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May 5, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
I'm just fascinated with these huge right-wing outrage machines that can turn one paragraph in one opinion piece in one blog into a raging controversy. As I read the comments - which reinforce that "the Woke mob" is both ridiculous and dangerous - I wonder what the goal is 1/
The millions of articles building fake controversies out of nonexistent "cancellations" can't just be after clicks. This is coordinated, and used to drive a culture war wedge deeper. Distraction is a useful function, as are political wedges. But what's the end goal?
