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..until they fought slavery to save democracy, and then lost democracy in a newer and vaster slavery. --Du Bois

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    1. Ta-Nehisi Coates ‏@tanehisicoates 4 Dec 2014

      Sorry whenever journos lose jobs, but some of us colored folk will always remember @tnr with mixed feelings.

      128 retweets 193 likes
    2. James Downie ‏@jamescdownie 4 Dec 2014

      @tanehisicoates I worked there, I'm white, but even I know the Bell Curve, McCaughey, and so on means TNR's legacy is mixed.

      6 retweets 8 likes
      Ta-Nehisi Coates Verified account ‏@tanehisicoates 4 Dec 2014

      You left out Ruth Shalit, lazy black people, welfare mommas, and Ruth Shalit writing about lazy black people. @jamescdownie

      • Retweets 24
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      • James Is Melting lorde & Binky Carlœs S L E E P L O R D ☔️ቴኦቤስታ☔️葉頌恩☔️ low:key::tweets:bad Colette Shade RWBoyd
      2:14 PM - 4 Dec 2014
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      1. Mike Madden ‏@MikeMadden 4 Dec 2014

        @tanehisicoates @jamescdownie Also Stephen Glass's imaginary lazy black people, for what it's worth.

        1 retweet 4 likes
        1. Thomas Levenson ‏@TomLevenson 4 Dec 2014

          FWIW @tanehisicoates @jamescdownie I can't got over M. Peretz’s anti-Palestinan bigotry & damage done painting anti-Likud as anti-Semitism

          1 retweet 3 likes
        2. Thomas Levenson ‏@TomLevenson 4 Dec 2014

          .@tanehisicoates @jamescdownie Not to mention Bell Curve love (Thanks Andrew) and Elizabeth McCaughey’s utterly crap writing on health care.

          3 retweets 2 likes
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        4. bvm ‏@_BVM 4 Dec 2014

          @TomLevenson @tanehisicoates @jamescdownie and Iraq war cheerleading

          0 retweets 2 likes
      2. James Downie ‏@jamescdownie 4 Dec 2014

        @tanehisicoates I only had 140 characters!

        1 retweet 7 likes
      3. Stacey E. Singleton ‏@staceyNYCDC 4 Dec 2014

        @tanehisicoates @jamescdownie Don't forget Stephan Glass' fabulism and the specific form it took.

        0 retweets 7 likes
      4. (((Tom Marcinko))) ‏@TMA7 4 Dec 2014

        & all those Sensible Liberals who caved to W on the war, but that's another issue @tanehisicoates @jamescdownie

        1 retweet 3 likes
      5. CindyLou ‏@cindynorth1 5 Dec 2014

        @tanehisicoates @FactsMatter @jamescdownie Do you mean Ruth Shalit the serial plagiarist?

        1 retweet 1 like
      6. Richard Bottoms ‏@rbottoms 5 Dec 2014

        @tanehisicoates @jamescdownie @Max_Fisher @tomscocca @EricKleefeld @AlexParkerDC If it's any consolation, we still loathe the GOP more.

        0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Anthony Wright ‏@aewright 4 Dec 2014 Davis, CA

        @tanehisicoates @jamescdownie ..and the Sotomayor takedown.

        0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Pok Mon Jones ‏@stanton_jones 4 Dec 2014

        @tanehisicoates @jamescdownie I'll always remember it fondly as the vehicle for Marty Peretz to share his special insights with the world

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