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Hans Nelson's avatar

I would definitely recommend listening to Darryl Cooper's MartyrMade series on the Israel/Palestine conflict called "Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem."

Your account in section 1 follows fairly well with his up until the late 1930s, at which point the narratives diverge significantly. Especially in 1947.

If you want to skip to that point in the series, go straight to episode 5.

He strikes me as very even-keeled and fair to both parties in his historical account, but you should judge for yourself.

https://martyrmade.com/fear-loathing-in-the-new-jerusalem/

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R.A. Watman (Anne)'s avatar

I listened to it, and I thought the same thing. Unfortunately, as I followed him more closely I discovered that he’s pretty extreme in his thinking. He does a YouTube video with some other guy, and they are both very far right. I also remember seeing Dan Carlin (Hardcore History) give Darryl a dressing down on Twitter.

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Hans Nelson's avatar

Kudos for actually listening to it, but not-kudos on your textbook, lazy use of the perfect rhetorical fortress to get out of actually having to engage on the substance of someone's position.

It's fine if you have actual disagreements on points of fact or interpretation, but just labeling him as far-right so you don't have put in any effort into understanding or critiquing his point of view is childish and anti-intellectual.

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R.A. Watman (Anne)'s avatar

Get over yourself. I really liked the article, but this comments section is one of the worst I’ve come across in a while. Do you really feel the need to use put downs in order to make yourself seem better? It’s not working.

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Hans Nelson's avatar

If you'll read my response again, you'll see that I critiqued specific actions and behaviors, not your personal character.

If you'd like to choose to be offended by that rather than ask yourself if there is any merit to the constructive criticism (maybe there is, but maybe there isn't), that's your prerogative.

The funniest thing about your assertion that he is "extreme" and "very far right" is that after listening to all 25 hours of his deep dive on the history of the conflict, I came away with much more sympathy for the Palestinian cause. That's kind of the opposite effect of the "far right wing" position.

He is self-admittedly a troll on Twitter though, so if that's the extent of your exposure to him, then that makes a little more sense.

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R.A. Watman (Anne)'s avatar

I listened to him again with some guy named Joko, and I thought he was much better. Let’s just move on.

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Amanita's avatar

He sounds like he is copying Dan Carlin's voice and cadance in the podcast. It is uncanny. Now I need to go look for that exchange on Twitter / X. I'm a big Dan Carlin fan.

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R.A. Watman (Anne)'s avatar

I think I was a bit too harsh. Darryl is very knowledgeable, but he can be awfully “dark.” However, I thought his MartyrMade podcast was excellent. I just recommended it to a friend. I remember him being on Daniele Bolelli's podcast (History on Fire) where they talked about the incident with Dan Carlin, and it sounded like a misunderstanding.

Yes, Dan Carlin is a favorite, but with everything happening now, I’m having a hard time listening to anything that has so much doom and gloom in it. He can get a little too graphic. I’m interested in history, but I don’t need a detailed description of torture.

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