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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Dec 2019

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Steve Cortes

    1. Bloomberg's bizarre statement that Xi is "not a dictator" was not a gaffe but a manifestation of Bloomberg's authoritarian tendency, one evident in his tenure as NYC mayor: racial profiling, religious profiling, targeting of anti-war groupshttps://twitter.com/CortesSteve/status/1200870304438005761 …

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    Steve CortesVerified account @CortesSteve
    A reminder that ⁦@MikeBloomberg⁩ actually said China’s President “Xi Jinping is not a dictator.” Would Hong Kong freedom fighters agree? How about Muslims in concentration camps in western China? How about persecuted Chinese Christians? pic.twitter.com/FpdH3k0veA
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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Dec 2019

        2. Bloomberg doesn't get called out on his authoritarianism enough because he's a centrists authoritarian, and the main stream media shares enough of his worldview to be blind to it.

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Dec 2019

        3. Because centrists dominate the discourse, there's a tendency to see authoritarianism with anti-system politics (of the left and right). But centrists can be just as authoritarian as anti-system people -- and usually more likely succeed in their authoritarianism.

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      4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Dec 2019

        4. Some thoughts on Bloomberg and centrist authoritarianism. https://www.thenation.com/article/bloomberg-authoritarian-centrist-presidential/ …

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      1. Your Favorite Rando  🗽‏ @tel_varon 9 Dec 2019
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        It perfectly fits the Kinsley definition of a gaffe being when a politician tells the truth (from his/her point of view).

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      1. Will Mercado‏ @willm1015 9 Dec 2019
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        If Bloomberg had tanks he would have used them on the Occupy protesters

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      1. sara hue‏ @tortelli44 9 Dec 2019
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        agree. It's reflective of how he sees the world.

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      1.  🇺🇦Alfie 🇺🇦‏ @WndlB 9 Dec 2019
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        Having watched that interview, his point was that Xi is subject to at least *some* internal (political) pressures. That he cannot *just* be Commander Picard.

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      2. The real chris beck‏ @SubBeck 9 Dec 2019
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        Did you forget regulating the size of soft drinks, or don't think it belongs in that category?

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 9 Dec 2019
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        oh yeah, that's bad too. Too much stuff for one column.

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