Richard Spencer

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My final prediction for 2020 — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden might experience a fate similar to LBJ's. After winning the presidency in a landslide—supposedly holding back the forces of "extremism" and "fascism"—he will be undermined by forces within his own party, and ultimately cast aside. — PolitiTweet.org

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But this victory will paper over strong divisions within the Democratic coalition—divisions that will lead to an unsuccessful and unhappy presidency. — PolitiTweet.org

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By January 2021, the Democrats will stand in roughly the same position as the Republicans four years earlier. They’ll enjoy a House majority in the realm of 235-250, and a narrower margin in the Senate. — PolitiTweet.org

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In the House, Democrats will maintain dominance. The “wave” election already occurred in 2018, and, to a lesser extent, in 2016. 2020 will be marked by consolidation, not conquest. — PolitiTweet.org

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In addition, Democrats will take control of the Senate, with a tight majority of 51 to 49. More than one long-time Republican stalwart and Trump ally will be sent packing. — PolitiTweet.org

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In the age of polarization—and in light of Trump’s tremendous popularity among conservatives—Biden’s victory will be viewed as a “landslide” and a national denunciation of Trumpism, leading to demoralization, confusion, and infighting among the Republican Party faithful. — PolitiTweet.org

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Joe Biden will comfortably win the Presidency of the United States, earning between 325 and 375 Electoral College votes, matching Barack Obama’s results in 2008 and 2012. — PolitiTweet.org

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@roytapel Congratulations, you have entirely missed my point. — PolitiTweet.org

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Cohen, dressed as an out-of-control pervert, is puritanically scolding Rudy for, well, doing what red-blooded, healthy men have done since the Stone Age. That is truly perverse. — PolitiTweet.org

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But the whole message of the scene is something quite perverse. Heterosexual behavior is pathologized: Rudy is depicted as a creepy monster. The voice of morality comes in the form of a transexual making anal-sex jokes. — PolitiTweet.org

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Maybe Rudy was just tucking in his shirt... maybe he had images of an afternoon delight with a blonde bimbo dancing through his head. I wouldn't fault him if the latter were the case. He's a man, after all, and we can't expect moral perfection. — PolitiTweet.org

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This brings us to the recent scene involving Rudy Giuliani. I won't cast judgement on Rudy, because the scene is heavily edited and the whole thing is obviously a setup. — PolitiTweet.org

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There's a double move here, too. In many instances, Brüno is depicted as an Austrian crypto-Nazi. Thus, the system can subliminally infer that "fascism" arises due to hidden sexual perversion and "repression." — PolitiTweet.org

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Cohen can play to the gay stereotype with Brüno precisely because Cohen himself has the stamp of approval by the liberal system. We're thus allowed to laugh at the gay minstrel show precisely because the moral and political battle over homosexuality has already been decided. — PolitiTweet.org

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The funny moments in Cohen's films are purchased on the cheap. They come when the audience is allowed to indulge in crude racism and sexism, usually coming from the mouth of Borat himself. Or, in the guise of "Brüno," when we're granted the right to laugh at an absurd queen. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sacha Baron Cohen films—and the "Borat" character, in particular—are the ultimate form of postmodern thought policing. After all, the best kind of racism, anti-Semitism, sexism, and homophobia is that which the system controls. — PolitiTweet.org

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@holyinventions @KeithWoodsYT This is kinda what I was getting at last night. "Time" is a category in the human mind; it's how we perceive the world, but it's not in the world itself. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TitaniaMcGrath: The term” female” is outdated and disrespectful. From now on, I demand to be referred to as a bleeder. — PolitiTweet.org

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@parkercassidy4 This is true. Our two movie theaters in Montana were decent enough. One has closed permanently. Some theaters were smart: serving food and cocktails and having lounge seats, etc.. But many were simply crappy experiences. — PolitiTweet.org

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@KeithWoodsYT I also imagine the theaters will try to survive by demanding the studios make huge, 3-hour Stan Lee epics, featuring every comic book character ever in one final battle to save humanity. A movie like *Tenet*, which was both intellectual and badass, simply won't be made again. — PolitiTweet.org

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@KeithWoodsYT Yea. I think theaters might survive (barely) by replaying classics, which would be cool. I loved the Logan Theater in Chicago. I've seen *Solaris*, *2001*, *The Shining*, *Gone With The Wind*, *The Searchers* etc. on the big screen. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JPConway4 No. Tenet seems to have lost a lot of money in theaters. It had a 200 million budget. The film fails as entertainment, but its ideas are actually quite interesting. I don’t think they’ll make a movie like that again. — PolitiTweet.org

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We should give the devil his due, even when the devil is Hollywood! Cinemas are part of a theatrical tradition stretching back to the ancient world. Streaming won’t change the content— if anything, films will get more toxic—but it’s a seismic shift in our lived experience. — PolitiTweet.org

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I find this sad. Streaming means, to a great extent, watching alone; in other words it’s part of a macro trend towards loneliness, isolation, and despair. — PolitiTweet.org

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People have been talking about streaming supplanting theaters for a while… With *Tenet* failling on its face and James Bond, apparently, going to streaming (coinciding with a global release), we might just see the “end of cinema“ in the next few years. https://t.co/6HE1MHuvuu — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Peter_Turchin: The Powder Keg Index And The Election From Hell https://t.co/RnFWmxUpLL via @paldhous — PolitiTweet.org

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@FredNietzky I don’t deny that he’s “dynamite,” but the mood I focus on is also relevant. I’d check out Laurence Lampert’s *Nietzsche’s Teaching.” — PolitiTweet.org

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The outcome of deplatforming. More shitty conservative content. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AltJewish Nietzsche addresses “realism” in your sense of the word; but he does it in his way, which I sense you dislike. “Piety” was at the heart of the scientific project; but that project eventually undermined piety. — PolitiTweet.org