Thread by @DanaHoule

I was blocked by @RachelBitecofer a year & a half ago #hipster

For anyone who cares, Bitecofer blocked me bc I pointed out the problems w analyzing mid-term turnout using California (jungle primary) & Virginia (only fed elections on the ballot). She responded by moaning that they were affordable data sets & she was an expert & I wasn’t

Well, that’s actually not true. She blocked me for responding by telling her she’s a grad of a second tier program, w a non-tenure track job at a school nobody’s ever heard of, & who has no experience on campaigns, so maybe she should stop pulling out the credentialism bullshit

[I know academics who are brilliant & weren’t fortunate enough to get a job, so I’m in no way denigrating her bc of her credentials, I’m just pointing that disrespectful credentialism is BS, especially when your credentials aren’t all that.]

[It was also a bit jarring when she did that, because I’ve found it fairly rare for academics I’ve engaged to not explain/support/defend their arguments, but instead pull the credentialist cop-out.]