Thank you again for a brilliant analysis, Xplissett: "If merit were really the issue, they would have had a panic attack every time a mediocre white man got promoted because he knew the right people, went to the right school, smiled at the right dinner, or looked like the kind of man the room had already decided was leadership. They do not hate affirmative action. They hate affirmative action they cannot personally benefit from."
And so I am making another donation to help your substack thrive, because your voice is so important ... to all of us.
That comment you highlighted by A. Kauffmann--that person is a TROLL.
I discovered you on the HCR Letter from an American Substack. I can't get through all the comments each day, but I do recognize a number of names, some of which I seek out. I like to welcome new names, as HCR is very popular and well read, and every person who could read for free but chooses to pay helps grow the community.
And that is scaring the RIGHT. On a podcast from a few weeks back, during the live FB feed, someone must have been reading comments and said "why are there so many trolls here today."
I do not have a FB account, and thus watched the tape on YouTube. Heather immediately responded that she ignores trolls, and that the fact they are popping up indicates they are either bots or paid, and again, they are SCARED.
I don't ignore trolls. Just like fascism, I think they need to be called out and have a light shown on them. HCR has a very long standing troll which I blocked. There was one a few weeks back which was HILARIOUS in it's attempt to insult readers and gin up outrage. I called that one out several days in a roll and it disappeared.
Then Kauffmann showed up. This troll attempts to sound intelligent and drops MAGA "facts" on us. I called it out, and got a pretty funny response: it listed all it's important credentials to me!!! LOL
I'm asking everyone to engage with trolls ONCE. It's best to NOT FEED them, but I make the exception to ONE TIME tell them they aren't fooling you. Then, ignore their responses.
I am not at all surprised that this one is going after you as well.
Thank you again for a brilliant analysis, Xplissett: "If merit were really the issue, they would have had a panic attack every time a mediocre white man got promoted because he knew the right people, went to the right school, smiled at the right dinner, or looked like the kind of man the room had already decided was leadership. They do not hate affirmative action. They hate affirmative action they cannot personally benefit from."
And so I am making another donation to help your substack thrive, because your voice is so important ... to all of us.
Xplissett:
That comment you highlighted by A. Kauffmann--that person is a TROLL.
I discovered you on the HCR Letter from an American Substack. I can't get through all the comments each day, but I do recognize a number of names, some of which I seek out. I like to welcome new names, as HCR is very popular and well read, and every person who could read for free but chooses to pay helps grow the community.
And that is scaring the RIGHT. On a podcast from a few weeks back, during the live FB feed, someone must have been reading comments and said "why are there so many trolls here today."
I do not have a FB account, and thus watched the tape on YouTube. Heather immediately responded that she ignores trolls, and that the fact they are popping up indicates they are either bots or paid, and again, they are SCARED.
I don't ignore trolls. Just like fascism, I think they need to be called out and have a light shown on them. HCR has a very long standing troll which I blocked. There was one a few weeks back which was HILARIOUS in it's attempt to insult readers and gin up outrage. I called that one out several days in a roll and it disappeared.
Then Kauffmann showed up. This troll attempts to sound intelligent and drops MAGA "facts" on us. I called it out, and got a pretty funny response: it listed all it's important credentials to me!!! LOL
I'm asking everyone to engage with trolls ONCE. It's best to NOT FEED them, but I make the exception to ONE TIME tell them they aren't fooling you. Then, ignore their responses.
I am not at all surprised that this one is going after you as well.
" . . . people decided this work was worth keeping alive." Hey. We aren't chumps. We know great writing when we read it!
Thank you so very much for doing this piece. I see all of the work that you put into this. KUDOS!