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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned so many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard. Also just came back from Spider-Man: Brand New Day, movie was awesome)

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[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 18 hours ago

side observation: I’m constantly finding myself being both 2051 and 1053 about this sorta thing

it feels like table stakes that anyone writing about this shit these days knows, and yet…

[-] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 7 points 18 hours ago

I mean I'm more than happy to extend grace to randos, but if you're doing journalism, come on. He's not just a guy with opinions! He's a leading far right intellectual!

His Wikipedia intro tells you more than enough with no "allegedly" in sight.

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 18 hours ago

yeah, that's about where I land usually too

I guess the thing is that I know how much "shithead with a column" has become possible so I don't really, off the cuff, know how journo most journos are

(I shall leave aside for the moment the entire tirade this makes me want to go on)

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