Dr Sarah Taber (@SarahTaber_bww) Tweeted: Quick note on this Georgia human trafficking story: The farm workers held in slavery were DOCUMENTED. THEY HAD GUEST WORKER VISAS. They followed the law to the letter & this is where it got them. https://t.co/QffD2kk5GY https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/1469147164932812800?s=20
https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2021/12/in-which-david-brooks-looks-upon.html
From an obscenity-laden angry liberal blog, I like this characterization, although… I think NO one pays attention to Brooks any more. He’s off on the side, wringing his hands to an audience of, like… 6 people.
«Instead (and in answer to those questions) I believe Brooks is a serious, committed Wingnut middleman — sort of the Fundamentalist’s pet PBS Mennonite — which IMHO is much more dangerous than a fully outed [Tom] DeLay.»
«Their underestimation and misunderstanding was deeply grounded in racial prejudice and went unchallenged in an environment of ethnocentric groupthink. Even in acknowledging his mistake, Kimmel’s words suggest he remained angrily defiant that the attack materialized the way it did — as if it were unfair that reality did not conform to his prejudices. Ethnocentric and racist attitudes and actions are objectionable for their harmful effects on the groups they malign, of course, but we should never forget that they are fundamentally stupid because they are factually incorrect. Prejudice literally means passing judgement prior to possessing adequate information.»
«Moreover, ethnocentric groupthink went both ways in the Pacific war: Japan waged a war of conquest partially based on the country’s supposed racial and ethnic superiority over its neighbors. Mistaken Japanese hopes for long-term strategic success against America were grounded in ethnocentric contempt for the West.»
«… pockets of genius that all newly included demographics bring…»
https://stayathomemacro.substack.com/p/lets-get-real-the-american-rescue
Here’s a fun economist on inflation. Tl;dr: it’s not that bad. Republicans are just trying to scare everybody, which is easy, because these are scary times. Have been since the 1960s.
I through-hiked the Appalachian Trail, Georgia to Maine, 2,000 miles, on foot.
…in 1984.
I think that makes me Old Beowulf, gearing up to fight the dragon.
Carolina Forward (@ForwardCarolina) Tweeted: In this state budget, right-wing lawmakers poured yet more money into school vouchers, despite the fact that most of those schools are teaching sheer nonsense. Your tax dollars are paying for religious indoctrination. That’s what “school choice” really means. #nced #ncpol https://twitter.com/ForwardCarolina/status/1468253941834072067?s=20
«As the group finally departed, one police officer yelled, “Whose shield is that?” after one white supremacist apparently left his [“mildly menacing”] plastic shield behind.»
Haw!
So, here’s a breathless article on how Twitter is allowing the far right to suppress info by gaming the new rule on not posting “private media”. And, my first thought is: why don’t these folks blog (or something)? Why are they making themselves dependent on Twitter?
And the answer, of course, is: they ARE blogging (or rather: they DO have their own website, and they’re not dependent on Twitter). Duh. Why would I think otherwise?
What’s stupid is allowing myself to be swayed by other stupid “news” articles like the one quoted below.
«Atlanta Antifascists, one of the more prominent anti-fascist accounts on Twitter, tweeted on Thursday it had been reported for exposing the identity of a “White Student Union” organizer. It added Twitter had locked them out of their account until they deleted the post.»
Source: Fascists Are Weaponizing Twitter’s New ‘Private Media’ Rule
And here’s the site: https://atlantaantifa.org/
(Let’s see if Twitter blocks me for this.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/30/mace-greene-feud-mccarthy-523587
I guess this is how we do things in the New South.
«“All I can say about Marjorie Taylor Greene is bless her fucking heart,” Mace told reporters.»
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