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10 months ago
America's longest-running magazine, Scientific American -- which began publication in 1845 -- made unwelcome headlines this week. On Friday, its editor in chief stepped down after having posted an online rant calling Trump supporters "the meanest, dumbest, most bigoted group" of people, and then calling them "fascists" to boot.
This bit of public venting did no one any favors -- in fact, it merely confirmed what Trump's people already believe Democrats and the left think of them anyway. It's clear that the Democratic Party has no idea how to talk to poor, working-, or even middle-class people anymore, but if you're busy demonizing your political opposites because you can't speak to them in their own language, then you don't really have anything better to offer, do you?
I've done okay living a life of the mind, but sometimes this thinking stuff can be a drag, man.
This bit of public venting did no one any favors -- in fact, it merely confirmed what Trump's people already believe Democrats and the left think of them anyway. It's clear that the Democratic Party has no idea how to talk to poor, working-, or even middle-class people anymore, but if you're busy demonizing your political opposites because you can't speak to them in their own language, then you don't really have anything better to offer, do you?
I've done okay living a life of the mind, but sometimes this thinking stuff can be a drag, man.
Lt_Havoc
~lthavoc
I would like to point out, that Musk has been running an active campaign against the magazine, because they called him out on Climate Change, so the outburst came after the magazine was flooded by far right mail and comments calling them satanists, traitors and threatened them with fire and death.
Robert Chretien Ruskin
~rcruskin
Well, Scientific American has always been reporting facts.
Karno
~karno
I'm still not on board with the narrative that the poor widdle MAGAs have had their feelings hurt by those mouthy ol' Democrats, so that makes it okay for them to ruin the country.
Wakboth
~wakboth
The Editor-in-Chief seems to have been substantially correct, but he showed appallingly bad judgement in posting that openly.
GabrielLaVedier
~gabriellavedier
I fall into the class you want to baby, and it's kind of awful. You are literally just as bad, just infantalizing these morons. Let their big boy feelings get hurt. They be in front of a tribunal in Gilead soon enough. Call them stupid while they're still around to know how stupid they are. Too hell with them and their tone troll feelings. They already openly hate everything. Let them know they are worthy of being hated, because we tried other things. For four years we are in hell. They should be too.
roochak
~roochak
OP
I'm pretty sure I said to you years ago, that by the time we met in person, I'd be on your enemies list.
GabrielLaVedier
~gabriellavedier
I mostly doubt it, because while I'm not a pacifist or a coddler, I am a very kindly person to those I know are at least reasonable. I have no reason to be nice to Q Shaman or Proud Boy Fuhrer or Jorbson Bee Lobsterson the eugenics promoting scam-believer or Russian spy and mouthpiece Tim Pool. I need a reason to be nice to someone that has a reputation.
