This is a brilliant exchange. Let's analyze (thread)
Who is Andrew?
His profile looks nice and relatable (again); he clearly establishes his socialist/radical cred with his pinned tweet ("abolish the senate" is standard revolutionary leftist program all over the world).
A quick browse through Andrew's profile indicates clearly he's a Bernie style "i am totally a moderate" far leftist.
A regular citizen, he is sharp and well informed, and can make a joke. In background, a revolution beckons.
The thread starts when Andrew (@A_Herkenhoff) posts a good meme. It is visual, almost visceral, and very relatable - we've all been there at some point in life.
It humanizes the socialists; makes them seem almost relatable.
How could this ever be one-upped?
Enter Eliza (@elizaorlins).
A Warrenite through and through, and an intense political person with more ambition than talent (but i'm repeating myself), currently a DA candidate in Manhattan.
Her profile is as carefully curated as her photos are prepared.
Unfortunately for Eliza, posting jokes is out of question.
Instead she performs a "higher ground maneuver", a frame shift if you will, and re-focuses the conversation ̶o̶n̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶s̶e̶l̶f on women.
This is smart! The accusation can't really be disproved. It also spoils OP's meme, by reframing "tired AOC" to "he choose the worst possible photo of her out of spite". Plays to the college wokes.
Meanwhile it shows this up-and-coming DA as "defender of women". Again, smart.
What should we do?
1. we have no pony in this "far left vs pretend progressive " fight
2. observe reframing methods and learn
3. a couple years down the road Eliza will try to delete the tweet for PR reasons. #AlwaysArchive :-)
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