1. Who wants to watch @sullydish egregiously & completely misrepresent another writer? It's an edifying experience.
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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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Jeet Heer Retweeted Angus Johnston
3. But as
@studentactivism points out,@sarahjeong's tweet original belonged to a sequence, which sheds light on what the quoted tweet means.https://twitter.com/studentactivism/status/1025456758788120579 …Jeet Heer added,
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4. In sequence, the tweets read: GOTTA HEAR BOTH Sides -- Andrew Sullivan Are white people genetically disposed to burn faster in the sun, thus logically being only fit to live underground like groveling goblins. let's hear both sides.
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5. In other words, if we read the tweets in context, its clear that Jeong was not (absurdly) arguing that white people are "genetically disposed to burn faster, etc." Rather, she was parodying the scientific racism of ... Andrew Sullivan.
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6. This is one example but it stands as a synecdoche for the larger controversy. Jeong made statements which are clearly jokes/satires/jibes & bad faith readers like Sullivan insist on reading them as racism.
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7. Now, here is a very clear-cut case of
@sullydish misrepresenting someone. Will he apologize? Will@NYMag issue a retraction & apology? LOL.3 replies 60 retweets 538 likesShow this thread -
8. It's easy enough to criticize Andrew Sullivan. Let's take it step further and ask about New York magazine editor Adam Moss (is he on twitter?)
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Jeet Heer Retweeted Andrew Sullivan
9. Adam Moss made the decision that
@sullydish, someone who finds Asian names & accents to be inherently funny, was a good person to write about the Jeong controversy.https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/363407519755939840 …Jeet Heer added,
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Replying to @HeerJeet @sullydish
So you supported Kevin Williamson when The Atlantic fired him? He statements were taken wildly out of context.
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Williamson was fired because he lied to Jeff Goldberg when hired by the Atlantic. It's usually a bad idea to lie to your boss.
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