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Susan Bordo

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8 Jan

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We don’t have a “divided” country that needs to “heal.”

The country is neither a wounded animal or a mega version of the Hatfields and McCoys. (1)

What we are seeing is the result of the refusal of those who believe they are the rightful owners of the country to accept the fact that they are NOT. They cannot tolerate the fact that their reign is crumbling—demographically, politically, & culturally. (2)

They will employ and have employed any means to hold onto power—from the “Arkansas Project” to the elevation and protection of a deranged salesman—no matter the cost. (3)

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Susan Bordo

@SusanBordo

8 Jan

Thread on “alternative reality”:

I wish the pundits and media people would stop using the term “alternative reality.” (1)

“Alternative“ suggests multiple interpretations—such as exist for books, movies, and other texts.

“Reality” suggests some kind of legitimacy, even if only partial. (2)

But a view that rejects fact and evidence Is not simply one interpretation among others, and has no region of legitimacy, not even partial. (3)

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Susan Bordo

@SusanBordo

6 Sep 20

https://twitter.com/SusanBordo/status/1302597494656897024

Thread: How the Media Helps Foster Trumpian Narratives

https://twitter.com/SusanBordo/status/1302597494656897024

The story: "Hundreds of demonstrators faced off in downtown Louisville ahead of the Kentucky Derby on Sat., with guns & camouflage replacing the traditional scene of colorful hats and bespoke suits."... "There were visible firearms being carried by members of both groups." 2/

The implication: 2 groups, each wielding guns & dressed in militaristic garb confronted each other. One group: the "protestors"; the other group, counter-protestors. Both groups were "armed activists." In other words, an "equivalence" between protestors and counter-protestors. 3/

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Susan Bordo

@SusanBordo

30 Aug 20

Thread on Why don’t want to see Michael Moore’s face on TV any more. From my 2017 book on the election:

In the early hours of Wednesday, November 9, 2016, the postmortems began...
“What was missing in Hillary?” MSNBC’s Chris Mathews put it to his panel of guests that night. 1/

During the next few weeks, we got a variety of answers to that question:
“She didn’t speak to the working class and their concerns.”
“She had no economic message.”
“She should have gone to Wisconsin.”
“She should have gone to Michigan.”
“She should have gone to Ohio.” 2/

Michael Moore, the filmmaker and activist who supported Bernie Sanders in the primary and came out late in the day for Hillary in the general, declared decisively that she would have won the election if only she had told the press “I feel like crap” when she had pneumonia. 3/

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Susan Bordo

@SusanBordo

23 Aug 20

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Some Democrats, while urging people to vote for Biden, mourn how “underwhelming” he is, and how lacking in “charisma.” Reminds me a little of the “I’ll vote for her, but holding my nose” stuff that dragged enthusiasm for Hillary way, way down. 1/

The media (and the campaign itself) is emphasizing Biden’s capacity for empathy—and that is, indeed, a tremendously attractive quality. But I want to put a word in for something else that has become very evident about Biden (and that perhaps wasn’t so clear before): 2/

He is collaborative, willing to share power, and appreciative of the strengths of others. These are qualities that are so important if we want the diverse, democratic country whose promise is now in danger of being destroyed by a authoritarian crazy man. 3/

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Susan Bordo

@SusanBordo

20 Feb 20

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No one puts Elizabeth in the corner. 1/

She’s the smartest, the strongest, the most intrinsically intersectional thinker. 2/

Sanders is an old-time Marxist who since 2016 learned to add the words “woman” and “people of color” to his talking points. He “disowns” the Bros but encourages intolerance and cultish obedience from followers who confuse decibel-level with strength and smarts. 3/

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