This. Really important thread.
@HC_Richardson Very important…something I was just discussing with my teaching friends. Ruffo is outrageous and he’s directly these insane conversations. He’s leading folks by the nose AFTER telling us he’s going to lead us by the nose.
@HC_Richardson tl;dr. Basically someone saying that the other side is awful, and who never looks at what his own side is doing except that they should be more awful.
@HC_Richardson "He who chooses the questions wins the debate." I wish Dems understood this. I wish the media understood this.
@HC_Richardson Reminds me of Project Veritas doing their damndest to bury Planned Parenthood in made up controversies and the left-wing media dutifully following along.
@HC_Richardson So many words…so little impact. Corporate media literally controls these narratives, for profit. Not for the common good. Not for fairness (those laws and rules were dumped long ago thanks to, you guessed it, corporate media lobbying)
@HC_Richardson Here's where he lost me (whataboutism), Heather. " ...why are we talking about this? Corruption is endemic in virtually every conservative Institution --the NRA, CPAC, the Supreme Court, you name it. Why aren't we talking about them?"
@HC_Richardson We witnessed privileged billionaires and self serving politicians engage in a vicious campaign where they literally hunted down a black women, not for plagiarism, but because they hated the fact that her race may have factored in her appointment.
@HC_Richardson So plagiarism is OK depending on context and who did it…got it. It’s only bad because a right wing guy found it…again, got it. There is such a thing as right and wrong and a university administrator should set the standards to which students are held.
@HC_Richardson Thanks for bringing this 🧵 to my attention. It articulates exactly what’s happening. It’s maddening.