I’ve been following the drama around NPR CEO Katherine Maher, and, while lots of conservatives are dunking on her tweets and statements, I don’t see a lot of liberals circling the wagons around her. But a lot of them were just like her between 2017 and 2020.
If Maher is forced to step down over her “in this house” tweet history, a lot of other people who advanced their careers a few years ago by being performatively woke could also be in trouble. I guess their plan is to just delete their old tweets and try to keep their heads down.
These people went completely fucking insane. They destroyed the lives and businesses of a lot of people who didn’t deserve it. And now they’re going to try to pretend that none of it ever happened.
They'll identify the problem as a lack of Orwell's Memory Hole. The problem was that they weren't able to control the past. They'll move towards fixing that. Archive.org is a powerful tool and I'm surprised it's not compromised yet. Someone mirror it while it's still intact.
@DanFriedman81 As always: We need to archive as much as possible that has been said by people who are trying to get into positions of power. No matter the affiliation.
@DanFriedman81 Difference is she works for a federally funded org.
@DanFriedman81 Thank you for the entertainment. Curious if you just go by Daniel, or do you have a clown stage name?
@DanFriedman81 "Performatively woke" = Progressive
@DanFriedman81 She’s not going to be though: she’s the ceo, and has no editorial control. It functionally doesn’t matter what she’s said in the past, no matter how much it infuriates you.