Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The reality is that the overwhelming majority of the members of *all* political factions (including your favorite one) have no idea what they’re talking about, constantly make invalid arguments, and aren’t worth listening to. Mediocrity transcends ideology! — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2023

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I think a common error people make is they see someone whose political commentary they find consistently annoying and wrongheaded and decide it must be a sign of a deep underlying ideological disagreement — a lot of people are just annoying! — PolitiTweet.org

Update: @jonathanchait and @nymag issued a "correction" but it's not actually a correction. The piece still identif… https://t.co/eJ4Cokt2RF

Posted Jan. 7, 2023

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@jamesfloodiii Right so the reason I asked the question was I hoped somebody knew the answer. You don’t know the answer, which is fine, but then you should have either stayed silent or said “I don’t know” instead of making a weird insinuation about demographics. Going to block you now. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2023