Much about Kavanaugh's drinking on my progressive feed. It's important to remember that harming others, dishonesty+bad policy/political views are the real issues. Let's avoid temptation to leverage the stigma over alcohol disorders themselves to wound someone we rightly oppose.
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Replying to @haroldpollack @LeoBeletsky
Agree that harping on his drinking, and Mark Judge’s, has been stigmatizing. Also think that BK’s rhetorical use of beer is worth unpacking, what beer means in the context of his opening statement. Can do the latter w/o deriding problematic alcohol usage.
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Roland Barthes’ short essay on wine from “Mythologies” provides a useful model for such an unpacking
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