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21 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Does any rational adult among us really believe that rank-and-file Trump supporters really view social media as anything other than a way to directly troll people they hate? Folks evangelizing for Parler spent far more time on here talking about Parler than being on Parler.
Also: remember “Trump TV” or whatever the hell that was going to be?
Listen: these people have no actual ideas to help the country. If they did, they’d be all-in on setting up independent platforms to sell those ideas.

This is all about outrage, and Trump supporters know that. They’re not looking for ideas. They’re looking for hate fuel.
The public square gives them hate fuel. Harassing and mocking anyone who disagrees with them is the point. They can’t do that in siloed platforms that no one else is paying attention to.

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18 Mar
1. This is most definitely a general lynching reference to how Black Americans were murdered and also echoes lyrics from a ridiculous Toby Keith song.

2. I'm from Texas, with many generations before me, and I have never heard of a common "Texas saying" involving trees + rope.
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4. Fix your fucking mask, @chiproytx.
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17 Mar
According to research by Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (@A3PCON) and Chinese for Affirmative Action (@CAAsanfrancisco), hate crimes against Asian Americans increased by nearly 150% in 2020.

This didn't happen by accident. Some receipts... (thread)

#StopAsianHate
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But that's not all he did, even while hate crimes against AAPI people rapidly increased with his messaging.
We knew early in the pandemic...

January 30, 2020

"As I headed to my apartment, a group of men shouted while looking in my direction, 'see that Japanese chick over there? Stay away from her if you don’t want to get the coronavirus'" -- @beingsarahkim

forbes.com/sites/sarahkim…
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Hi, this is ridiculously misleading and yet another attempt by conservatives to fabricate outrage through half-truths, lies, and innuendo.

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