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film critic, NY Times; author of BETTER LIVING THROUGH CRITICISM from @penguinpress

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    32 across‏Verified account @aoscott 12 Dec 2020

    the author of that WSJ piece also wrote this paragraphpic.twitter.com/7BVQOincg5

    3:07 PM - 12 Dec 2020
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      2. Dana Stevens‏ @thehighsign 12 Dec 2020
        Replying to @aoscott

        What. the. ^*(^*(%@%^@??? Where does that appear?

        2 replies 1 retweet 108 likes
      3. 32 across‏Verified account @aoscott 12 Dec 2020
        Replying to @thehighsign

        in a notorious Harper's essay from 1970. That article and its aftermath are the subject excellent piece by Emily Greenhouse from a few years backhttps://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/merle-miller-and-the-piece-that-launched-a-thousand-it-gets-better-videos …

        10 replies 44 retweets 434 likes
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      2. Emily Nussbaum‏Verified account @emilynussbaum 12 Dec 2020
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        Good lord. What year was that?

        5 replies 0 retweets 214 likes
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      2. 32 across‏Verified account @aoscott 12 Dec 2020
        Replying to @JamesFallows

        a long career of trolling, from before it was even called that

        1 reply 6 retweets 313 likes
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      2. Justin Zabriskie‏ @TheBitchBot 12 Dec 2020
        Replying to @aoscott

        and just when you think he's winding down, what word should appear?

        4 replies 2 retweets 448 likes
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      1. Natalie Danford‏ @NatalieDanford 12 Dec 2020
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        Wow.

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      2. Sam Adams‏Verified account @SamuelAAdams 12 Dec 2020
        Replying to @aoscott

        wow, you really gotta wait for the kicker with that one

        3 replies 0 retweets 758 likes
      3. Ben Solo’s Undershirt‏ @DeadJynErso 12 Dec 2020
        Replying to @SamuelAAdams @aoscott

        I thought I was going to need to yell about the suggestion that his sons might “become” homosexual. Then that last sentence hit. 😬

        4 replies 3 retweets 635 likes
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