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The blog-era term "nutpicking", which refers to cherry-picking the worst or nuttiest comments to disparage a larger group ("liberals", "conservatives", "feminists") by falsely implying the views are widely-held within the group, needs to be revived. It's very common on Twitter.
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"very common" I'd say it's foundational
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that's a good name for it
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Would it apply to NYT journos excusing their 2016 failures with claims that liberals are happy to spread news about hacks too? Or is that just whataboutism?
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Especially when there are "very fine people on both sides"
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That’s Ben Shapiro’s entire career
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