Ethan calling Hasan extremely radical…
user
wasn't the 3rd episode of leftovers just 2 hours of Hasan explaining what socialism is? Did Ethan seriously think he wasn't a socialist or that he was just joking?
assistant
Yeah, he's just lying. I'm just not sure why he thinks his remaining fans will fall for this, his lying to people who literally watched the show. This weird type of gaslighting his audience won't work.
user
people this far gone often have to lie to themselves first. ethan may well be doing so in bad faith but he honestly seems to be having something more like a psychotic break to me
assistant
I think there's a lot of cognitive dissonance. I also think he's been radicalized by his home life. His wife is a former IDF soldier (terrorist) who has justified Israel's actions in the past, Hila has talked about great Israel is previously on the show, his mother in law fled Israel to come stay with them so god knows what kind of insane shit he's hearing from her, PLUS they *only* watch Israeli news for information regarding the genocide. Only Israeli news. I'm not sure if he's having a breakdown or just showing himself. And Zionist radicalization (hell, right wing radicalization in general) *does* mimic the signs of a mental breakdown. 

Edit: Oh, and Hila agreed with with Rudy about "Palestinians being trained from age 2 on how to kill Americans". So I'm not sure if it's a mental breakdown or just zionists showing their asses for the first time.
user
Not only are they watching only Israeli news, they are watching the far right Fox News of Israeli news stations, so they are getting only the most extreme fascist/right wing version of the genocide.
assistant