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Nick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸 (@lonestartallboi.bsky.social):
The Colin Allred thing is a perfect encapsulation of the Democrats because it demonstrates that they'll throw anyone under the bus if it's politically expedient, but also that they're fricking stupid because it's not politically expedient! Transphobia has been a huge electoral loser!
Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):
His website:
Nick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸 (@lonestartallboi.bsky.social):
So why the frick is he doing things his website is bad?
Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):
He quoted Ted Cruz' transphobic dogwhistle to reject Ted Cruz' transphobic dogwhistle.
Nick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸 (@lonestartallboi.bsky.social):
He explicitly agreed with the transphobic dog whistle.
Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):
"So let me be clear. I don't want boys playing girls sports, or any of this ridiculous stuff that Ted Cruz is saying. Ted Cruz is lying about my record."
That's him quoting the transphobic dogwhistle to say that it's Ted Cruz', that Cruz' view is ridiculous, that Cruz is lying.
Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):
The problem is that, fundamentally, he had 30 seconds to reject Cruz' politics, and he made the bad choice to repeat the dogwhistle, which then produces "the dogwhistle came out of his mouth". Context collapse.
Nick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸 (@lonestartallboi.bsky.social):
He doesn't reject the politics, he rejects the accusations that he supports trans women in women's sports.
Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):
I can see how that's readable out of context.
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Nick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸 (@lonestartallboi.bsky.social):
"let me be clear, I don't want boys playing girls sports" is him agreeing with Ted Cruz's transphobia and if you don't understand that I question your ability to understand English.
Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):
That's him rejecting Cruz' framing. "… or any of this ridiculous stuff that Ted Cruz is saying.".
It's context collapse and allowing the dogwhistle to come put of his mouth in a collapsible context.
Nick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸 (@lonestartallboi.bsky.social):
No it's not, and it's delusional to insist it is. You posted, yourself, about how Colin Allred's tagline is "fighting extremists in both parties". Sooner or later you have to accept that the words coming out of his mouth are not 'miscalculations', they are the things he believes.
Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):
I don't believe any politician can be said to truly believe the things they say while trying to get elected or re-elected or out of jail.
But I also know about the Oxygen of Amplification, and context collapse. And panics.
Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):
He repeated the dogwhistle, which is an Advanced Public Relations Don't.
Communicators have told scientists not to repeat climate change denial talking points, creationist talking points, and now we have an example of why you don't repeat the transphobe talking point.
Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):
Yes, I spent a lot of time thinking about his "extremists" tagline. And then I read his website, back then. I still don't know which Democratic planks or politicians he might think are extremists. He mentions visiting Israel; he might believe support of the Palestinian Hamas government is extremist.
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Nick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸 (@lonestartallboi.bsky.social):
Which do you think is more likely: a campaign that has raised 70 million dollars flubbed a PR rule so basic that I, someone whose job is "electrician" know not to do it, or that was what he intended to say.
I'm done sitting here while you deny the reality that's in front of both of our faces.
Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):
I think they flubbed the PR rule. People make mistakes.
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