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wow look at that evil-looking picture of him, what the fuck is that lighting

I think liberal psychology is built on classism, and this guy is an example.

This is the author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tierney_(journalist)

John Marion Tierney (born March 25, 1953) is an American journalist and a contributing editor to City Journal, the Manhattan Institute's quarterly publication. Previously he had been a reporter and columnist at the New York Times for three decades since 1990.[1] A self-described contrarian, Tierney is a critic of aspects of environmentalism, the "science establishment," and big government,[2] but he does support the goal of limiting overall emissions of carbon dioxide.[3]

So he's a "contrarian." He elaborates:

Tierney described his TierneyLab blog as being "guided by two founding principles":[8]

• Just because an idea appeals to a lot of people doesn't mean it's wrong.
• But that's a good working theory.

He doesn't say "People have been misled by powerful interests, and we must fight disinformation." He starts with the idea that the masses are wrong. I think that's an axiomatic posture for him. And it aligns with his self-interest: if the masses are wrong, they need liberal elites, like him, to rule them. This is also how imperialists think. "The colonized cannot rule themselves, so we have to rule over them."

I think this is the liberal mindset in a nutshell. They're PMC hall monitor nerds who look down on the human race because it benefits them.

I've tried it, kinda. I only skimmed the responses, though, it was more about the act of writing. Expressing things to any kind of reader, even an LLM, forces me to think things through.

How are old tweets "unearthed"? I'm not on twitter and don't know how it works

For anyone wondering:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Lightfoot#Christopher_Columbus_statue

it makes me feel existential horror that someone spent their one chance at life being Margaret Thatcher.

that person can never come back and make it right again. They had one chance, and "person whose statue gets egged" is who they were.

What really fucks me up about the New York Times is their shining reputation and their public affect—as if they genuinely see themselves as good people.

This article should really include a bulleted list of all the apps lol

I predict that, within my lifetime, the US will start precision drone-striking US citizens on American soil.

If she wins she should throw the pro-Pinochet candidates out of a helicopter

Wow a literal sophomore engaged in sophomoric mischief

Source, for anyone looking: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/majority-israelis-support-expulsion-palestinians-gaza-poll

The survey, conducted in March and published by Haaretz newspaper on Thursday, found that 82 percent of Israeli Jews support the forced expulsion of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, 47 percent of Israeli Jews answered yes to the question: "Do you support the claim that the [Israeli army] in conquering an enemy city, should act in a manner similar to the way the Israelites did when they conquered Jericho under the leadership of Joshua, ie to kill all its inhabitants?" The reference is to the biblical account of the conquest of Jericho.