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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 6

    The Resistance begrudging Kim Kardashian freeing a non-violent drug offender but hailing David Frum as if he's a nice fellow.

    8:16 PM - 6 Jun 2018
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      1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 6

        I'm glad Kardashian (who I couldn't pick out of a well dressed line-up) freed that granny. So there.

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      2. Edward Shain‏ @ems1944 Jun 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I’ve no idea whether Frum’s a nice guy or not, but I would infinitely prefer his company to Kim Kardashian’s. Frum, whatever his past sins, is a Never Trumper. Kardashian’s political contribution is click bait. Every Trump pardon apart from best practices. Obama DofJ nayed.

        2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. Puns N' Roses‏ @gthanku Jun 6
        Replying to @ems1944 @emptywheel

        Frum helped push for a war that killed a million people & brought about ISIS, but it's all good because he's now a born-again #Resistance.

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Edward Shain‏ @ems1944 Jun 7
        Replying to @gthanku @emptywheel

        No one has to love him. Trump & the current GOP is the first problem. It’s an existential deal. Frum, Kristol and a lot of other folks who are now Never Trfumpers should be accepted for what they are: necessary allies in a brutal war. Kardashian? Not so much.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 7
        Replying to @ems1944 @gthanku

        Sure. Frum can be an ally. Once he admits how his sins are necessary precursors to Trump. Until then whitewashing his crimes is part of the problem that got us Trump.

        2 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
      6. Edward Shain‏ @ems1944 Jun 7
        Replying to @emptywheel @gthanku

        1) No, it doesn’t whitewash anything, nor is there some sort of litmus test for who’s an ally or not. That’s the worst sort of ideological tomfoolery. What you’ve just said of Frum can be said - and ought to be - about every single Republican politician and voter.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 7
        Replying to @ems1944 @gthanku

        The guy accusing others of tomfoolery is conflating "whitewashing past war crimes" with "litmus test for support." David Frum is free to support or vote Dem all he wants. He's not, however, free to pretend he doesn't bear significant responsibility for Trump.

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      2. Ben Silver‏ @benjamin_silver Jun 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Where? Who? People have an issue with claims that she is discussing criminal justice reform with the administration because it can hinder better advocates. No one has a problem with her asking for a specific individual's freedom.

        2 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 6
        Replying to @benjamin_silver

        Which better advocates have that access?

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Ben Silver‏ @benjamin_silver Jun 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        They might not have access, in which case Trump admin will use this as cover. And people are dumb enough to fall for it.

        3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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      2. Ferik‏ @On_Politike Jun 6
        Replying to @emptywheel

        This is dumb take

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 6
        Replying to @On_Politike

        But a shit-ton smarter than Frum apology.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. IBrake ForAnts‏ @ibrake4ants Jun 6
        Replying to @emptywheel @On_Politike

        What is this referring to? I couldn't find anything on Frum related to Kim Kardashian

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Bob Lynch‏ @LynchpinL Jun 6
        Replying to @ibrake4ants @emptywheel @On_Politike

        Obama commuted a massive amount of non-violent drug offenders’ sentences and got slaughtered by the same people applauding Trump because the TMZ crowd is now on board

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      6. Yeti Pubes Jr.‏ @TheKindCromang Jun 6
        Replying to @LynchpinL @ibrake4ants and

        @LynchpinL Truth

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      2. Ben Coccio‏ @bencoccio Jun 7
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I just don’t get ‘resistance hating.’ It always reads to me like people on here wishing they had *fewer* allies. It’s like a superfan of some band complaining about all the ‘posers’ at the concert.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 7
        Replying to @bencoccio

        It's not resistance hating. It's accountability laundering. Frum is one of the people who paved the way for Trump. He needs to own that.

        1 reply 2 retweets 17 likes
      4. Anthony‏ @twon8 Jun 7
        Replying to @emptywheel @bencoccio

        Frum still doesn’t take any responsibility for the huge role he had in pushing us into Iraq, he and bill Kristol are not good people.

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      5. Ben Coccio‏ @bencoccio Jun 7
        Replying to @twon8 @emptywheel

        I agree Frum needs to own that - but some hashtag resistance person agreeing with what Frum tweets these days a.) in no way indicates they 'let Frum off the hook' and b.) has nothing to do with what they think about Trump's only good pardon.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      6. Ben Coccio‏ @bencoccio Jun 7
        Replying to @bencoccio @twon8 @emptywheel

        Also - where are you seeing 'the resistance' types being "begrudging" about Kim Kardashian's advocacy? And in the same breath championing the Iraq War or something?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Sharskee‏ @sharskee Jun 7
        Replying to @bencoccio @twon8 @emptywheel

        I’ve definitely seen responses to tweets saying Kim K W did a good thing that say she’s normalizing Trump, etc.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      8. Ben Coccio‏ @bencoccio Jun 7
        Replying to @sharskee @SharonFain and

        That’s not ‘begrudging’ - it’s a legitimate critique (which I don’t necessarily agree with): There’s a pretty big price to pay for president brain worms once in a blue moon being star struck into doing some discrete good act.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Sharskee‏ @sharskee Jun 7
        Replying to @bencoccio @twon8 @emptywheel

        Lol. But it is though. It’s not really a legit critique. It’s the kind of pettiness that makes people in this thread annoyed with people who label themselves resistance. And it’s mostly coming from white folks.

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