Share this page!

Torsten Kathke Profile picture
Twitter logo
26 Dec 20, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Weird reason. Tweet from Prager U with in...
And also at least questionable.
mentalfloss.com/article/526291…
H/t to @manwithoutatan for pointing out the existence of this execrable piece of Confederate apologia plus random Lee "facts" of questionable truth value to me.
For context: this is the reason people are talking about Robert E. Lee on here again:
Confederate fanboys are very selective about the rebellions they approve of.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Torsten Kathke

Torsten Kathke Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @torstenkathke

Torsten Kathke Profile picture
8 Nov 20
This.

Normalize reading articles, not just headlines. From the NYT piece:

"I don’t think anybody who is not on the internet in a real way in the Year of our Lord 2020 and loses an election can blame anyone else when you’re not even really on the internet."
The main point AOC is making in the New York Times is about *how* to run a campaign, not *what* the message should be.

She's not shy about pushing her progressive brand of politics, but if that's your main takeaway from the criticism, you're misreading the interview.
"If you’re not door-knocking, if you’re not on the internet, if your main points of reliance are TV and mail, then you’re not running a campaign on all cylinders. I just don’t see how anyone could be making ideological claims when they didn’t run a full-fledged campaign."
Read 10 tweets
Torsten Kathke Profile picture
8 Nov 20
Newt Gingrich claiming the election was stolen without evidence is major Newt Gingrich writing a dissertation about the Congo without ever going there energy.
For reference: robertpaulwolff.blogspot.com/2011/11/newt-g…
"There is no evidence in the text that he traveled either to Belgium or to the Congo, and he seems not to have interviewed any of the principal actors, Belgian or Congolese, even though the dissertation was written only a handful of years after the departure of the Belgians […]"
Read 5 tweets
Torsten Kathke Profile picture
7 Nov 20
People keep finding new angles in these concession speeches.

Here's one: when George H. Bush concedes, his supporters clap. When John McCain concedes, his supporters boo.

I'm not going to pretend that once there was a great era of civility and we have sadly left it. Evoking the need for civility is always also a strategy of power.

But I did find this contrast striking.

I became interested in this small data point. How did other crowds react to concessions?
Read 12 tweets
Torsten Kathke Profile picture
6 Nov 20
This is a dumb question, no doubt triggered by Fox's petty and partisan decision not to use that term.

Let's humor it for a minute. Why is it dumb?

Dictionary.com calls 'president-elect' "[a]n Americanism dating back to 1815–25".
Google's Ngram Viewer bears this out. Ngram viewer showing usage ...
Losers in presidential elections started formally conceding around the turn of the 20th century. William Jennings Bryan's telegram to McKinley in 1896 started that trend.

npr.org/2020/11/02/929…
Read 9 tweets
Torsten Kathke Profile picture
1 Nov 20
This kind of bad faith, lukewarm endorsement, shifting the actual debate in the most sophist manner, is exactly what gives "decent" people cover to vote for Trump and effectively destroy American democracy while clinging to plausible deniability.

Let's dive in:
Upfront, the Post-Gazette editorial board acknowledges (because it must since it is so obvious) that Trump has been called "unpresidential," "crude and unkind" and "just not a good man."

What they do not acknowledge is Trump's overt racism and flirtations with the extreme right.
This is just the overture to a symphony of amateurish rhetorical moves and arguments that fall apart if you just glance at them.

The PG acknowledges that “[n]one of this can be justified“ only to then—guess— justify reelecting Trump by “separat[ing] the man from the record“.
Read 32 tweets
Torsten Kathke Profile picture
23 Jul 20
Counterpoint: it *is* Donald Trump's America.

It's a very scary place.
Imagine seeing what's actually happening *right now* and making that into a scary hypothetical for what would happen if the other guy won.
Stop to think what these people are protesting.

That's the scary place.

That scary place is made scarier by sending in unidentifiable paramilitary agents with obviously no interest in deescalating the situation.
Read 18 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @torstenkathke has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @torstenkathke!

Read all threads by @torstenkathke