I'm trying not to comment on the Bruenig mess but I have to say targeting Elizabeth Bruenig for stuff her husband tweeted is disgusting.
In-person political disagreements can warrant just the same crudeness. Online disagreements remove inhibitions.
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Maybe that removal of inhibition is salutary. Maybe being constrained by in-person pressures isn't inherently good.
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Not sure if you saw this piece, but it captures much of my thinking on the subject: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2016/05/the-necessity-of-political-vulgarity …
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