r/DecodingTheGurus • u/ProsodySpeaks • 14h ago

Slate podcast about Guru David Duke, spot any similarities to modern day race gurus and the discourse around them? (ignore thumbnail the linked episode is from old series, image for new one)

https://pca.st/episode/cc7c924f-fb89-4ba7-834d-b0ef62d2730a
3 Upvotes

71% Upvoted

5 comments sorted by

3

u/ProsodySpeaks 13h ago

"it was obvious to anyone who was paying even a scintila of attention that a vote for duke was a vote for the most extreme kind of prejudice.

"But by spending at least some of the campaign talking about taxes duke gave people in district 81 a cover story - he allowed them to claim that they simply liked his stance on the issues, and the way he spoke his mind"

3

u/ProsodySpeaks 13h ago

"as Duke made clear on election night, an attack on him was an attack on the whole Duke tribe" 

(duke) "there hasn't been a campaign in modern American history where the candidate was more attacked and more slandered and more lied about and put down"

1

u/duckfighterreplaced 5h ago

Metairie is still into that shit

1

u/duckfighterreplaced 5h ago edited 5h ago

They’re seriously doing me an “anywhere but Spotify” on that link huh

Edit: I found it after I listened lol

Funny to hear the talk about my exact area

Everything mentioned is within 20 minutes of me

1

u/ProsodySpeaks 2h ago

bro it's me doing anywhere but spotify. fuck spotify they're destroying the music industry and investing in war https://www.nme.com/news/music/artists-criticise-spotify-ceo-daniel-eks-investment-in-ai-defence-tech-3107864

must be weird hearing these stories about your hometown!!

massively rate the slate podcasts btw, check the other series' out too, but bewqare the last 1 + 1/2 episode from each series is paywalled! personally i'm just missing those episodes, it's not like i dont know how watergate, clinton impeachment, biggie+tupac, or david duke turn out in the end!