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Matthew's avatar

My main takeaway from this is that you have an even worse diet than I do

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HistoryBoomer's avatar

There may be worse diets than mine. I think it's theoretically possible.

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Eisenfurst's avatar

https://pca.st/episode/3a97b772-9da0-4f94-a034-01360bcd1299 for some comparitvly early good reporting on the Covington story a young journalist named Katie Herzog did some good work. Heres hoping she makes something of herself.

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HistoryBoomer's avatar

I hear she fell in with bad company and just hunts moose.

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Martin Black's avatar

haw! haw!

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Eisenfurst's avatar

So sad.

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Seth Finkelstein's avatar

But sadly any reminder doesn't solve the structural problem: The people who push the culture-war narrative are going to get that sweet, sweet, attention - they will get the retweets, the boosts, the likes, etc. Those who urge caution, well, a long time later they might get vindicated, which is worth very little in the attention economy. And once in a while they will be urging caution about something that turns out to be every bit as horrible as it seems at first. Then the haters will forever proclaim THAT THIS APOLOGIST FOR EVIL MINIMIZED AN ATROCITY!!!

It simply doesn't work to preach individual moral virtue in a corrupt system.

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