https://twitter.com/JimboDKearney/status/723185536240771073
If Amanda Marcotte couldn’t find something to be outraged over, she’d have to invent it. Actually, that’s essentially what she did here:
https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/723174471864082432
This is genius, you guys:
The Treasury’s decision should be non-controversial. After all, we all agree that history is made by more than presidents (plus, the $100 bill has a non-president on it, which confirms this is a shared belief), and that people other than white men exist and matter. Don’t we? You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who disagrees publicly with these contentions, except perhaps on some Twitter accounts that Trump keeps retweeting.
Yet, in a move that was entirely predictable, right wing pundits are in meltdown, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that, regardless of any surface claims to believe in equality, the reality is that they adhere to the belief that white men are the only ones who really matter and the rest of us are just the supporting cast.
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One thing is for certain, the reaction to this proves feminists right. Feminists have long argued that better representation matters, and while symbolic gestures like putting women and people of color on money may not do anything in the immediate future to improve people’s lives, the psychological effect of saying, “These people matter, too,” can gradually help lessen prejudice. The panicked reaction from the right suggests that they agree, even though what feminists are hoping is true is what conservatives fear is true.
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OK, so first of all, who are these nefarious “right wing pundits” Amanda’s so upset about?
The only people quoted/cited in this piece: Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Greta Van Susteren. https://t.co/fbYvnDn4O2 pic.twitter.com/JcvlCe9Ltx
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) April 21, 2016
Those are your pundits, Amanda? They’re the best you’ve got?
https://twitter.com/randOmuos/status/723186454038384640
@charlescwcooke
Stalwarts of the conservative base.— Skizer (@Skizer68) April 21, 2016
Heh.
https://twitter.com/BlakeSeitz/status/723186096364871682
Sorry, Amanda, but you failed to meet the burden of proof. You failed spectacularly.
https://twitter.com/FitzDrum/status/723227400520216576
@charlescwcooke Pretty sure most people on the right were either actively pleased or ambivalent re: fate of first Democrat
— Baker Owens (@tjpman) April 21, 2016
@charlescwcooke @AmandaMarcotte Where was this "meltdown" over new $20 bill, except some silly comments from the Trump camp.
— Rob Roskowiak (@nILFeed) April 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/_TJ_D/status/723203315937341441
https://twitter.com/Mathews_PGH/status/723215200124547072
https://twitter.com/ml350kls/status/723221157852356609
@AmandaMarcotte Real white male conservatives (not @realDonaldTrump) have thought postiviely about Tubman for years https://t.co/FSel82Z0R6
— Fred Nicolaysen (@phred47) April 21, 2016
Yeah, but Amanda’s not the type who lets reality get in the way of her narrative.
@charlescwcooke This story was going to be written no matter what anyone said.
— Brasso Bill (@neatocabrito) April 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/dinok1975/status/723200747798564864
https://twitter.com/DavidTHogan/status/723232497341857792
https://twitter.com/uumtierney/status/723188041108459520
@charlescwcooke @CathyYoung63 "the right's petty identity politics"? Wow, I haven't seen that level of projection since the advent of IMAX
— Marchosias (@Marxchosias) April 21, 2016
@Marxchosias @charlescwcooke I don't think that's unconscious projection so much as a deliberate attempt at table-turning.
— Cathy Young (@CathyYoung63) April 21, 2016
@charlescwcooke And isn't Marcotte literally an ambulatory wad of identity politics given human form by some unholy ritual?
— Fake Mustache (@Bent0916) April 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/723255209250590720
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