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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 12 Feb 2021

      Ilhan Omar quoted some very famous rap lyrics in a context that sounded anti-Semitic. When told why this was wrong, she apologized. Gina Carano tweeted out a Der Sturmer style image, hasn't apologized for it, and it is still up. Guess who @jonathanchait urges we forgive?pic.twitter.com/mGNkc4GutM

      100 replies 507 retweets 2,798 likes
    2. Elon Sucks‏ @dissent_memo 12 Feb 2021
      Replying to @HeerJeet @jonathanchait

      And nobody was "blacklisted." She was fired by a private company based on their own discretion.

      2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
    3. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 12 Feb 2021
      Replying to @dissent_memo @HeerJeet @jonathanchait

      What do you think the Hollywood blacklist consisted of? It was private companies firing people at their own discretion.

      6 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 12 Feb 2021
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @dissent_memo @jonathanchait

      Private companies working with massive assistance from FBI, congress and state legislators.

      4 replies 0 retweets 45 likes
    5. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 12 Feb 2021
      Replying to @HeerJeet @dissent_memo @jonathanchait

      I never know what the point of that argument is. Are you saying it would have been fine for Hollywood studios to fire and refuse to hire Communists if HUAC, et. al., hadn't existed?

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 12 Feb 2021
      Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @dissent_memo @jonathanchait

      I'm saying you can't analogize a government driven purge (really a product of bipartisan Cold War consensus) with actions of private companies. The dynamics and power relations are totally different!

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        1. Elon Sucks‏ @dissent_memo 12 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki @jonathanchait

          Jeet definitely knows his stuff and says it far better than I could.

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        2. James Surowiecki‏Verified account @JamesSurowiecki 12 Feb 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @dissent_memo @jonathanchait

          I really think it was the other way around: the blacklist was born out of the industry's desire to purge the unions, in particular, of Communist/fellow-traveler influence, and then HUAC seized on that and amplified it because Hollywood was so high-profile.

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        3. president xi please liberate us‏ @sadpoastingusa 12 Feb 2021
          Replying to @JamesSurowiecki @HeerJeet and

          I really think that demonstrates a lack of understanding of US history

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