The New York Times prints a lot of bullsh*t … but this may be among the worst we’ve seen:
We tend not to think of Aretha Franklin as an artist of bravado and nerve and daring, as a woman with swagger. We tend not to think of her this way even though nearly every song she sang brimmed over with it. https://t.co/fkJ3Z0dluG
— New York Times Music (@nytimesmusic) August 23, 2018
Who’s “we,” Kemosabe?
We? pic.twitter.com/wpHMW8PEX4
— Aint Nobody Comin 2C Otis (@BitterTeaT) August 24, 2018
Uh, we don’t? https://t.co/g6vfmyB96u
— Elise Terry (@elisecterry) August 24, 2018
Who do you mean by "we"?
— Misha B ❤️?????? (@BGGameWorks) August 24, 2018
What's this "we" stuff?
— JP (@JPnMiami) August 24, 2018
Who the hell is "we"? The rest of us got the memo.
— Summer Martin (@summergory) August 24, 2018
Speak for yourself, New York Times.
lolwut https://t.co/uaTJ56uoNV
— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) August 24, 2018
lololol you set up a strawman so you could take it down and then every person on the internet called you out on it
— Alan Cole (@AlanMCole) August 24, 2018
Smell that ratio cookin’!
Not too shabs, NYT.
Even the name Aretha has swagger, a backbeat.
— ta{ni}P (@taniP) August 24, 2018
Uh.
That's exactly how I think of Aretha Franklin.
What are you babbling about? https://t.co/CgjkGq9bNO
— RBe (@RBPundit) August 24, 2018
Um, isn't this *exactly* how almost everyone thinks of her? https://t.co/5uGcpOb5ek
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) August 24, 2018
Who didn't think of Aretha as an artist of bravado, nerve and swagger?
Speak for yourself, fool. I think most people thought she was a BOSS.
— Planet of Dinosaurs (@thiswishistaken) August 24, 2018
Aretha who tossed her fur on the floor and didn’t look back at it? Aretha who has been sleeveless in a low cut gown like get over it since forever?
— Akilah Green (@akilahgreen) August 24, 2018
Steps in for Pavarotti pretty much cold, but nooooo she wasn't daring LOL. https://t.co/zJtvK8rkUI
— Nathan, son of Robert (@NathanWurtzel) August 24, 2018
This is literally the opposite of the truth. Everybody thought of Aretha Franklin this way. Everybody. https://t.co/Llxc1KspZL
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/hannahtraining/status/1032995826887417856
https://twitter.com/MangyLover/status/1033042491380060160
That’s good advice. So is this:
— The Sade of Poetry (@biafradenmark) August 24, 2018
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