Man, to think that everyone just spent days shouting at me for saying that Matt Yglesias and other 'contrarian' white guy writers are increasingly pandering to white dudes who see themselves as liberals but also have vaguely reactionary cultural resentments 
"Will, it's completely unfair for you to suggest that these types of writers are receiving too much positive reinforcement from each other and that it might be encouraging them to indulge in a distinctly white, male set of prejudices and grievances"
A take that would be perfectly at home on a far-right reddit or Breitbart
Someone is going to say "he's just making an observation!" and I guess that's true, in the same way the stuff in Breitbart's under "black crime" tag was just totally innocent reporting on crimes committed by black people and definitely not catering to any particular audience
This tweet is meant as an attack on a certain set of ideas. It's worth thinking about who this tweet attacks and why attacking those people feels so satisfying to Matt and so many of his fans.
I am getting lots of replies telling me Matt's tweet is meant as a defense of BLM, and I gotta say, some of you are real suckers
https://twitter.com/davemarley/status/1386838281451712513
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