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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Sep 2
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      Mattis says he owes the USA a "period of silence" after resigning, but that didn't stop him from writing a book and going on a media junket. He uses "military rectitude" to deflect criticism; Defense Sec. is a civilian role (though that distinction got elided during his tenure)

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Sep 2
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      The main domestic threat Mattis identifies is "divisiveness" and a "lack of respect." That would be dismissed as meaningless pablum if it weren't delivered by someone in a position of perceived military authority, which inspires automatic reverence (including among the media)

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        1. Nick Szabo  🔑‏ @NickSzabo4 Sep 2
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          "Lack of respect" == expects the same behavior from civilians as from military subordinates.

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        1. Rambodacious‏ @Rambodacious_ Sep 2
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          He is right though. Our media is the most divisive on Earth. It also teaches people a lack of respect as a good thing. Our media is the problem. They know they are and continue exactly what they're doing.

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        1. Иot A Яeal Democrat  🌹 🌺 🇵🇸‏ @TulsiBot2020 Sep 2
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          Иot A Яeal Democrat  🌹 🌺 🇵🇸 Retweeted Matthew EEEEK!-lesias

          Also this:https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1167800022190252032?s=19 …

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          Matthew EEEEK!-lesiasVerified account @mattyglesias
          Now that Mattis is out hustling for book sales instead of pretending to save the world from Trump, can we ask him about Theranos? https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/8/31/20839873/james-mattis-book-theranos?utm_campaign=mattyglesias&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …
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        1. corn pop truther‏ @matt_berry01 Sep 2
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          tracey what are you getting at?

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        1. Nonsense Muncher‏ @NonsenseMuncher Sep 2
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          Nothing spoils a Labor Day cookout faster than when Michael Tracey shows up uninvited with his infamous word salad

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        1. JMOC: one of the few Constitutionist libertarians‏ @3IntrpdPossums Sep 2
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          Mattis earned a reputation & reverence amongst Marines that perhaps only Chesty Puller surpassed ... & with his public resignation letter & this book, he is pissing it away. He has completely violated the time-honored prohibition against publicly disagreeing w/one's commander.

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        2. CageyBee‏ @CageyBee33 Sep 2
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          Coincidentally, Mattis then stokes the divisiveness. Generals are all alike.

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        1. Kind Gentleperson‏ @SensibleCentri1 Sep 2
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          this tweet is pablum

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        1. CelesteHolmes 🌹‏ @Dallas4Bernie Sep 2
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          I grew up while the Vietnam war was raging & TV news actually showed what was happening, including dead US soldiers, while the Johnson & Nixon admin's military mouthpieces lied to us. I learned then to be extremely skeptical of military mouthpieces. Active or retired.

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        1. Charles Saporito‏ @cvsjr002 Sep 3
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          He wasn't completely wrong about this.

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