I mean if whites don't get the privilege who's to say some fucking Polynesian won't get it? How do you fight back when your opponent wants to say anti fascists are a bad thing? There's an obvious answer but not one that doesn't demonize a shitload of Americans. Appropos of nothing I just tried to watch a YouTube video about Pizzagate thinking it was critical when it was actually a conspiracy video. It was about the stupidest thing I've ever subjected myself to. Orgy island is a thing people believe in and can say seriously
I'm not understanding your comment. The tweet thread is an observation that the NYTimes brings on conservative pundits because liberals love to self-flagellate (an interesting phenomenon alluded to in the thread but outside its scope). But those conservatives do not represent anything that comprises Trump's perennial 35% approval rating. Which calls into question their raison d'etre. This search for a sense of meaning amongst NYTimes conservatives explains the tenacity with which they cling to certain tired Op-ed subjects, like free speech on campus. I'm have trouble connecting your comment.
I've been of the opinion lately that opinionists on a lot of the online websites are either A) there to make strawman arguments that can easily be knocked down to make the reader feel smug or B) there to make outlandish statements to get pageviews. I'm not going to name any sites in particular, but there are a lot of them that are just outright crazy. I find the opinion pieces in my local papers much better for two reasons. One, the writers tend to acknowledge that there are nuances to issues and are willing to take a more moderate stance on things. Two, and more importantly, they tend to have at least some kind of background that is at least tangently related to the issue being discussed. Think teachers speaking about taxes that affect schools, city developers talking about zoning issues, etc. Online? Doesn't seem so much so. As a result, I tried to avoid sharing opinion pieces on Hubski, and I only do if I think it'll lead to an interesting discussion and I tend to tag them as #opinion when I do, so people know what they are.