Yeah. The article is unfair as it holds AOC to a set of standards much, much higher than any politician in the last 20 years.
I mean she is a woman, and they have to be perfect.
They are threatened by her.
Let them feel threatened. They should. She’s unbought and unbossed.
Especially because this is a touchy policy issue on which the US is deliberately vague. The US intentionally avoids answering questions on the topic of military intervention in Taiwan to keep China guessing as to what its response would be to an attack. No one would’ve been able to give a satisfying answer.
It’s not about making china guess, it’s about not making a stance. Stances you can react to, ambiguity you can only prepare for.
We’re saying the same thing. “Keep them guessing” is a colloquialism meaning something like “to foment doubt”. Not literally to initiate an infinite loop of guessing.
In posts like this, I’ll always point people towards “How the liberal media helped fascism win” by Behind the Bastards podcast. It’s a fantastic 2 part episode that explains exactly what’s happening again today in the 2020s.
Will have to have a listen. Is it talking about today, the rise of it in the 1920s and 30s, or both?
Blackshirts and Reds by Parenti is one of books I recommend people to read today to understand how liberals turn to fascist aliances. So much parallel between the past and today.
Yep the focus is the 1930s, but as you can imagine there are lots of tie-ins today’s media.
I knew a teacher who would have English students read Trump speeches in class just to see if they could find complete sentences.
That’s both hilarious and oddly educational.
Who knew that all media all the time would be the most complicit in the downfall of western society? Or is it just that we like scintillating, scandalous, less than positive entertainment? In either case we must bring back the old teachings of how to separate the wheat from the chaff.
It was a striking moment from a self-assured legislator who is normally nimble at answering impromptu questions from reporters on Capitol Hill, and conservative critics seized on the stumble online.
Literally the next line in the article. But let’s just shit on mainstream media! Surely there’s a conspiracy here and they are lying to us!!!1
Edit: or should we got with the first sentence of the following paragraph?
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez was quicker to respond to questions about other foreign policy matters
Or 2 paragraphs later, the silly lamestream media attacks the left again!
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez sounded strongest when drawing a direct contrast with Mr. Trump’s vision of the world.
Is this an incredible article? Not really. Is it crazy biased? Also not really
I don’t think that was really the point here
Why would i trust the NYT not to be subtle in their deception? The best part of modern information is most people will experience the selected area of the article, which is usually behind a paywall, being read to them by a podcast bro.
Unpopular opinion: AOC is not a great speaker. Even when delivering prepared statements she struggles to get her point across. She’s better than Trump (obviously) but she’s no Bernie.
