If you needed evidence that feelings are not a reliable way of understanding reality, here’s this.https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1056865090450939908 …
1) She made a rather general statement, so deserves a response to what she actually said, 2) I think that depends on where the foreign journalist is from.
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Yeah, I suppose. It was clearly a statement about her personal experience (which looks complicated), but was worded to seem more all-encompassing. Either way, if journalists perceive a heightened domestic threat, that should be cause for compassion rather than eye-rolling, no?
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I am compassionate towards those feeling threated, particularly journalists. I am not compassionate towards downplaying the tragedies of other lands to add rhetorical weight to the direness of one's own situation. Julia made the same move re: ISIS today.
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I'm unsure it's downplaying here? Unless I'm mistaken, she never said being a journalist in Russia isn't dangerous. But I do agree that a lot of public figures spend too much time reframing issues (often to be US-centric). And yes, her ISIS comment was stupid
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Except, objectively, being a journalist in Russia is far more dangerous. Comparing her situation to theirs - as if hers was worse -is kinda disgusting.
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As far as I could tell, she only compared her own situation (in the US) to her own situation (in Russia). Her message is counter-intuitive yes, but not entirely outlandish
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