Thread by @RachelBitecofer

1. New pod w @JonathanMetzl is up! We discuss his amazing research, Dying Of Whiteness, which finds that some whites are so focused on maintaining white superiority in the caste system w don't have ;) thecycle.substack.com/p/dying-for-tr…

2. that they will do things that directly sabotage their own health & well-being, that of their families (like this nutso Q'anon freak who insults the bulk of America by asserting only people that look like her & come from where she comes from can be

https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1345891049584132097?s=20

3. "real" Americans, which reminded me about why we never talk about the issue of rural Americans/ GOP treating their fellow Americans with so much dismissive disdain & disgust. When you listen to the things they say about people on the coasts or in the cities, it is WAY

4. MORE dismissive & insulting than stuff people in the cities say about people in small cities or rural areas. This is particularly true bc its full of real venom. Did/do wealthier, more liberal people act like snobs about shit like cars, and coffee, and food, and shit?

5. Yes, we can pretenish as hell! I mean, I travel w a fucking espresso maker! But when you listen to this woman demean her her fellow Americans with the "real" Americans attack, its venomous. Its cruel. But I digress, back to dying for whiteness by having loaded, unsafed

6. guns in your home even though you have 3 young boys or refusing to vote for the ACA (or sign up!) as you die from liver disease so that "those mexicans can't get it!"

But I digress, @JonathanMetzl and I discuss whether Dying Of Whiteness might extend to Dying For Trump-

7. a disturbing possibility that people are going to come to DC with the intent to violently defend Trump's presidency if they have to, even though such a move would likely be suicide. Good times! Tonight we're hosting a live Q & A to "kill" the last hr of polls open in GA for

8. paid subscribers of The Cycle-on Substack. Should be a great convo!!!!