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Behind the Aegis

(55,550 posts)
Wed May 28, 2025, 12:29 AM May 28

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

SalamanderSleeps

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

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

Trumpism is a virus.

We should treat it as such.

yardwork

(67,342 posts)
32. Some viruses die when exposed to sunlight.
Wed May 28, 2025, 11:37 AM
May 28

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

fujiyamasan

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

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

(313,258 posts)
6. Fuck you , yoiu miserable little Twerp...
Wed May 28, 2025, 01:14 AM
May 28

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

(2,121 posts)
9. How did this 19 year old little twerp...
Wed May 28, 2025, 01:22 AM
May 28

…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.

 

RJ-MacReady

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

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

(3,460 posts)
14. Why?
Wed May 28, 2025, 08:50 AM
May 28

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

(3,460 posts)
19. I don't know about that
Wed May 28, 2025, 08:59 AM
May 28

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

(3,460 posts)
26. He is 19 years old
Wed May 28, 2025, 09:22 AM
May 28

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

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

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

(67,342 posts)
21. It didn't occur to me that he's a leader of the Democratic Party.
Wed May 28, 2025, 09:11 AM
May 28

What elected position does he hold?

JI7

(92,363 posts)
34. It's more about the low info voters
Wed May 28, 2025, 12:09 PM
May 28

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

JI7

(92,363 posts)
33. I agree , this trash doesn't even support us but people associate them with us
Wed May 28, 2025, 12:05 PM
May 28

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

yardwork

(67,342 posts)
22. Does it make you uncomfortable?
Wed May 28, 2025, 09:12 AM
May 28

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

Behind the Aegis

(55,550 posts)
42. For some anti-Semitism isn't the REAL problem, EXPOSING it is.
Thu May 29, 2025, 12:26 AM
May 29

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_

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

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

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

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

(19,404 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
May 28
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