The first step is to remove the people most likely to shape the ideas :.. which is why I am always going to point out
The FIRST thing Weiss did was get rid of Black and Brown reporters which journalism itself has been doing for years
And nobody said anything and still doesn’t
The amazing thing is that it’s always been a grim joke that you can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.
Now the DOJ has managed to turn quite a few Grand Juries into… deeply skeptical audiences.
🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾
In particular, it explores the tension between “who you were” and “who you will be” — collapses it to “you are always becoming who you are.” I was growing horrified by my own past choices but unsure of my future ones, and Morrison’s writing gave me rare hope at a key time.
Fight Club’s “snowflake” monologue satirized toxic masculinity.
“Red Pill” comes from a movie by two trans women.
“Fake News” was coined to describe right wing disinformation campaigns.
“The Weaponized Justice Department” was supposed to highlight Trump’s attempts to steer the DOJ.
Reminded again of Jaques Ellul’s definition of propaganda — not a specific message, but the establishment of an information landscape where opposing ideas are crowded out by a cacophony of vaguely pro-regime ideas, none of which need be particularly convincing or even compatible with each other.
Been thinking this week about how much the Marketing-Brained view of culture war fails. Coining a slogan doesn’t do shit; reactionary fascism eats your slogans, inverts them, and bludgeons you with them.
Very much looking forward to @eruditorumpress.com’s writing about the series.
last night @heyrocker.com nerdsniped me so hard I outlined a new presentation.
Only friends can target with that level of accuracy.
