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In reply to the discussion: Biting political analysis of the McCain funeral from Jeet Heer: [View all]NNadir
(33,470 posts)While the racist trajectory of Republican presidential politics from Goldwater's vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, through Nixon's "Southern Strategy" through Reagan's "Welfare Queens" to Bush I's "Willie Horton" and the election of an actual Ku Klux Klansman in Trump is undeniable, these poorly explicated tweets are not particularly bright or interesting.
In the last few days, we've heard many references to T. Roosevelt's Sorbonne Speech, reference to which evokes exactly this twit/tweetery, specifically the famous lines about whether critics count.
I had no idea who Jeet Heer was until I googled him. He's apparently a comedian, which probably explains that his rhetoric is a joke.
To include the statement about Obama that he includes in these mindless chants is neither insightful or honest.
One could easily turn this criticism on journalists, many of whom, apparently like this guy offer nothing more than criticism but as shown by their poor thinking and their highly selective attention which played a huge role in the 2016 election, they are actually lacking in the real ability to accomplish things.
I actually learned quite a bit from this well planned and well staged funeral about my country's better angels. It was, particularly for the humiliation of some of those in the room, say from the current Senate Quislings, and "golf-ball" brain not invited into the room, an eloquent statement on true American values.
I'm in no mood for piddling complaints by twit/tweet journalists.