it feels like the whiteness of big political media spaces right now is having a big effect on how people are thinking about the debate. eg I have seen relatively little discussion of trump's "black jobs" comment, which immediately exploded on black twitter
Both the “black jobs” remark and using palestinian as a slur are hopefully clarifying as to actual Trump’s ideology and worldview, in contrast with the imaginary trump some people have built up in their heads as the memory of his administration has receded
Could have been so much worse for trump, too, if his opponent had been agile enough to invite him to elaborate on what, exactly, he thinks a “black job” is
This is the thing I haven’t heard much criticism of and I understand it’s basically a fools errand to complain about the moderation but the moderation was abysmal.
As far as I’m aware, they were simply adhering to the format, which was agreed upon beforehand by the Biden campaign. It was frustrating to see the moderators offer no pushback, but Biden should have known it was up to him going in.
