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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 21 Dec 2016

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Complex Pop Culture

    "persona I often inhabit" -- that's good. I'm going to use that.https://twitter.com/ComplexPop/status/811605730532978688 …

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    Complex Pop CultureVerified account @ComplexPop
    Lena Dunham on her abortion comment: "My words were spoken from a sort of 'delusional girl' persona I often inhabit" http://trib.al/uItnpnQ  pic.twitter.com/iuda9yBC9O
    5:51 PM - 21 Dec 2016
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    • Michelle M Mark Hintz Alison Cass (she/her) Gunnar Djurberg Samuel Gion Bautista rabbits = carpet goblins Franceska Rouzard Kevin Chase
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      1. Sean Smith‏ @protanope 21 Dec 2016
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        My tweets are from a persona non grata.

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      1. Bob Ramsey‏ @BRamseyJr 21 Dec 2016
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        If you leave out the offensive phrases, what she said was fine - kind of like leaving California out of the voting totals

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      1. Vetarnias‏ @Vetarnias 21 Dec 2016
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        Bet it won't even be about Dunham but about Trump.

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      1. Frank  🇺🇲  🇺🇦‏ @spiderstumbled 21 Dec 2016
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        translation: I'm usually a shithead.

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      1. GBliss‏ @GBliss 21 Dec 2016
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        Trump should try that one.

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      1. Avant-guerre‏ @Pruit_Igoe 21 Dec 2016
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        She's a f*cking embarrassment and does more damage to progressive causes than good.

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      1. Michael Gutierrez‏ @MichaelG398 21 Dec 2016
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        @ComplexPop I think that only works, to the extent it does, if you're an "artiste."

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      1. Phineas J. Tweetwell‏ @bardamu722 21 Dec 2016
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        it's cool how she gets to have it both ways like that

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      1. Stephen Marche‏Verified account @StephenMarche 21 Dec 2016
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        .@HeerJeet Similar to "those are comments that I made as an entertainer." http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/11/politics/donald-trump-carly-fiorina-entertainer/ …

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      2. Avram Grumer  🎲‏ @avram 21 Dec 2016
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        “That income was earned by a persona I often inhabit, not me, so I don’t owe any taxes on it.”

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      3. Avram Grumer  🎲‏ @avram 21 Dec 2016
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        … Actually, wait, that is literally what rich people do with trusts and corporations, isn’t it?

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