The argument here is that Tom Cotton has emerged as a hero of democracy so the “left” should be ashamed of condemning his “Send in the Troops” op-ed in June of 2020. thedailybeast.com/how-tom-cotton…
But maybe the blowback that piece got had a salubrious effect.
It brought on the moral crisis at the NYT that led to the excellent reworking of the op-ed page, and it inspired the rise of so many righteous, well-capitalized voices who believe they are fighting illiberalism.
And maybe the “cancelation” of June, 2020, *didn’t* actually goad Cotton to more extreme positions (“don’t call them racists they’ll just get more racist!”) but made him rethink those positions.
Maybe he & the rest of us *learned* from a crisis where a sitting senator agitated for martial law in a major newspaper.
Maybe those who called the op-ed a bridge too far were right to flag it — and force everyone to stop dithering abt both sides & free speech & get serious.
This seems like the much-reviled “woke media” — and Bennett by resigning and saying Cotton’s extremism should not have been platformed without more rigor — doing its freaking job.
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So you want to start a campaign of persuading people, one human at a time, to get vaccinated.
Here are some tips.
First, see yourself as a missionary — but for something you firmly and whole-heartedly believe has improved your life and the lives of others, so not religion.
Second, the mindset is NOT “I am good and you are bad” or “I am right and you are wrong.”
That is not sales. THIS is sales.
The attitude is “I did this easy weirdly fun thing that made me happy, healthy, beautiful and free, and I would love for you to join me!! 🌈 “
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