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Behind the Aegis

(55,397 posts)
Wed May 28, 2025, 12:29 AM Wednesday

Pro-Palestinian TikToker with 3.4 million followers endorses Capital Jewish Museum murders

Guy Christensen, a TikTok influencer with more than 3 million followers, came out in support of the shooting attack that killed two Israeli embassy employees.

“I do not condemn the elimination of the Zionist officials who worked at the Israeli embassy last night,” Christensen, a Gen-Z influencer who goes by YourFavoriteGuy on TikTok, said in a video posted Thursday.

“I want to urge you first to support Elias’ actions,” he added later, referencing the alleged shooter. “He is not a terrorist. He’s a resistance fighter, and the fact is that the fight against Israel’s war machine, against their genocide machine, against their criminality, includes their foreign diplomats in this country.”

The video represented a reversal for Christensen, who had earlier posted a video condemning the murders. The video supporting the attack later disappeared from TikTok and Instagram. He appeared to suggest that the platform had removed it: “also tiktok banned my vid LOL,” he wrote on a subsequent post.


A video by Guy Christensen, a pro-Palestinian influencer with more than 3 million followers. (Screenshot)

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Pro-Palestinian TikToker with 3.4 million followers endorses Capital Jewish Museum murders (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Wednesday OP
I'm shocked. RandySF Wednesday #1
If I never hear the term influencer again it will be too soon NoRethugFriends Wednesday #2
Right. Cha Wednesday #8
Please Stop. SalamanderSleeps Wednesday #3
Please stop what? MarineCombatEngineer Wednesday #13
If we keep giving these Psycho-Bunny "Influencers" attention we are just creating Neo-Limbaughs. SalamanderSleeps Wednesday #28
Some viruses die when exposed to sunlight. yardwork Wednesday #32
What kind of dumb looking cosplay is that? fujiyamasan Wednesday #4
I don't even have words for this... SheltieLover Wednesday #5
I did.. quite a few.. Cha Wednesday #7
Fuck you , yoiu miserable little Twerp... Cha Wednesday #6
How did this 19 year old little twerp... DET Wednesday #9
Because there is an infinite supply of stupid people in this world. NoRethugFriends Wednesday #10
It's not hard to gain many followers by spreading hatred against certain people JI7 Yesterday #43
The Democratic Party RJ-MacReady Wednesday #11
Why? newdeal2 Wednesday #14
You just answered your own question. nt MarineCombatEngineer Wednesday #16
I don't know about that newdeal2 Wednesday #19
You've got a good point there. MarineCombatEngineer Wednesday #20
They are in our tent RJ-MacReady Wednesday #23
He is 19 years old newdeal2 Wednesday #26
That may be true RJ-MacReady Wednesday #30
It didn't occur to me that he's a leader of the Democratic Party. yardwork Wednesday #21
It's more about the low info voters JI7 Wednesday #34
I agree , this trash doesn't even support us but people associate them with us JI7 Wednesday #33
Well, according to an unnamed person, MarineCombatEngineer Wednesday #12
Well shame on him. Nanjeanne Wednesday #15
Why even post that crap here? nt Jit423 Wednesday #17
I myself have no problem with this, MarineCombatEngineer Wednesday #18
Does it make you uncomfortable? yardwork Wednesday #22
LOL. MarineCombatEngineer Wednesday #25
A long time member is no longer here? Polybius Wednesday #41
For some anti-Semitism isn't the REAL problem, EXPOSING it is. Behind the Aegis Yesterday #42
To show who the enemy is Polybius Wednesday #39
What an utterly stupid take by the influencer EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #24
Clickbait shill k_buddy762 Wednesday #27
I'm fascinated by the cosplay of these people. BannonsLiver Wednesday #29
Democratic Socialists of America is calling Rodriguez a political prisoner Mosby Wednesday #31
Good lord. I knew these people were stupid, just didn't realize they were quite this evil tritsofme Wednesday #36
The main org is trying to walk it back. Mosby Wednesday #37
Of Course... DSA was Celebrating Oct 7th on Oct 8 Cha Wednesday #38
If he loves HAMAS So Much Deep State Witch Wednesday #35
Murder bad. (n/t) Iggo Wednesday #40
Fucking performative attention whore bigots JI7 Yesterday #44

SalamanderSleeps

(809 posts)
28. If we keep giving these Psycho-Bunny "Influencers" attention we are just creating Neo-Limbaughs.
Wed May 28, 2025, 10:44 AM
Wednesday

This is the soil where Trumpism flourishes in all of its rancid glory.

Trumpism is a virus.

We should treat it as such.

yardwork

(66,786 posts)
32. Some viruses die when exposed to sunlight.
Wed May 28, 2025, 11:37 AM
Wednesday

In any case, I think it's better to know what's being said than to hide from it.

fujiyamasan

(200 posts)
4. What kind of dumb looking cosplay is that?
Wed May 28, 2025, 12:59 AM
Wednesday

That’s not even a keffiyah is it?

Sure BRO murdering random Jews really helps your cause!

Ughh can’t believe this kind of idiot has “influence” on anyone?!

Cha

(311,221 posts)
6. Fuck you , yoiu miserable little Twerp...
Wed May 28, 2025, 01:14 AM
Wednesday

There's Stupid Assholes.. and you're one of them.

This Assassination of the Peaceful Jewish Couple who were going to be Engaged; actually Hurt the Palestinians.

And, that Stupid Assassin Would have known That if he had a Brain.

Fucking Hamas Adjacent.

💙🌈Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim💙🌈

DET

(2,030 posts)
9. How did this 19 year old little twerp...
Wed May 28, 2025, 01:22 AM
Wednesday

…get so many followers? Seriously, why would anyone care what this teenage ‘influencer’ thinks about one of the most intractable issues of our time? If this guy was Jewish or Palestinian and had spent some time in that part of the world, he might some credibility, but I don’t know how anyone can take this annoying cherub with ringlets (who compares himself to Luke Skywalker) seriously.

JI7

(91,977 posts)
43. It's not hard to gain many followers by spreading hatred against certain people
Thu May 29, 2025, 02:34 AM
Yesterday

RJ-MacReady

(579 posts)
11. The Democratic Party
Wed May 28, 2025, 08:03 AM
Wednesday

Needs to divest from all these people. Not just divest but loudly speak out against them and make it known they are not welcome here.

newdeal2

(2,627 posts)
14. Why?
Wed May 28, 2025, 08:50 AM
Wednesday

He bashes the Democratic party too like a lot of people in this movement. I don’t think he is one of us or will ever be - he’s probably in the Susan Sarandon part of the political spectrum.

newdeal2

(2,627 posts)
19. I don't know about that
Wed May 28, 2025, 08:59 AM
Wednesday

To me, divest means we had these people in our tent and are kicking them out on purpose. I don’t think they ever were in the tent.

newdeal2

(2,627 posts)
26. He is 19 years old
Wed May 28, 2025, 09:22 AM
Wednesday

Meaning this was his first time voting.

He also posted that he was happy that Biden got cancer and this was justice for Palestine.

He is pissing in our tent from the outside. Either Green Party, some other obscure party, or just an agitator.

RJ-MacReady

(579 posts)
30. That may be true
Wed May 28, 2025, 10:48 AM
Wednesday

However they are seen as being in our tent. We need to loudly condemn these people and let it be known they are not welcome here or anywhere. We can no longer worry about offending people.

yardwork

(66,786 posts)
21. It didn't occur to me that he's a leader of the Democratic Party.
Wed May 28, 2025, 09:11 AM
Wednesday

What elected position does he hold?

JI7

(91,977 posts)
34. It's more about the low info voters
Wed May 28, 2025, 12:09 PM
Wednesday

that see things in simple ways and associate these extremists as being on our side becsuse they are seen as left leaning.

JI7

(91,977 posts)
33. I agree , this trash doesn't even support us but people associate them with us
Wed May 28, 2025, 12:05 PM
Wednesday

We need to make it clear we totally condemn this trash .

yardwork

(66,786 posts)
22. Does it make you uncomfortable?
Wed May 28, 2025, 09:12 AM
Wednesday

Several DUers said the same thing as this idiot on the day after the murders. Some of them are still here.

Behind the Aegis

(55,397 posts)
42. For some anti-Semitism isn't the REAL problem, EXPOSING it is.
Thu May 29, 2025, 12:26 AM
Yesterday

This is true of many forms of bigotry. You and I both know how easy it is for some to dismiss homophobia when it is a hated target, such as Lindsey Graham. Some just can't help themselves and immediately attack him based on his alleged homosexuality, then claim it is not "really" homophobia, and when it is called out, the ones calling it out are called "defenders of Graham and MAGA". Does the pattern sound familiar?

EdmondDantes_

(488 posts)
24. What an utterly stupid take by the influencer
Wed May 28, 2025, 09:15 AM
Wednesday

Last edited Wed May 28, 2025, 11:18 AM - Edit history (1)

Even if you believed attacking decision makers in the Israeli government would make a positive change for the Palestinians, shooting random people doesn't do that. Then there's that this sort of assassination doesn't usually work. Nobody should be supporting the killer or this influencer.

k_buddy762

(303 posts)
27. Clickbait shill
Wed May 28, 2025, 09:37 AM
Wednesday

that wee man wouldn't take up arms for a cause he believes in if his little life depended on it.

I standby my previous prediction: social media will be the end of humanity.

tritsofme

(19,204 posts)
36. Good lord. I knew these people were stupid, just didn't realize they were quite this evil
Wed May 28, 2025, 01:59 PM
Wednesday
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