This entire piece is about how Trump voters are moral babies screaming "YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!" https://t.co/V5ly8PW5DC— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) February 19, 2017
The New York Times today published one of its false-equivalency, concern-trolling pieces (it's linked above by Ian Milhiser) about how liberals, with their "identity politics," are ostensibly driving mythic moderate Republicans into the arms of Donald Trump. Twitter is having none of it. Twitter is eating the concern trolling alive. Here's a string of tweets in response to the Times piece:
I continue to believe that 100% of conservative concern trolling about liberals being too strident or passionate is in 100% bad faith.— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) February 19, 2017
Conservatives get to scream horrible vicious lies while liberals must remain calm and polite and allow their movement to be crushed.— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) February 19, 2017
Even if the concern-trolling weren't in bad faith, it promotes a double standard whereby liberals are muffled from promoting their cause.— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) February 19, 2017
It seems glaringly obvious that conservatives are afraid of liberals' collective power and passion and want to gaslight them into silence.— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) February 19, 2017
Neither the economy or leftists' behavior forces you to support a racist, sexist, xenophobe. You decided that all on your own.— Allison Kilkenny (@allisonkilkenny) February 19, 2017
I don't plan to make nice with Trump OR the ppl who support and defend him. I'm fighting for my family, my community, my country, mankind…— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) February 19, 2017
Sorry, alienated Trump voters. I'm out of cookies.— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 19, 2017
The Party of Personal Responsibility would appreciate it if you'd stop holding them personally responsible for the election of Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/7R403UsCLp— Boney Hurdle (@eclecticbrotha) February 19, 2017
About that dreadful "liberals are pushing away moderate Trump supporters" piece, this is all you need to know: pic.twitter.com/VJmKx5i2UA— Daniel Schultz (@pastordan) February 19, 2017
Translated: once the Dems decided to stop pandering to white people and elected a dark, I was out. https://t.co/rtrY4MTPe9— Daniel Schultz (@pastordan) February 19, 2017
How does the right get to be intolerant of gays, women, POC, & the whole left in general & then blame us for not getting along with them?— Heretic Persisting (@revolfaith) February 19, 2017
It's called gaslighting. https://t.co/5OH5zJmCQw— Christopher Stroop (@C_Stroop) February 19, 2017
Are conservatives HELPING Obama by opposing everything he does & whipping their base into a froth? - from an article no one would ever write— Will 🐋 Menaker (@willmenaker) February 19, 2017
These people voted to empower an openly racist political movement and *they* feel unfairly maligned? lmao. https://t.co/LSOKLr0jlx— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) February 19, 2017