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Populism is “a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.” The notion that everyone who uses the term is trying to “trick you” is obviously incorrect. So is that cartoon. — PolitiTweet.org

This is the best short explanation of how terrible it is to use the word "populism"; indeed it is an attempt to tri… https://t.co/Nkj1FY5mEK

Posted July 5, 2019 Hibernated

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@JohnD_Schneider I’d have to hunt around for links—can’t at the moment but I will if you remind me later — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 5, 2019 Hibernated

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@jasonintrator @TheAtlantic You’re retreating to a *much* narrower claim. And you’re now imputing a perspective to The Atlantic that it does not hold as well as presuming that people using the word populist are trying to describe why what they’re talking about is concerning, which often isn’t the case — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 5, 2019 Hibernated