Elizabeth Bruenig

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@Terraphant no — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @gWinbags: @WB_Baskerville @ebruenig @GrayConnolly sir, literally vibing sir — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@McCainJack LOL omg i did not see it being read that way....i'm somehow the most brain poisoned person alive and the least, simultaneously — PolitiTweet.org

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@McCainJack haha yes, the 'do not google this' line is used to signal that the preceding is understood by the author to be dumb and ridiculous, therefore incapable of withstanding a cursory google — PolitiTweet.org

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@GrayConnolly classic fit check happening here — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

in the military when you have to stand around and the guy in charge comes and looks at your uniform/hair/shoes etc to make sure it's all up to code and whatever, that is called a "fit check." this is what people mean when they say "fit check." do not google this — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @DurstApologist: LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMER https://t.co/1V1lGFCxSe — PolitiTweet.org

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@SpencerFordin i did! it sucked! — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

baby's preschool starting out teaching about the colors by reading a book about a chameleon....seems sort of unfair to me....like damn throw 'em in the deep end man — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

babe i was pregnant just months into my first journalism job. people deserve livable wages for working, this isn't tough — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@flintlocklaser i think people can and do change and that they need forgiveness and mercy to be able to do so — PolitiTweet.org

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@OttoLaakso yes, explicitly, in email — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@OttoLaakso no i've been on the forgiveness and mercy thing for a while now — PolitiTweet.org

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@RegionalGuts gotta start the week off right — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

One thing about acceding to demands to publicly disavow and privately shun your friends due to their having done bad, cancel-able things is that even if you do, the people who pressured you to do it will still hate you because these beeves are invariably cladistic — PolitiTweet.org

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@yenwoda i hope so too — PolitiTweet.org

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@ememwilson123 yes, he is my good friend — PolitiTweet.org

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@Capiltalism @TankieSanders i think if this really bothered you, you wouldn't facetiously repeat the lie as you've done here, which will only cause more people to believe it — PolitiTweet.org

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@summeranne @j_ohn_h @ememwilson123 he got treatment, he's doing great, and he's staying off of social media, which was the really difficult thing for him that led to all kinds of problems. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @abhabhattarai: Erika Rose, who lost her job in April, recently found out she owes more than $600 in taxes on unemployment benefits. “I… — PolitiTweet.org

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@dtrifuno @VincentBanjo25 harm can't be repaired — PolitiTweet.org

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@dumbesttimeline call you gotta make in realtime i think — PolitiTweet.org

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@yenwoda writing online wasn't the issue, being on social media was the issue. substack, as he intends to use it, is a one way street. — PolitiTweet.org

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But let me say with finality: If you're someone who gets righteously furious at people for continuing to care about, be kind to, and (worst of all) publicly enjoy their cancelled friends, I already know what you think about me, and I don't care. Thanks! — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

Friends can — should — act as emissaries between a person who has acted wrongly and in so doing excluded themselves from society, and the society itself, which should have some interest in reconciliation. (As should the exiled.) Friends ease this process. It's a good thing. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

I don't believe maintaining friendships with people who've made mistakes is harmful; in fact, I think shunning people into ever-narrowing circles where their mistake is an object of constant rumination and perhaps celebration is the worst possible thing we can do for them. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

Friendship is real, it's enduring, it's a 'thick' bond. You're not obligated to dispense with friendships as soon as someone becomes a poor accessory to your brand. Friendship is critical. No one — no criminal, no monster — should be forced into open air solitary confinement. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

And let me further add, just for the record: I think the effort to bully, intimidate, and threaten people until they sever all relationships with people who've made mistakes online (i.e., cancelled people) is pathetic and reprehensible. I detest it. It's cruel and stupid. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

I do know! Freddie has written about the mistake he made and has taken accountability and apologized. Here's the thing, though: Freddie is my friend. That's a bond, not a lark. I care about him regardless of his mistakes. I believe in him, and I know he's an excellent writer. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

I'm so thrilled that my very good friend Freddie deBoer is bringing his writing back to the internet via a new substack venture! If you like left politics, radical media critiques, irreverent commentary on all kinds of trends, customs, fads — subscribe! https://t.co/HnCCnMKKyr — PolitiTweet.org