deeply straussian tweet https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1271089344846102536 …
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Is he self-aware enough for this to actually be a hilarious troll? Because this is how I would construct a satire of the psyche of a Democrat in Current Year.
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Replying to @StuartdeStael
its a little hard to make legible but ill try the basic construction is 1. On its surface, its a simple explanation about why far left views he doesn't like are becoming more prevalent; but he's ok with it. This is the exoteric reading.
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Replying to @eigenrobot @StuartdeStael
2. The secondary implications of this are at odds to (1). "I accept this" means "I hate this", and the fact that he's tweeting about it indicates that it's on his mind at all.
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Replying to @eigenrobot @StuartdeStael
3. The deliberately bad quality of the imagine and deliberately morally simple ("bad views", "good views") conveys a sardonic stance. In fact everything about the tweet has mordant overtones. The specific language tics makes me wonder how familiar he is with uh us
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(it isn't me, if that's why y'all started following)
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but mattys alt would say that
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