2. In New York, @sullydish quotes a tweet from @sarahjeong and characterizes it thus: "Or you could describe an entire race as subhuman."pic.twitter.com/ZdGq9PjqO2
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13. The concept "white genocide" has a particular provenance. It's a signature concept of the alt-right. @sullydish is helping mainstream this idea and Adam Moss is totally okay with that.
14. Here's the thing. If you are offended by "rice cooking app for white people" how do you deal with "White Men Can't Jump," Eddie Murphy's "White Like Me" or, in fact, 99% of hack stand up comedy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L104LViQeIw …
15. Hypothesis: leftists tend to slightly over-rate Evelyn Waugh & Anthony Powell out of a nostalgia for conservatives who understood irony & satire.
16. Oh look, the Jeong critic that @sullydish avidly promoted & repeatedly re-tweeted thinks we should keep an open mind about Pizzagate. Cool, cool.pic.twitter.com/D6ceFzG0de
17. So, to recap: in his eagerness to discredit Sarah Jeong, @sullydish promoted a guy who believes alt-right theory that "white genocide" is a real threat & is Pizzagate curious. And Adam Moss is okay with this & doesn't think it reflects poorly on New York magazine. Cool!!!!
That Monroe guy, AFAICT, is an independent 'reporter' who covers the GamerGate beat. So you know he's coming at this in good faith.
Of course. I should have been tipped off by the familiar strategy of waiting until a strategic point in the outrage cycle to post his accelerant - with a "I waited because I didn't want to be accused of piling on" disclaimer, no less!
That app sounds really useful imo
I just got a cheapo rice cooker; not great if you're crammed for space and don't make it that often, but we use it minimum three times a week and it's amazing. There are ones that do other stuff too! (this concludes your "extremely off-topic thread diversion" for the day)
Dude actually spent a day collecting tweets with the word "white" devoid of context and claims they're racist. Even Redditors think he needs to get out more.
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