1. Neera Tanden, mon semblable, — ma sœur! Like @sunraysunray I had some complicated feelings about Tanden's failed nomination. I don't agree with her politics but (for obvious reasons) also don't like to see a fellow obsessive tweeter crash & burn. https://twitter.com/sunraysunray/status/1362963477241946117 …
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3. The other irony is that Tanden is being scapegoated for Trump's sins. Official Washington was never able to tame Trump's tweets & GOP went along (only Twitter itself put an end to it). But establishment, of which Tanden is part, wanted to show tweets can be punished.
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4. Also lost in the larger narrative is that the real problem was never Tanden's tweets (strongly worded but usually within bounds of fair comment) but the truly unhinged Tanden Trolls that she cultivated and encouraged. But you have to be as online as her to know that.
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5. I had originally wanted to pay tribute to the hymn "Nearer, My God, To Thee" by titling this "Neera, My God, To Tweet." But I was victimized by cancel culture so now it ran The Importance of Logging Off.https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/neera-tanden-twitter-biden/ …
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6. Speaking of the problems of social media, I should mention that
@leninology's The Twittering Machine is excellent and didn't get (I think) the attention it deserves. A very deep book. https://www.versobooks.com/books/3229-the-twittering-machine …Show this thread
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A lesson that will be learnt by nobody, unfortunately
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Sure there is. Manchins entire brand is proving to his coalition that he is opposed to both parties. Tanden was an easy win for him. I doubt he cared about her rudeness. Now it is possible the fact no one really liked her is what made her such an easy target.
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I'm a little sad that it shows there is no political cost for punching left. Hopefully that will change soon.
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Takeaway is that successfully selling yourself as a so-called "moderate" has more to do with tone and posturing than with any sort of actual policy.
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Another takeaway is how severely politics over the past few years came to revolve around Trump, to the point where "centerist anti-Trumper" is, I think, seen by many as an oxymoron because it takes a clear side on the one and only defining issue for the modern GOP.
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