“Focus his resources on the people who make it unsafe,” eh… I can only imagine what he means by this clearly objective and not at all racist statement. Unless he is referring to the federal troops currently making the area unsafe?
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Ugh, this worthless chart again. For a world where The New Yorker and CNN News Night are strong left but the damn Cato Institute and Daily Mail are barely right of center. 
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I have a suspicion the chart skews right. (I note that it lists BB as “strong left.” I have to wonder if that is still applicable.)
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Well, iirc, all but Rob were left handed. 
Right?
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Even the chart is both-sides-ing it. The analysis of bias is itself biased by trying to force balance and symmetry where it doesn’t exist.
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I’m a bit skeptical of these kind of charts to start with, but when they list TYT to the Left of BoingBoing and Jezebel…
I’ll admit, I don’t have much knowledge of HasanAbi, but my impression is he’s not that radically left (except maybe in comparison to more centrist content. But then, I’ve lurked/hung out in straight-up communist and/or anarchist Twitch channels so maybe my viewpoint is off?)
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I’d say HasanAbi is a legitimate leftist, in the same category as Bernie and AOC. Which is to say, by American standards. He’s certainly well to the left of his uncle.
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I can agree with that, for sure! 
When it comes to “the Left,” it feels like the more I learn, the more there is yet to know, and I never feel like I fully understand it all. 
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