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kpete

(71,984 posts)
Wed Dec 1, 2021, 10:32 AM Dec 2021

"there should be no consequences for people who are, in many ways, qwhite like me."

@ClydeHaberman ---Clyde isn't just Maggie's Dad, he was at the Times forever.
I confess to some ambivalence about Chris Cuomo’s suspension. It’s deserved on many levels. But wouldn’t you help your brother if he fell into trouble, even of his own making?


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A lot to work with here ("fell into some trouble" lol), but I would submit that most of us would not actually do what Chris Cuomo did, or anything analogous, to help our "brothers." Sure I would help my brother, but I wouldn't do *that* to help my brother. Make sure he had a good lawyer. Help him figure out how to stop abusing people. That kind of thing.

And the point here isn't simply, "oh, well, family is family, you can sympathize a bit," it's "since you can sympathize a bit, it seems a bit harsh for the man to be suspended from his job." This is "there should be no consequences for people who are, in many ways, qwhite like me."

............ Believe people when they tell you who they are.

https://www.eschatonblog.com/2021/12/ive-been-trying-to-explain-new-york.html
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"there should be no consequences for people who are, in many ways, qwhite like me." (Original Post) kpete Dec 2021 OP
"in many ways, qwhite like me" Tactical Peek Dec 2021 #1
One might knowingly do something unethical to help someone else... MLAA Dec 2021 #2

MLAA

(17,282 posts)
2. One might knowingly do something unethical to help someone else...
Wed Dec 1, 2021, 12:14 PM
Dec 2021

and if so should except the consequences.

I sure agree the tone of the article is just icky and full of privilege for a better word. If Gov Cuomo ‘fell into trouble’ he seems to have fallen hands first.

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