David "Dave" Weigel (born September 26, 1981) is an American journalist. Since 2015, he has worked for The Washington Post. Weigel previously covered politics for Slate and Bloomberg Politics.
You need to quickly recognize when and why you're being spooned bullshit. That happens very often, but it happens for a reason.
Twitter is a much more dangerous cauldron of groupthink than happy hours or dinners. On Twitter the reward comes from agreeing or loudly disagreeing with the joke, or the "smart take. " In person you hash things out.
I think my journalism is for readers who are smart and know that most people are lying to them, or being patronizing.
Not every alt-right thinker or activist is a white nationalist, by far, but there's a sense that political correctness is a bigger problem than racism, and that racism is used as a cudgel for silencing.
This would be a vastly better world to live in if Matt Drudge decided to handle his emotional problems more responsibly, and set himself on fire.
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