This moment with Abdul is the same as what happened with Ossoff and David Brooks' mind-bending criticism that it is uncivil to call what looks like a Nazi, talks like a Nazi and wants to act like a Nazi a Nazi. @jamellebouie.net had it right, what if they are actual Nazis? bsky.app/profile/mari...

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"Hold on, let him speak, their opinions are important for us to hear." vs. "Hold on, let him speak, their opinions are fuckin' awful and I'm gonna dunk on 'em."

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Obama's emphasis was always on telling everyone not to boo or shout down some heckler because the priority was always pretending that maximum civility toward those who hate us will make us all better. And it absolutely did not do that.

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Like normally someone says something really fucked up and the person being asked has to go “wow this is so important” instead of going hey dumbass

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I think the thing about the El-Sayed clip is it’s the first time in awhile I’ve heard anyone with any level of authority tell someone that they shouldn’t be a bigot and they’re wrong for doing it

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