THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas

THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites

uh oh what did I do — PolitiTweet.org

THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites

Wow, will check it out. I do believe in claiming the flag and freedom and not ceding them to the right. — PolitiTweet.org

THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites

I like that Geoff circled back to his original message to me more than a full year later and reacted to his own outburst. I have hope for him. https://t.co/X9ZjBWrBpM — PolitiTweet.org

THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites

This woman has a plan for the left to take rural America back from the right. https://t.co/lAjXyPyYyu — PolitiTweet.org

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Secret fun fact: If you DM me details of your @PersuadersBook book club, I will try to Zoom or FaceTime in if I can. Thanks, @LandisWeaver, for having me! — PolitiTweet.org

THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites

If the left is going to defeat American fascism, it will have to reclaim rural America. One handshake and awkward conversation at a time. I interviewed @chloemaxmin about her plan for doing it. https://t.co/lAjXyPyYyu — PolitiTweet.org

THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites

Core point and good thread. — PolitiTweet.org

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also: imagine telling millions of women to "lean in" -- and then watching as, while leaning, they plunge into the pit of misogynistic, Handmaid's Tale authoritarianism you were enabling. — PolitiTweet.org

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also: imagine telling millions of women to "lean in" -- and then watching as, while leaning, they plunge into the pit of mysogynistic, Handmaid's Tale authoritarianism you were enabling. — PolitiTweet.org

THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites

imagine inventing an app because you're too awkward to talk to girls in person and then, oops, fascism — PolitiTweet.org

THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites

If you're Belgian, this is the content from me you've been waiting for all these years. Everyone else, nothing to see here, move along swiftly, please. https://t.co/u6p0dgGvrB — PolitiTweet.org

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who can relate? https://t.co/QlXMQKHuVN https://t.co/cF9c7QTlGY — PolitiTweet.org

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I wrote a thing — PolitiTweet.org

THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites

Say it with me: A ban isn't a plan! https://t.co/eKGg7AF8sH — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoyceinReno @Thom_Hartmann We should talk, @Thom_Hartmann! — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm tired of all these futile and diversionary conversations about indictments and bans and the latest outrage. The work is building a movement that can smash American fascism to smithereens. Fin. https://t.co/EtfwHCbkPe — PolitiTweet.org

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A movement that puts in the work of long-term base-building, "we"-building, including in rural America. That doesn't write any region or community off. That has enough swag to play everywhere. https://t.co/EtfwHCbkPe — PolitiTweet.org

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A movement that tells the better story about America, which, if we're honest, we're not doing. That sheds defensiveness and tells a muscular, galvanizing story of our attempt to build the first truly multi-racial democracy -- a country made of the world. https://t.co/EtfwHCbkPe — PolitiTweet.org

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A movement that isn't just rebutting the awfulness and promising to be Not Them. A movement that vividly paints the beautiful tomorrow it seeks. That makes you see it. Almost taste it. That is FOR something utterly thrilling. https://t.co/EtfwHCbkPe — PolitiTweet.org

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A movement that listens. And has the fortitude to listen to people who think despicable things, and keep listening not out of masochism but because of an abiding, strategic impulse to win. https://t.co/EtfwHCbkPe — PolitiTweet.org

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A movement that finally gets over any aversion to patriotism. A movement that reclaims patriotism from those who befoul it. A movement that understands that regular people love their country, and that if you don't sound like you do, too, you're doomed. https://t.co/EtfwHCbkPe — PolitiTweet.org

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A movement that knows how to provoke and command attention, get people talking, play to emotion, tell stories, constructively address anxiety and fear -- a movement that doesn't look down on communicating on more guttural levels, that isn't wonk-drunk. https://t.co/EtfwHCbkPe — PolitiTweet.org

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A movement that has a sense of humor. That can tell the difference between people awkwardly trying to catch up with progress and people who are vicious threats to that progress. https://t.co/EtfwHCbkPe — PolitiTweet.org

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A movement that is self-confident enough to invite the imperfect inside and help walk with them toward progress, instead of requiring that people know it all already to come in. https://t.co/EtfwHCbkPe — PolitiTweet.org

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A movement that gives people, as Alicia Garza puts it in the book, a "home." That is physically present in people's lives -- a movement of block parties and college clubs and mutual aid and fireworks and donuts and daily help. https://t.co/EtfwHCbkPe — PolitiTweet.org

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A movement that isn't tedious and hairsplitting and gatekeeping and purist and more interested in petty internal beefing than outward expansion. We need a small-e evangelical movement more interesting in finding converts than finding heretics. https://t.co/EtfwHCbkPe — PolitiTweet.org

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A movement that understands the emotion and psychology and anxiety that are at the heart of politics. The right gets this; the left largely doesn't. We need a new movement that does. https://t.co/EtfwHCbkPe — PolitiTweet.org

THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites

Being mad at Trump and wanting to ban and indict him isn't a strategy. We need to build a movement like we never have before: attractive, fun, substantive, visionary, tomorrow-oriented, rooted in people's lives, open-armed, fiery, merciful. Here's a way: https://t.co/EtfwHCbkPe — PolitiTweet.org

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All the talk of banning him, investigating him, indicting him is a waste of your energy and hope. Let those people do their jobs, but our job is to build a bigger, better, more attractive and awesome movement. We haven’t done it yet, but we can. https://t.co/0SdxyGt0jU — PolitiTweet.org

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One of the greatest moments in sports history. https://t.co/Jy6cnrVhWL — PolitiTweet.org