Joyce Carol Oates is a celebrated novelist.
And apparently writing fiction for a living has made her believe things that aren’t actually true.
Like, for example, that Antifa is against fascism:
"anti-fa" means "anti-fascist." anyone can be "anti-fascist." there is no "antifa" movement unless there is "fascism" to oppose.
remove fascism, "antifa" will disappear.— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) September 10, 2020
Wow. We never thought of it like that, Joyce!
What an interesting point that no one has ever made before! https://t.co/DXBwqHU9kj
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) September 10, 2020
It’s just so brilliant, you know?
Thank you! You did a very concise explanation of a word many do not understand! Many think “antifa”= evil.
— SmilingMax (@suzijsnyder) September 10, 2020
Exactly… Keep repeating this to everyone
— J.G.Reader0440 (@mamamia9416) September 10, 2020
Because if you keep repeating it, eventually it’ll make sense?
and seahorses are actually horses that live in the sea
— Empty Brane (@b__patient) September 10, 2020
"The witchhunt is about hunting witches. There wouldn't be a witchhunt if there weren't any witches to hunt. If all the witches stop practicing witchcraft, the witchhunt would disappear" -This ideologue, 400 years ago pic.twitter.com/tk7bjM3Urb
— Problematic Pleb (@ProblematicPleb) September 10, 2020
This ignorance is one reason I have stripped your works from all my syllabi.
— unruly kulak, striped edition (@robo_tabby) September 10, 2020
Takes like Oates’ don’t get any smarter no matter how many times we hear them.
Use this logic with "pro-life".
— You Should Have Voted For Gary (@colorblindk1d) September 10, 2020
Now do “pro-life” https://t.co/kvO5tNvdkB
— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) September 10, 2020
As if.
— Guy Faux (@Faux_Guy_) September 10, 2020
Call yourselves what you want, but I know authoritarians when I see them.
Antifa and the far right are a lot more similar than either would ever admit.
— Varg Odinsson (@Varg_Odinsson) September 10, 2020
Properly define “fascism” and “antifa” will disappear.
— Scott G (@scttfrnks) September 10, 2020
Bingo.
— martin koen (@martin_maniac) September 10, 2020
We should just respond to every Joyce Carol Oates tweet with “Oh, honey!”
My favorite Joyce Carol Oates Twitter moment is when she thought a photo of Spielberg from the set of Jurassic Park was a real photo of trophy hunting. pic.twitter.com/TcK9Y85sGn
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) September 10, 2020
Never gets old.
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