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This is one of the “intellectuals” of the Right. His 1+1=2 claim here is breathtakingly false and designed as red meat for his followers. Propaganda at its worse.
A reminder that Dinesh is a convicted felon for making an illegal campaign contribution. Trump pardoned him. Yes, I’m deconstructing the messenger; it’s not always a rhetorical error.
A native of India (privileged upper class) D'Souza attended Dartmouth, where he was an editor of the Dartmouth Review, “the leading conservative college publication of the early 1980s”
From an interview with ex-KKK leader complete with pic of lynching ...
From an interview with ex-KKK leader complete with pic of lynching ...
... to an assault on affirmative action titled, “Dis Sho Ain’t No Jive, Bro,” which was written in Ebonics.
... to IP theft (aka copyright violation) and probable theft of privileged student records
... to publicly outing members of the school's Gay Straight Alliance student organization. Dartmouth was the Ivy League school to start a gay students’ organization.
thedartmouth.com/article/2017/0…
NOTE
In the early 1980s, most LBTQ people kept their sexual orientation under wraps.
thedartmouth.com/article/2017/0…
NOTE
In the early 1980s, most LBTQ people kept their sexual orientation under wraps.
In other words, D’Souza has a long history of acting like a privileged asshat.
More at @MotherJones (2014)
motherjones.com/politics/2014/…
More at @MotherJones (2014)
motherjones.com/politics/2014/…
D’Souza exhibits rabid homophobia. What is its root? Two possibilities: growing up Catholic while attending Jesuit school AND being born and reared in India. This is @BBCWorld from 2005 - imagine the 60s and 70s.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asi…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asi…
Now, that spurious claim that US Democrats = Hitler’s Nazis.
If you’re reading this, you probably know this. Here are some references if you need them.
#pantsOnFire - 2018
politifact.com/truth-o-meter/…
If you’re reading this, you probably know this. Here are some references if you need them.
#pantsOnFire - 2018
politifact.com/truth-o-meter/…
“‘Nazis were socialists’ — has become one of the biggest memes within a swath of the American Right. And it is woefully, almost hilariously incorrect.”
vox.com/2019/3/27/1828…
vox.com/2019/3/27/1828…
The tweet that inspired my #thread deconstruction of @DineshDSouza has gone away. It was a screenshot of this tweet (no I won’t RT him).
twitter-com/dineshdsouza/status/1175848457191510016
twitter-com/dineshdsouza/status/1175848457191510016
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