The Story Of Bedbug Bret | Chapo Trap House | Episode 346

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In this Chapo Trap House clip, the metamorphosis of Bret Stephens.
Clip from Episode 346 - Twisted Tales (9/3/19)
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"Conservative New York Times columnist Bret Stephens has quit Twitter over bedbugs. Well, kind of.
It came to a head on Monday evening, after Stephens emailed a George Washington University professor and his provost to complain about an unkind joke the professor made on Twitter comparing him to a metaphorical “bedbug.” But about 12 hours later, after the professor posted Stephens’s email to Twitter, Stephens ended up being the one facing consequences."*
Read more here: www.vox.com/2019/8/27/2083495...

[@kingofthemoon3063]

Bret reacted to being called a Bedbug the way a warlock reacts to being called by their true name.

[@SendyTheEndless]

He's a closet bed bug :) :) :)

[@adams3627]

"I'm not owned! I'm not owned!" I scream, as I slowly shrivel into a bedbug

[@sitskrieg317]

This is like a solider getting shot at and responding by tactically nuking himself

[@dylanb265]

This is my university. We almost named the school of media and public affairs after the professor for his bravery.

[@jasondaveries9716]

I need to meet him before I graduate haha

[@BenjaminGlatt]

I've said this before, but if he wants somebody to come meet his family and then call him names, I'm down for it, and I'll even insult his wife and just generally shout at his kids.

[@shumpwumbus2813]

I'm late to this party but I'd pay literally a hundred dollars for an episode that was a hall of fame/internet history lesson on the people that have been the most mad online

[@BarberJ95]

This was such a lighthearted time.

[@kevinstapp328]

Inatead of raiding Area 51 let's get a million people to raid Bret Stephen's wife.

[@bagser1]

Again?

[@noahbottz]

Crazy that he is a bedbug AND a hot wife guy

[@foehammer5047]

Brett is the kind of guy who scolds the left for playing IDPol but as soon as he's called a bedbug he's like "help im the victim of antisemitism."

[@wapgamingREAL]

more like bug stephens lmao

[@OurEyesAreYetToOpen]

Fukken owned

[@wapgamingREAL]

@@OurEyesAreYetToOpen thank you, now Will has to let me on the pod

[@patrickcronin1500]

that's incredible ... Just so you know ... Bret Stevens' wife looks semi-dangerous, but Cheese Fondue! Cheese Fondue ... even when it's bad is superb.

[@posmoo9790]

I come back and listen to this once a year

[@NutNapalm]

Can you imagine if this guy had ever dealt with bedbugs before? Word to the wise, if you're ever in southeastern PA, do not stay in any lodging in King of Prussia.

[@SickBuckNaStY]

Now I'm Getting Adds For Bed Bug Removal Services! God Dam It Chapo!

[@matthewleclair3189]

I didn't know bugs could write op-eds

[@CautionCU]

Holy shit. I hope he doesn't email my boss for commenting on this video while I'm supposed to be working!

[@weatheranddarkness]

"mutual aggression pact" is there anyone who reads his column as anything but for teh lulz? Even the chuds wouldn't buy that

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Libertarians maybe. They love their pacts and rules and pedophilia

[@KilgoreTroutAsf]

This OWNS.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

He's back on Twitter again, who knows what'll happen next time

[@j.jonahjameson6996]

LOL very good find. What a little worm how funny.

[@Khakhees]

Very nice opening about not talking about things

[@ohbluescouser6267]

Really virgil? Fondue? With your GI issues?

[@adinocc2042]

He's so creepy! Really! Go look at a picture of him! EWW!

[@KilgoreTroutAsf]

Bret Bug Stevens

[@ElWarto93]

What are abed/abhed/uphead? writers?

[@ashleymacallister432]

Op-Ed. It's usually an opinion piece from a third-party writer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed

[@IceNineOcean]

It's short for opinion-editorial

[@williamchamberlain2263]

3:05 he's a swinger

[@quester09]

bedbug outrage to follow

[@CarpeDonnelly]

I miss Virgil. I hope he comes back soon

[@MatthisMatthisMatthis]

Ha ha your monetize so know you'll post more recent vids. Make that KZbin money boyz

[@RayLRhodes]

10:07 To be fair, North Korea calls itself a "People's Republic". The Nazis called themselves socialists.

[@quinnnosbod3673]

North Korea is a People’s Republic

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

K and

[@RayLRhodes]

@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 What organizations call themselves is not always accurate.

[@blixer8384]

The Soviet Invasion of Poland and subsequent occupation was a thoroughly unpleasant affair but to describe it as "no less equally bloody" to the Nazi Invasion and subsequent occupation is an overstatement of Soviet Repression. That said the Soviets still killed a crap ton of people: it's estimated that 150,000 people died and between 350,000-1,000,000 people were forcibly deported. Sure the Soviets were not as bad as the Nazis, but that's not a particularly high bar to clear. Not to mention the Soviets were complicit in the Nazi Invasion of Poland through the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact.

[@diegorivera6531]

I suggest you look into Viktor Suvorov's work on the actual origins of the war. WWII was started by two genocidal gangsters trying to outplay each other. Stalin outplayed Hitler. Even now both the left and right is somehow forced to defend siding with Stalin's murderous regime during the war. And as far as who the bigger monster is... Ask the hundreds of millions of people murdered by the Cheka NKVD, KGB and FSB. Just read the descriptions of how NKVD walled people alive and threw grenades into cells full of political prisoners during their retreat from Lvov. Socialists should never defend the Gulag monstrosity. Period, Full Stop. They're the ones who end up locked up for trying to better the world, the nazis will always find a way to cut a deal with the bolsheviks for each other's profit. Scum know each other. The soviet red fascists were in power far longer than german brown fascists. Thus the higher body count. The fact that Stalin started the war is basically the consensus opinion among non kgb funded academics in the post soviet world. Unfortunately most of this discussion is in Polish, Russian and Ukrainian so it doesn't filter out much to the west. There's a really nice youtube talk in English by Viktor Suvorov at the us naval academy on the real reasons behind the start of WWII. The past is a hell of a lot weirder than our ideological party lines paint it.

[@jacobs2099]

@@diegorivera6531 hundreds of millions? Why not billions while ur at it. The Soviets did unjustly kill a lot of people but you don't have to make shit up to make them look bad.

[@jacobs2099]

@@diegorivera6531 also how did stalin outplay Hitler when half his army was annihilated in a few months and only won by the skin of his teeth in stalingrad and Moscow?

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@diegorivera6531 Yes we get it you like Hitler

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@diegorivera6531 Hitler started the war lol. Also all of WWII is on Hitler so you know, all the deaths are too. Nazis killed more.

[@tommylehomme8695]

Ah, the moment when Chapos dispute the Holodomor

[@mimikyuliker946]

When did they do that?

[@tommylehomme8695]

@@mimikyuliker946 12:10

[@mimikyuliker946]

@@tommylehomme8695 It is not as simplistic as that. Not only were kulaks hoarding grain, but they were also experiencing droughts and famine as well. The idea that stalin was soley responsible for the holodomor is disputed by many historians, though that consensus was silenced by the VOC foundation

[@tommylehomme8695]

@@mimikyuliker946 your nuance is worthless, as it only serves to split hairs whether Stalin intened for it to happen, or it happened due to the collectivisation, and Stalin used its effects to destroy the anti-soviet ukrainian movement. The VOC foundation is your American boogeyman, it doesn't bear much influence on the scientific consensus outside of America. Stalin's role in Holodomor is accepted by the majority of historians on the post-soviet space (excluding Russia obviously), including Ukraine itself. I swear, until western leftists carry water for the Russian imperialist efforts, any dialog between Eastern European and Western socialists is impossible.

[@mikeydude750]

@@tommylehomme8695 wrongo, bucko

[@carlrs15]

12:20 Are they saying that the Holodomor didn't happen, or that the Soviets didn't openly propagandize it during the process?

[@sbres2719]

They're dumb as hell but say funny things sometimes so they get a pass

[@diegorivera6531]

The left is not immune to influence campaigns. They're repeating Putin's rusist propaganda about denial of Holodomor.

[@quinnnosbod3673]

Yes, Holodomor wasn’t a genocide, it was a natural famine

[@quinnnosbod3673]

@@sbres2719 they’re right

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

They're saying it wasn't some targeted genocide like Nazis downplaying the Holocaust say it is.