My favorite criticism I get for profiles is that I've "humanized" someone you don't like. Guess what? People are complicated!
Lots of things can be true at once. Someone can do something awful & be funny, have bad beliefs & be compelling. Reality isn't black & white
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very true. Great piece.
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even "noisy feminists" can write good stories!
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Sounds like the people that say Hitler wasn't all that bad.
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People who survived their encounters with Ted Bundy said he was "charming", "handsome", "charismatic". So yeah...cool story.
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AIRTIME IS AIRTIME IT FEEDS THESE MONSTERS Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Olivianuzzi I wish this appreciation for nuance & rejection of cheap reductive one liners had been around last yrhttps://twitter.com/olivianuzzi/status/772972866962878464?lang=en … -
They were a bunch of Heathers. Thanks for helping the fascists, Olivia!
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This is a sentence only a privileged white woman would make in these times. Why the need to humanize monsters, Olivia?
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Yes, exactly. It's all so very fascinating when you personally don't feel threatened.
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Hey ladies, next time you're harassed, be sure to mimic Olivia Nuzzi and ask your attacker for his favorite food. He's human after all!
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Does this outweigh the monstrosity of their actions in your mind? Because I don't see any grappling with that in the piece.
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Heck, I went back & reread it as sympathetically as I could, & I still can't find it. There's a smirk, but no reckoning.
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Yes,
@KellyannePolls can do something awful, like manage Trump to a win, and still be funny & compelling! -
Just imagine the glowing reviews Podesta would be enjoying right now if he'd pulled off the planned coronation for Her Corrupt Majesty HRC.
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Somehow I don't think fucking idiots would be complaining in your TL 'OMG you are HUMANIZING this guy after that awful thing he did!"
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