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Zak S. writes about detractors. He quotes Toni Morrison talking about racism and how it's just greed and what to do about it; and he quotes George Saunders talking about noise drowning the signal, and what to do about it. It boils down to that: don't focus on the stuff that's abundantly clear to everybody. Keep doing the good stuff instead. http://dndwithpornstars.blogspot.com/2018/06/relevant-retropost-distracted-from.html
@kensanata I really like this piece! I don't know if this was intended (maybe it was) but The Megaphone is a pitch perfect description of *both* the modus operandi of the Orange Menace, and the serious devolution of left discourse as a result reacting to him.
@strypey I think I linked to a repost of an older post and I don't quite remember whether that one predates Mr. Pumpkin, but it sure applies to how the press reacts on all sides of the divide!
@kensanata I'm partisan of course, but I'd argue that discourse on the right started devolving around the time of Reagan, so nothing new there. Whereas the way so much of the left has gone from #YesWeCan to #BloodyMindedShoutyPerson, in such a short time, really concerns me :<