Genuinely WTF happened?
I'm sort of a passer-by fan of the podcast. I've known about Ethan for years, generally wasn't a fan of him in his last "phase" or whatever but I've been listening over the last year or so because I like the format and drama. Anyway, I just don't have any huge PROBLEMS with any of the employees. Quit listening for awhile, and I came back to now.
I'm genuinely FLABBERGHASTED.
As a forward, I've known about Hasan for years, heard some bad shit about him, but I don't feel biased towards his character. I've just being seeing so many subreddits and twitter do-dads saying Ethan "doesn't think the Palestinians have Jews" or his wife wishes to bomb people everyday or blah blah blah.
So I research a little and it seems like all he said was he felt bad for Israeli citizens who've been hurt by Hamas? Which... yeah. It's an incredibly complex war and there are an alarming amount of people angry at Ethan because he's Jewish, I guess. There are blatant lies just being fired off in multiple places and none of them seem too concerned about actually looking into the thing they are attacking.
Especially protecting Hasan, I don't know I'm sure he's done some good in the world but he has a lot of red flags.
It just has been making me feel a little crazy. I don't think I understand the nuance of this situation, it feels like the truth is just... over there and no one is looking at it.