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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jan 5
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    Temperamentally, there's nothing necessarily "left-wing" about shouting profanities in public. Does that seem like something, say, Chomsky would do? There's an argument that indulging in base emotional reaction like this is actually a hindrance to reasoned left-wing thinking.

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      2. Maahes Jones 🌹‏ @MaahesJones Jan 5
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        1) I don't know that I agree with that. I am cautiously optimistic that people on the left, or at least, the populist left, are perfectly capable of separating policy substance from emotion. The reason the right can't do that is because to them it's about sustaining a narrative

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      3. Maahes Jones 🌹‏ @MaahesJones Jan 5
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        2) that is, more often than not, tied into their identity. In that equation empirical reality becomes irrelevant because they feel they're defending themselves. I think you might be giving the left too little credit here.

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      2. Zero G Badillion‏ @ZeroGBadillion Jan 5
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        When angry count 4; when very angry, swear. There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. It's dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that. Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

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      3. Zero G Badillion‏ @ZeroGBadillion Jan 5
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        Mark Twain

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      1. b.b. jones‏ @bbjonez Jan 5
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        As if we're living in an age of reason. You're hilarious, Mike.

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      1. KyleLewJah‏ @KyleLewJah Jan 5
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        Chomsky is controlled opposition but ok

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      1. Brian W. McMahon‏ @BrianWMcMahon1 Jan 5
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        Reasoned Left-wing Speech is an oxymoron.

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      1. Matt Reid‏ @MisterMatt91 Jan 5
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        This is just the rights 'decorum' argument??? Are you okay?

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      1. hippie desperado‏ @HippieDesperado Jan 5
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        chomsky swears like a sailor at spelling bees.

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      1. shane bugbee‏ @shanebugbee Jan 5
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        Or it's a power play by progressives. You know, a win... Like stealing the headlines and holding them is... IT IS beating 45 at his own game.

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      2. Ellin Stein‏ @ellinst Jan 5
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        Turns out the video was taken at a private party and was never meant for public distribution.

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jan 5
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        A "private party" with journalists present chronicling on-the-record events?

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      1. Send Her Back‏ @allidoisgetpaid Jan 5
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        There's a firmly-held belief on the left that cursing in and of itself = authenticity and honesty. The sort of simple-minded thing that a teenager would believe.

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      1. Julie Rowan-Zoch  🌹‏ @JulieRowanZoch Jan 5
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        just one more distraction from anything actually newsworthy.

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      1. Aaron W. ‏ @WWeingrad Jan 5
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        The left championed destroying the norms against cursing in the culture and public sq. It is completely part of the left wing temperment to epatez les bourgeoisie. It is most of their schtick

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      1. Borja Ortega‏ @boryamcavoy Jan 5
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        Bet you one thing: they understood her perfectly.

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      1. kb‏ @nitoTV Jan 5
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        reasoned left wing thinking.... yeh those terms dont belong together.

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      2. thehyphed‏ @thehyphed Jan 5
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        Screaming, whistles, chanting, megaphones are staples in any "resistance" crowd. I'm willing to be proven wrong, but I just don't see that kind of heckler's veto being implemented nearly as much by the right. There's a reason the REEEEEE!!! meme exists.

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      3. Craael‏ @CraaelTheCruel Jan 5
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        I don’t have a clue why, or if it’s just my deformed personal view, but “left” seem to be much more emotional and less reserved. Left side in general is driven by (false) emotion, empathy and fear. Even the commentators on the left are very often blown away by their own emotions.

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