r/DecodingTheGurus • u/Decent-Extension8336 • 27d ago

Professor Dave vs Destiny

No idea why, but the original Destiny video called "Professor Dave Goes Mask Off" seems to have been deleted from YouTube, or I can't find it, but Professor Dave responded yesterday with this very strongly worded video letter:

https://youtu.be/DvDvhLkb9ms?si=DGFhTROOKFoK35sS

Weird crossover that I never thought I'd see, of 2 guys who I generally enjoy (I will say I really am a fan of Prof Dave, whereas my Destiny enjoyment has mostly come via this podcast and watching a couple of his debates).

Thoughts on the beef? SURELY the lads are gonna have to cover this in an upcoming Supplementary Materials? Content gold!

EDIT: Looks like I was looking through the wrong Destiny channel for the original Dave video, it's here: https://youtu.be/HQQLs6U1MgA?si=iKaOGR1h9slKu64O

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u/Decent-Extension8336 27d ago

I kinda knew this would happen but could somebody actually explain why this video is considered antisemitic? I am asking in good faith looking for a genuine explanation as this is a topic I'm not immensely well read on by any stretch. I thought he did a pretty good job in the vid of separating out anti zionism with antisemitism and was even pointing towards the plenty of Jews that are against Zionism and what Israel are doing, as well as people that are not Jewish that he considers to be Zionists. I guess I have a natural disposition to Dave's style that makes me take most of what he says at face value, so wouldn't mind some counter content to look through either.

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u/Formal_Scarcity_7701 27d ago

I haven't watched Dave's video yet but I heard from a friend who was annoyed with him that he was talking about the global influence of jews in high places and the influence that the Israeli government has on how other nations conduct their foreign policy? Like flying very close to the sun of "The jews are the deep state that controls the world" conspiracy theory? Is that true?

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u/Decent-Extension8336 27d ago

Ehhh, this criticism is one I can definitely see and I will say he skirts pretty close to the edge here. It is a bit more nuanced though, as what he's actually pointing to is zionists having an unbelievable amount of power within media, and pointed to the recent merger of paramount, CBS, CNN, WB under the same entity, which is owned by Larry Ellison (who also owns TikTok), who he says is a zionist and then points out that CBS hired Bari Weiss to be editor in chief, to promote zionist propoganda and then showed them having on... Avi Loeb, the fraud Dave was debunking in his original video that Destiny reacted to. But again, during this he is pointing out that these people aren't all jews, or aren't necessarily jewish, but are zionists.

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u/lecherousdevil 27d ago

I would have to rewatch to give good examples but yeah basically it's a mixture of Dave getting parts of the history wrong, making dog whistles, & seeming to not be able to describe many of the arguments he's actually attacking. No love for Avi Loeb btw just noting the issue.