That is why he felt compelled to share it at all, that is why he over explained everything, and more importantly that’s why he just got so defensive and kept doubling down and just genuinely did not understand the issue people took with the whole stupid thing
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And I think people saying that this is an overreaction are missing the point – yes, many normal-ish parents do worse than that from time to time, but this guy was trying to turn his Teachable Moment into Relatable Content, and that’s not just a parenting oopsie
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This is why I was joking-not-joking about blue checkmarks being fair game — it’s disingenuous to frame this guy as just another parent who put his foot in his mouth, he’s a content creator with multiple podcasts, and that Twitter thread was meant to be content that was consumed
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And also, no matter how you frame it as “jokey jokes” or “he supports Israel!” (
) this is a clearly a fixation and idk what’s up with Jeopardy guy or NPR guy that they’re like “yeah that’s normal”
(And yes I checked before he deleted his account, these are all real).https://twitter.com/darcyleegray/status/1345895275890683905 …
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And just to clarify,
because “he supports Israel” is not a good rebuttal to “these tweets are anti-Semitic” for many, many reasons.Show this thread
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And hoping that his thousands of followers (or however many, I didn't look) would blindly back him up since he talks like such a Big Damn Intellectual and probably a lot of the people following him think they are too!
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He co-hosts a podcast with Ken Jennings, he definitely thought he was too Intellectual and Above It All for reproach
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