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Josh Barro

7 Feb, 4 tweets, 1 min read

https://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1358411936682115074

How broadly are we expanding this list of words that cannot even be mentioned? It’s becoming genuinely confusing to read accounts of what Bad things were said when they cannot actually be reproduced.

https://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1358411936682115074

There is a plausible enough case about the unique role and rhetorical power of the n-word meriting avoidance even of mentions, and with just one such word, that’s not confusing. But if there are going to be dozens of words you’re not allowed to even reproduce, that’s confusing.

Also, if you're going to level an accusation that (you consider to be) serious against someone about what they said, you should be pretty sure about who was speaking.

https://twitter.com/BDSixsmith/status/1358337319569403906

By the way, I'm pretty sure this doesn't meet NYT editorial standards, but do they enforce those anymore when the subject has the wrong politics?

https://twitter.com/BDSixsmith/status/1358337319569403906

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