It’s because they offer their audience the license to feel virtuous while engaging in oppression. “I’m not racist, I’m calling it like it is.” “I’m not transphobic, it’s just a joke.” “I’m not classist, poor people need to work harder.”https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1321879510669811713 …
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In every instance it’s the same mealy mouthed lie - that *they’re* actually the ones being held back, despite all their advantages; that *they’re* the victim as they stomp on another hand; that *they’re* the ones punching up when their victims are bound and helpless.
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You want to know why there’s a confederacy of assholes in America? Because the fourth estate failed to police itself for decades (see FOX News being regarded as an actual news source and treated as colleagues), and decided page clicks were more important than corruption.
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Not *entirely* the 4th Estate's fault there, not when multiple instances of conservative regulatory capture were needed to set up Murdoch/Ailes' empire. Getting fiscally kneecapped by capitalists repeatedly didn't help matters either.
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Le chargement semble prendre du temps.
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