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John Freun's avatar

This article is very correct. Those who try to co-opt rather than cooperate with the true values of monarchism are a grave danger.

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An American Writer & Essayist's avatar

Damn. You went after The Aristocratic Utensil, that’s a shame because I quite like him and his Broken Crown fellow podcaster Aydin Paladin. They’re a really good duo. So, sorry but I’m siding with them. Quite frankly, I don’t care enough about the Middle East anymore. If Israel wants to fight Iran, let them. But leave us out of it.

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Lucian Gray's avatar

This has nothing to do with Israel. This has everything to do with the prospect of regime-change in Iran.

The Aristocratic Utensil openly sides with the current Iranian regime. That’s the issue (in addition to his racism, sexism and antisemitism).

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An American Writer & Essayist's avatar

“Racism and Sexism.” You sound like a progressive Racism has been overused to the point of being useless. His “racism” is due to him being South African and understanding what terrorists like Nelson Mandela did to his country under the guise of peace and integration. As for Iran, their fight with Israel is none of my business. Just two savage desert tribes wanting to kill each other.

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Lucian Gray's avatar

First off, have you seen his quotes that I’ve cited in my references? Perhaps you should read them first before brushing me off as some “progressive.”

And second, as I said, this has nothing to do with Israel. This has to do with Utensil’s defense of the Iranian regime. He flat out denies its sponsorship of terrorism. This is a serious moral issue regardless of Israel.

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An American Writer & Essayist's avatar

I haven’t seen any video where he “defends” Iran, and in reality he probably doesn’t care much either way.

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Lucian Gray's avatar

He defended Iran in his tweets (denying its sponsorship of terrorism, to be specific). You can find the links to those tweets in the references.

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An American Writer & Essayist's avatar

Oh okay, I'm not on Twitter, so I didn't know. Still, I don't agree with him on everything and he's still a funny guy.

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