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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Jul 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Media Matters

      1. How bad could Covid get in America? Let's just say it's not a good sign that Rush Limbaugh is praising cannibals as heroes.https://twitter.com/mmfa/status/1283130468871876608 …

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      Medal of Freedom recipient Rush Limbaugh: Americans should “adapt” to coronavirus, like pioneers who “had to turn to cannibalism” https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/rush-limbaugh-americans-should-adapt-coronavirus-famous-pioneers-who-had-turn … pic.twitter.com/FfmDattqlb
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Jul 2020

      2. Limbaugh's praise of the Donner Party as heroic cannibals is not an outlier. He was in fact channelling earlier arguments made along this line by William Bennett & David Frum. As @jholbo1 noted long ago, this exaltation of the Donner flesh-eaters helps us understand the right

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Jul 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Nancy Levine 🇺🇦

      3. Earlier, Alex Jones laid out the logical endgame of the right: "I will eat my neighbors...I’m literally looking at my neighbors now and going, ‘I’m ready to hang ’em up and gut ’em and skin ’em.'”https://twitter.com/nancylevine/status/1256276877280374784 …

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      Nancy Levine 🇺🇦 @nancylevine
      Alex Jones: “I’ll eat my neighbors... I’ll eat your ass.” Home values in Alex’s neighborhood just tanked. https://twitter.com/mooncult/status/1256074030697689088/video/1 …
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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Jul 2020

      4. Cannibalism is, I'd argue, one of the logical endgames of a certain type of libertarian individualism (incest is the other endgame). After all, if it's survival of the fittest and dog eat dog, why wouldn't you put your neighbor on the grill?

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Jul 2020

      5. Is cannibalism a good solution for Covid? Spoiler alert: I don't think so but I explore why cannibalism does provide a model for what is happening:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/cannibalism-cure-limbaugh-coronavirus/ …

      10:29 AM - 15 Jul 2020
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        1. RealCivicEquality‏ @b9n10nt 15 Jul 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Isn’t there a pretty strong link between RW interpretations of Nietzche, Hayek’s scarcity-reveals-values theory, & Frum’s “Donner Party Conservatism”?

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        1. Nerd and Dad‏ @NerdyDad91730 15 Jul 2020
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          More importantly, what internal temp do I need to get Bob up to in order to kill off the COVID virus lingering in his corpse? how do I get there without drying out the meat too much?

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        1. Lominipiccolominipiccolominipiccolominipiccolomini‏ @MavetyStreet 15 Jul 2020
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          Like, would you even want to eat an infected person? Why not go vegan? These guys are the ones who want to build bunkers and stockpile guns, but don't want to help out with housework or parenting during this time of crisis.

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        1. Bryant Francis survived SWCA‏Verified account @RBryant2012 15 Jul 2020
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          “I will do what it takes to survive” vs “This is the last option for survival because we followed idiots who thought they knew more than experts” really rings for this moment huh

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        1. Leo Casey‏ @LeoECasey 15 Jul 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I just want to go on record, Jeet, that I am immensely disappointed that you would write on this theme and glaringly omit any reference to the Fine Young Cannibals and "Raw and Cooked."

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        2. John Neary  🏠 😷 💉 🗳️‏ @jddneary 15 Jul 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Limbaugh is as bad a historian as he is a philosopher. The Donner Party didn't get snowbound because they traveled in the middle of winter (they set out in the spring) but because they listened to a charlatan (Lansford Hastings) who was promoting an untested and dangerous route.pic.twitter.com/VPUKlvpfm8

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        3. John Neary  🏠 😷 💉 🗳️‏ @jddneary 15 Jul 2020
          Replying to @jddneary @HeerJeet

          It is an exercise for the reader to explore the parallels between the Hastings Cutoff and the Trump Administration's pandemic response.

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        1. Woke Mind Bacterium‏ @JimHenleyMusic 15 Jul 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Besides, cannibalism is a Canadian thing, right? You tweeted about that.

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        1. Herb v/d Dool‏ @herbdool 15 Jul 2020
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          That's an awesome title

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