this was pretty irritating to read tbh "I'm not going to talk about that" and everything else is obviously code for "obviously I hate this guy leave me alone" why don't you leave him alone journo's or ask about anything literally anything more interesting than Thathttps://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/1167010256989433856 …
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I doubt anyone's minds would change Is there a potential cascade that could fall out of it? I bet not here. A prominent person speaking out only matters when it's (i) new information, or (ii) what everyone is thinking but nobody saying But many people are saying Trump is dumb.
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So I am forced to conclude that the interviewer was simply cheapening his art trying to get material for the clickbait article he wanted to write and that he substantially wrote anyway In the process I don't get to learn more about other things Mattis thinks u suck
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I should amend this--a prominent person speaking out carries weight when the message is directed at a small group of other people with power, and maybe some related circumstanceshttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1167254078482595842?s=19 …
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For Mattis specifically there's the cost of violating the military ""political independence"" norm. Which makes his 'very bad but not apocalyptically bad' message very clear to anyone willing to listen.
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sometimes arguments really are soldiers
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