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lapucelle

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23. Actually it's pretty weak for Uygur to pretend that the name isn't a reference to the Ottoman Empire group.
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 09:33 AM
19 hrs ago

Cenk's plausible deniability timeline does not stand up to scrutiny.

Uygur was already blogging under the name The Young Turk when he was (by his own admission) "still [sic] a conservative trying to be edgy and politically incorrect".


‘Young Turks’ Founder Cenk Uygur Apologizes for ‘Ugly,’ ‘Insensitive’ Old Blog Posts (Exclusive)

Liberal host once wrote that women are genetically “flawed” because they don’t want to have sex often enough

Uygur said he wrote the posts while he was still a conservative, before he underwent a political transformation into a libera. His news organization, The Young Turks, now offers left-leaning stories and commentary.

“If someone said that today, I would heavily criticize them on the show and rightfully so, and I have. I’ve criticized myself over the years,” he added. “I had not yet matured and I was still a conservative who thought that stuff was politically incorrect and edgy. When you read it now, it looks really, honestly, ugly. And it’s very uncomfortable to read.”

https://www.thewrap.com/young-turks-cenk-uygur-blog-breasts-women-flawed/


https://web.archive.org/web/20000401000000*/http://www.youngturk.com/newpage41.htm

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He needs to... 2naSalit Thursday #1
I never liked that name. Dave Bowman Thursday #2
Many victims suffered horrific torture and physical abuse before death. John1956PA Thursday #5
As much as I dislike Cenk, I don't think he had anything to with the Armenian genocide ... marble falls Thursday #9
While I find him H2O Man Yesterday #13
And Cenk being Turkish is probably only a coincidence ... marble falls 21 hrs ago #20
And the fact that he wrote an editorial as a senior at U Penn denying the genocide lapucelle 20 hrs ago #21
Right. H2O Man 16 hrs ago #27
What are you talking about? Where did you hear that he was trying to re-establish the Ottoman Empire? lapucelle 15 hrs ago #30
Actually it's pretty weak for Uygur to pretend that the name isn't a reference to the Ottoman Empire group. lapucelle 19 hrs ago #23
The Hitler Jugend was something else entirely DFW 23 hrs ago #19
Why is he still a thing Johonny Thursday #3
Yuck !!!!! Not a fan Trueblue1968 Yesterday #16
Is he a part of JustAnotherGen Thursday #4
Good question. sheshe2 Yesterday #10
Maybe not, Cenk said Hogg's PAC is only doing safe blue seats but he's going for the full revolution betsuni Yesterday #17
It wouldn't surprise me if Uygur tried to glom on to the latest iteration of entryist politics. lapucelle 19 hrs ago #25
Yeah JustAnotherGen 19 hrs ago #26
After all the Dem-bashing sh*t he has pulled, he's still a Democrat? Eugene Thursday #6
I don't think he ever was a Democrat. He was a founder of Justice Democrats. lapucelle Thursday #7
He was never a D he is really right wing leaning and crazy and it was pretty obvious Meowmee Yesterday #12
Bet we see a lot of people trying to make a name and money from upcoming elections. Silent Type Thursday #8
He needs to take a ticket. sheshe2 Yesterday #11
Grifters. JI7 Yesterday #14
Super-Populist Rebellion (again) "Going against Trump and the Democratic Establishment"! betsuni Yesterday #15
My assessment of him for decades has been: DFW 23 hrs ago #18
What moron would give this grifter any money? Yikes. tritsofme 20 hrs ago #22
Didn't he talk glowingly about DJT? n/t Jacson6 19 hrs ago #24
Here's what I say to him: MineralMan 15 hrs ago #28
I'm so tired of people that get more invested in the personalities of the Democratic party biocube 15 hrs ago #29
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