it, -whatever you are, –and try to appeal to a higher version of that self. We would all, and I am sure, the good professor would also, appreciate that.
yours truly, lin.
Thank you Lin.
GSX, I read well enough to point out your contradictions in your AI replies, non-AI replies, your lies, and your ignorance. You remind me of a dumb mouse who can’t find the cheese.
Right on, Steve!
One thing is obvious, anon is living in your head. All day long, morning, noon and night. 365 days. You don’t tick right. Steve you are a wackjob.
Why be so snarky?
Catherine asked, “Why be so snarky?”
Because he is intellectually stunted and completely unprepared to deliver anything but ad hominems.
Like the immature sophomoric troll he is, the moron posted seven ad hominems in this sub thread which was effectively him opening his mouth to change socks and remove all doubt about his motives and intellectual capabilities.
Steve,
Quite right!
Not lost on us how X/George/Sleezves shows up after I made my comment. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Perfect analysis, Bravo!
My Facebook feed is full of Bernie Bros. But I’m not seeing them cheer Iran. I seriously question if this is a real trend.
We have always had the right to say what we would, the difference was that unconventional, inappropriate, or divergent speech was just met with a sort of societal ostracism that isolated the speaker from polite society in a subtle way. It didn’t require legal actions, it just let the speaker realize that opportunities within the society were no longer as available.
With the advocacy of such entities as the SPLC and the creation of (what I consider unconstitutional) hate speech legislation, it appears that there is no longer total free speech, just that speech that both of these entities (and many more of similar ilk) condone.
Hanoi Jane should never have found purchase in the US after her near traitorous venture in to Viet Nam, the fact that she flourished here says volumes about a percentage of our citizenry who have gone rogue in their embrace of alternative cultural norms and saw her actions as just and appropriate of a global norm.
So too these misbegotten offspring of progressive ideologists who have abandoned our founding principles and seek to merge us with the amoral global mass. If we wish to contain these radical little upstarts, we need to have a movement that shuns them from the capitalist benefits of our traditional society.
How to do that is troubling as they have wealth and access from their unholy parents and associations, and the prog media celebrates them. Unfortunately we would need to adopt a pretense of being as “offended” by their actions as they attest to be by western culture. Shut them down by ostracism. disparage their usage of the products of western culture, from their cellphones to their use of grocery stores and safe housing, let them feel their debt to western culture in toto.
I think it is a positive sign that woke movies gain little profit these days, that the original citizenry of Europe are rising in protest to protect their heritages, and that a cheap movies such as Citizen Vigilante has hit such a strong chord with so many that the strength of the progressive movement has hit a barrier in there march to eliminate western culture. The rise of democratic socialists within the dem party will bring the pernicious message of the far left into a much sharper focus for the middle of American and we still may see a sea-change there.
Persecuting these mis-educated and highly indoctrinated “puddin’ heads” is fruitless as it will turn them into martyrs and many more will spring up to replace them with even more vigor. Treating them as lepers to our society would be far more effective – isolate them and ridicule them for their hypocrisy by partaking of the benefits of western civilization while partaking of its better parts. Illustrate the narcissistic nature of their pompous proclamations while living off the fat of capitalism. Reflect their shallow and unsubstantiated ideology back on them.
mama has just crawled outr from under her rock.
Mis-educated? Why don’t yo just go out a attack liberals on the street. You got rage beyond compare.
Folks, another wackjob.
Do you believe in time travel? Albert Einstein proved that time travel is real.
Time doesn’t exist.
Blumenthal is the kind of Jew who supported Hitler so long as the USSR-German non aggression pact was in place. He is the kind of Jew who who supported Stalin up until a bullet was put into his skull in Lubyanka. He is the kind of Jew who supports Mamdani, Talib, and Omar. It is a shame that he is not deportable to Gaza where he could receive the same hospitality as those teenagers attending the peace music festival. People of his privilidged class are the most despicable human beings on this earth. I have more empathy for poor ignorant uneducated radical in the third world than for the rich scum like Blumenthal
“Blumenthal is the kind of Jew who . . .”
What I’d like to know (sincerely) is why some Jews support their own destroyers. While others do not. What is the *ideological* difference between those two types?
P.S. Well said.
Sam is also Estovir and here again he’s attacking someone for being Jewish.
Estovir is sui generis and wouldn’t attack someone for being Jewish any more than the Pope.
It gives me grief to observe that there is a large plurality of American Jews who are incapable of recognizing that the American Capitalist System has conferred greater wealth, freedom, and tolerance than any Country in the history of the world. Reform Jews, especially are outright delusional in their belief that a socialistic society would be more just and equal than a free market system. Every socialist system has on the contrary has murdered its Jews. I come from a typical first generation family whose grandparents fled Russia and brought their socialist fantasies to America. These poisoned ideas have been past down from generation to generation at the dinner table. My parents while not outright socialists believed that Democrats were the only answer to combat unfettered capitalism. They also viewed Republicans as inclined to Anti-Semitism and favored the rich. Regan was a war monger. It went on and on. Facts did not move them. It is much worse now. Mondale and Clinton were not Anti-Semites and did not call for the destruction of Israel It seems that most American Jews remain in a time warp and it is in their DNA to align literally themselves with a party whose emerging leadership seeks a final solution in the ME. It is even more disgusting that much of the “intellectual capital” driving the leftward surge in America has emanated and continues to emanate from Jews whether it be Marcuse, Howard Zinn, Chomsky, or Bernie Sanders. As a politically conservative Jew, I thank God for the voices of Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro, and the writers of Commentary Magazine among others who are fighting the drive for self anhelation. I don’t believe there has been another group in history that has so enthusiastically aligned it self with a movement that wants to exterminate them. When more American jews approve of Mamdani than of Netanahu or Trump, you now that they have been infected with an ideas pathogen.
Alank is Estovir and he delights in calling Jews ‘Nazis’. It’s a routine attack he posts several times per week.
Actually you are probably the one commentor on the site whose views are the closest to national socialism
All you really had to say is blumenthal is a dirty murderous commie.
He wants supreme power over other humans and his thirst for it is unquenchable.
Personally I care less what this douchebag or any of these aphids have to say. They’re mindless frauds and cowards, who if felt so strongly about their hatred would renounce their citizenship and move to Cuba, Venezuela, Russia or Iran. They abuse their citizenship as well as their free speech rights. They wouldn’t last an hour in any one of the countries they espouse. We’ve all heard from FIFA fans visiting the US marveling at our lifestyle and the friendliness of Americans. Many stated that the world press lies about America and have found the complete opposite.
So, Democrat socialists are in favor of Iran, Russia, CCP, Cuba, and NK and chant “Death to America!”?
Okay.
Good to know where the Democrat socialists stand.
You just described today’s Democrat party as well.
Why are you MAGAots scared of words?
MORON ANON!
You are here because of YOUR fear of our words, as they portend the demise of the left.
Also your narcissistic TDS…
Maybe orange man IS coming to get you… Deniro?
“Calla Walsh [. . .] cutting propaganda films for one of the most blood-soaked regimes in the world.” (JT)
Of all the suicidal Leftist campaigns, does that creature know anything about how women are treated in Iran’s Islamic dictatorship?
Under Iran’s civil and criminal law, women are:
Forced to wear a veil, enforced by Iran’s morality police.
Cannot get a divorce or travel without their husband’s permission.
Are subjected to constant state surveillance and harassment.
Are subjected to “honor” killings and rape, with impunity.
Have no right to free speech, peaceful assembly, or protest.
Penalties include: Fines, imprisonment, torture, murder.
That was one of my questions. She obviously is not “well” read on the subject. She is under the “influence” of someone.
Also, I don’t like the word influencer.
And I pulled from the article is how they are all “blue” bloods.