Look, I think it's obvious that things are objectively worse in Brazil. Bolsonaro is much more openly fascist and thuggish than Trump, and the vigilante/death squad activity is frightening. But denying that it's also happening here is just fucking obscene.
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And, to be clear, I don't deny right-wing nationalism is a threat in the US or anywhere else. My general disagreement with liberals is about its causes & the best tactics for battling it. My scorn began with
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So how do you recommend that we battle it and when can I expect to see you covering it in person in the US so that you can see how well your theories work?
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Here's one recommendation: stop inflating their significance to cosmic proportions and validating their delusions of grandeur
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Dude, no ones asking you. We know where you stand on this issue as someone who has never covered it.
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Dude, you have no idea what I have and have not covered. I covered Alex Jones and right-wing apocalyptic Christians long before most of these antifa-journalists learned how to tweet. You're also constantly maligning me in a thread I'm tagged in, so I'll respond if I want. Dude.
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Ok, why do you think that Cville was a "one off" when there has been multiple mass shootings by white supremacists in the last 3 years? Was the shooting in Pittsburgh or Charleston not something that you paid attention to?
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Replying to @zdroberts @ggreenwald and
For the same reason that I believe the Orlando mass shooting in 2016 was a "one-off" -- despite vague ideological similarities you can infer between it and other attacks, it was not part of a sweeping, coordinated, mass-organized ideological movement
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Mmmm, I bet
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Yeah it’s been conclusively demonstrated to not be a one-off but what so I know I’m just the expert
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"I'm just the expert" is just the kind of inane appeal to authority that I would expect from someone as vapid as you
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Oh it’s not an appeal to authority. It’s a dismissal of your gravitas and unwillingness to listen. If you want to have a discussion let’s go.
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Michael Tracey Retweeted Emily Ghoulcenski
Your first reply to me on this subject was "go fuck yourself" and then you have the gall to whinge about my "not listening." You're incoherenthttps://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/1129615867468238849 …
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