i think the reason i'm so pissed about Covington is that in my heart i still believed the blue tribe was better than the red tribe. that maybe it's subject to the same mob dynamics, but it wouldn't take them quite so far, not show such callous and vicious disregard for truth
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Replying to @chaosprime
Where can I get a summary of this? My searches are coming back echo chamber.
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Chaos Retweeted Megan McArdle
this is a good thread:https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo/status/1088173759272574977 …
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Megan McArdleVerified account @asymmetricinfoOkay guys, new year, new tweet storms. It's time to talk Covington Catholic. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/adults-are-doing-the-covington-kids-a-terrible-disservice/2019/01/22/9495ea60-1e95-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html … Pull up a chair. I think we're going to be here a while.Show this thread1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
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Chaos Retweeted Katie Herzog
and this is a good article:https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1087415402404040704 …
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Katie HerzogVerified account @kittypurrzogHere’s my take on the Covington situation. In short: this incident showed me more about my own bias than that of the kids. https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/01/21/38181376/i-thought-the-maga-boys-were-shit-eating-monsters-then-i-watched-the-full-video …Show this thread1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
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I'm going to swallow my reflexive reaction to Herzog and McArdle bylines and read these.
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the kicker is really just watching the longer videos though
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Ugh. Gonna have to watch that one for a while. This feels like a fight between two PR firms.
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key piece of context that's easy to miss if you don't read the Herzog piece is that these are kids *waiting for their bus to come pick them up*. they aren't a roving warband working themselves into a racism frenzy; they're doing pep squad ritual crap to pass time and drown out…
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the people harassing them. when Phillips comes up, some of them start dancing, because he's providing them with a rhythm, and singing along, "mocking" in the most basic monkey sense but with more of an "okay is this what we're doing now" air than anything
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they responded to someone coming up and engaging them very confrontationally, literally banging a drum in their faces, with cheerful good humor. it's rude to mimic the guy like that, but at the end of the day it's about as rude as farting in mixed company, not a war crime
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