Understanding white supremacy and fascism is essential. I’ve read more books about Nazis in my life than almost any other topic. (Invite me to your party for great conversation!) That piece? Biggest problem is it’s superficial and uninformative.
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Wow, the author knows he didn't get to the real questions. So he calls the guy on the phone and gives up? Profiles are valuable, but not if they are less informative about the subject than a median piece in the NYT weddings section. https://twitter.com/mnot/status/934603614516953089 …pic.twitter.com/06unFvcmzz
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Yep! Hard to imagine, but obviously possible. An editor was like, really? That's all you got? And that's all he got.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/934607462598107136 …
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This is core. Absolutely agree with
@willsommer's point. This is a beat. A crucial beat. It's not to be taken lightly. https://twitter.com/aaronhuertas/status/934608053713932288 …This Tweet is unavailable.Show this thread -
He hit a wall interviewing that one guy. Okay, do other types of reporting or profile someone else. The only real use of a profile is if the person is a stand-in for a deeper understanding of the movement, and tells us about the movement. Not this one.https://twitter.com/sparky_005/status/934608849905917952 …
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Yeah, jumped at me that this was an obvious potential path, not explored at all. Can't be a reporter of modern fascism if you don't understand this dynamic. Profiled guy clearly wasn't about the books he rattled off (bet he hadn't read them).https://twitter.com/GoodmanHarrison/status/934552743179583490 …
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Yep. One of many paths of inquiry that just weren't followed, resulting in an uninformative, pointless piece. https://twitter.com/aaronhuertas/status/934613561585885184 …
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Yep, the emergent libertarian/white supremacists nexus is fascinating, important, crucial. Fascism is a beat, should be covered by competent, informed reporters who have it as a beat. Problem isn't profiling Nazis, it is doing it poorly.https://twitter.com/estarianne/status/934790443773992960 …
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Yes, and I keep thinking the GOP has a better grasp of propaganda than the Left does. Watching Breitbart and Mitch McConnell and Trump work together is deeply creepy
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See a Nazi, punch a Nazi. Very simple. Need to do it now before it spreads.
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Yes. The red brigades fought the brown shirts in the street before 1933, but Communists and Social Democrats were not united, so all that fighting added up to very little.
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