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The House voted to release the FISA memo and CNN et al are in full blown crisis management mode ahead of the release.
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Do you think a true DNC conspiracy would trust a bunch of wingdings at CNN with the contents described within this damning memo? Worst case scenario I bet (which would still be pretty good for the RNC tbh) would be that some FBI investigator fucked up, cut corners, and performed a wiretap without a warrant, and as a result gets thrown under the bus.
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Actually I think I might have to take back my previous sentiment. Never thought I'd see Pelosi reduced to a sputtering nervous mess by Chris Cuomo of all people, lmao. Even if the memo is nothing on its own merits and it's purely a worry about losing the public image battle, this is at the very least is doing psychological damage on some of the DNC leadership.
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Who the fuck cares about what Devin Nunes (of all people) has to say about anything? He's a partisan clown.
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the yoga industrial complex. now ive heard everything
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/...remacy/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/...remacy/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
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You either appropriate or perpetuate oppressive white culture. You should know by now these are the only two options.
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Surely you're not too drunk to follow the sources provided within the article: http://www.kzoo.edu/praxis/yoga/
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But Onder's right that it still is Breibart, and Breitbart published that article with a very specific purpose in mind: to infuriate its readers that the liberal elite is once again claiming white hegemony and colonialism and trying to outlaw something as innocuous as yoga.
These kinds of academic arguments aren't calls for the removal or prohibition of certain activities (in this case yoga). They might provoke disagreement and eye rolls, but they're not calls to arms. Despite the lack of any specific language, Breitbart is being slightly disingenuous in that its publishers know full well what their readers' reactions will be, and those reactions will be mostly incommensurate with the purpose of the academic argument. The original authors aren't asking people to stop doing yoga, just the opposite in fact:
The point of academic arguments like this is to contribute to discourse and knowledge, and that means necessitates the publication of pieces that we don't agree with and that deserve critique. Breitbart is capitalizing on its readers' fury over these kinds of arguments, and stoking the belief that liberal elites are trying to thought-police the West. But nothing in the original piece encourages legislation or anything even remotely as vitriolic as some pieces we find on Salon. It's merely asking people to reflect on something they probably don't think about very much.
But let's be honest, the vast majority of white Americans who practice yoga probably won't ever hear about this piece; and I kinda doubt that many of Breitbart's readers practice yoga.
But that's me being presumptuous.
These kinds of academic arguments aren't calls for the removal or prohibition of certain activities (in this case yoga). They might provoke disagreement and eye rolls, but they're not calls to arms. Despite the lack of any specific language, Breitbart is being slightly disingenuous in that its publishers know full well what their readers' reactions will be, and those reactions will be mostly incommensurate with the purpose of the academic argument. The original authors aren't asking people to stop doing yoga, just the opposite in fact:
The point of academic arguments like this is to contribute to discourse and knowledge, and that means necessitates the publication of pieces that we don't agree with and that deserve critique. Breitbart is capitalizing on its readers' fury over these kinds of arguments, and stoking the belief that liberal elites are trying to thought-police the West. But nothing in the original piece encourages legislation or anything even remotely as vitriolic as some pieces we find on Salon. It's merely asking people to reflect on something they probably don't think about very much.
But let's be honest, the vast majority of white Americans who practice yoga probably won't ever hear about this piece; and I kinda doubt that many of Breitbart's readers practice yoga.
But that's me being presumptuous.
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The media do almost nothing other than produce vapid outrage news and articles that give its audience a fake feeling of superiority.
For example, FOX just gave us this gem: Woman denied emotional support peacock on United flight, which plays into the idea that there is an over sensitive problem and it's on the left (which gives the right a feeling of being stoic and tough when actually they're just as PC and snowflakey as the left).
Then today Facebook was trending articles about how Donald Trump has done another typo: Donald Trump: Typo on tickets invites people to 'State of the Uniom'.
Pointless drivel, no better or worse than an academic or two spurting out articles about whites doing yoga.
But let's be honest, the vast majority of white Americans who practice yoga probably won't ever hear about this piece; and I kinda doubt that many of Breitbart's readers practice yoga.
Agreed.
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