Thread by @Katja_Thieme

If you still think #JamesLindsay is a secret undercover feminist for sometime in the past having helped women with math, please observe.

Observation #1: The guy can't say sorry. He's incapable of it. Everything he says, he's compelled to present himself as the top dog. 1/

https://twitter.com/mccormick_ted/status/1331333217673224195

Observation #1 ctd.: Even when he makes a mistake and is forced to admit it, he'll immediately add his top dog spin. Listen, he's a big deal, he gets hundreds of messages like this and only ever makes a mistake with one of them once every month. That's how smart and big he is. 2/

Observation #2: To increase his own sense of being the top dog, he'll take the opportunity to touch his teeth to what he perceives to be one of your weak spots. Feel the slight touch of hurt. Know that he could do more of it.

Much easier for him than to argue. 3/

You're a trans person in the public eye and you've argued against his position? He'll use the moment to deadname you.

You're a female academic and you're disagreeing with him? He'll ignore your arguments and claim you're in love with him, or that he's flirting with you. 4/

Or, as in this case, he'll repeatedly call you a bitch. In his mind, that means his dominance has been maintained and re-established. Even as he's losing all his arguments. Which, oh boy, he is. Again and again. 5/

I'm just laughing about #JamesLindsay's claim that "you happened to be the one error I make per month (or so)." Surely, he is trying to tell us now that, for him, 2+2=5. 😂 6/

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Because, honey, you made more than one mistake here:

1) You didn't catch the irony.
2) You didn't notice that the whole article (which was not long) goes in a different direction than the ironic last sentence.
3) You mistook one *Times* paper for another. 7/

And that's just related to this one tweet. 8/

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