You are saying they are fake. "cosplay" "simulacrum" "Potemkin Village" Get a grip.
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Three things: 1) Eric Carlsen’s Curbing the Sphere seems to be engaging in some pretty blatant non-fair use copyright violation. 1/
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2) Matt appears to have edited “basically fake” to “not necessarily representative.” Compare your email to what’s posted online. https://www.slowboring.com/p/climate-left (methinks that this kind of edit might deserve and editor’s note, or something, but it’s not entirely out of bounds.) 2/
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3) Most importantly, he does’t just characterize what she she is saying. He quotes her *immediately* after that sentence. And it’s clear in the quote that she is referring to how democratic/representative they are. His context makes this 100% clear, even in the original. 3/pic.twitter.com/hiGCVa1i9e
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So, it’s clear in the longer piece and clear just in that paragraph that you quoted — even in the original — that he’s talking about whether they are really grass-roots or are merely speaking for themselves/their funders. 4/
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What gets me,
@HeerJeet, is that you seem to be intentionally quoting him out of context to misrepresent what he is saying. I didn’t know that YOU do that kind of thing. I’ve long thought you were pretty damn smart and high integrity.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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ha ha! that's really funny that he silently edited it.
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1) Lots of things are silently edited all over the place. 2) He made the quote introduction more accurate and removed the chance of being accused of mischaracterizing the quote. It’s a venal sin, at worst.
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