“I proudly know nothing about the matter, but I will nevertheless weigh in to scold both sides for being so extreme” not only gives you about all you need to know about Friedersdorf - it’s also the pure essence of vacuous, arrogant centrist punditry. A piece of art.
Idk, feels like there might be a difference between chanting "lock her up" at your political opponent after the cops said "we looked very carefully at this and have concluded this is not prosecutable" and saying "this guy is a felon" after "a jury found him guilty on all counts"
Back on Twitter, Conor Friedersdork tried to get me banned for “advocating suicide” because I suggested he should fill his pockets with rocks and walk into the sea. So I blocked him, and clearly nothing of value was lost.
Technicalities. Details. Pedantry. The point is that Conor Friedersdorf is a reasonable, level-headed, mature grown-up and not some frothing-at-the-mouth extremist who, you know, believes in things and stuff.
I know what I thought, albeit from across the pond, when I heard him egging on the Lock Her Up chants.
I thought "I'm looking forward to hearing people chant Lock Him Up, and I reckon it's coming because I never saw a more obvious crook in all my life."
If one removes all the context that makes different things different, they appear the same!
Now, where's my check for writing pieces for national magazines?
"this thing is actually just like this other thing, and you're a child if you get mad about either thing" has gotta be such an easy formula to replicate
Here's the difference, Conor - TFG was actually indicted, tried, and convicted by a jury of his peers. Clintow had none of those things happen to her.
Glad I could clear that up for you.
Sometimes I feel cheated by the universe.
I'm a white guy, but I've never had this level of entirely undeserved self-confidence. Hell, I have a hard time sustaining *earned* confidence.
Nah, that'd be prison abolitionism. And he'd never go for something as uncouth and radical as that. No, he believes firmly in the dignified, philosophical, and neutral position that no one *rich important and white* should ever go to jail.
The personification of the op-ed editorial process at the Atlantic.
“We know nothing about this topic but we are seeking the hottest take possible, especially from those with a history of erroneously predicting outcomes in a particular field.”
45 HUSH MONEY CONVICTION: *is widely acknowledged to be unprecedented, the first of its kind on human history, an event that, it can’t be stressed enough, has never happened before*
CENTRISTS WHO WRITE FOR THE ATLANTIC: i’m old enough to remember that *both* sides—
