A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆Jan 4, 2024

Rufo: I believe Black people in places of influence have their places illegitimately
Media:

Rufo: I'll smear Harvard's president
Media:

Rufo: I'll target her specifically because she is Black
Media:

Rufo: The media will help me; they have no guard against such manipulation
Media:

Rufo: Hey media here's the smear
Media: 700 STORIES A DAY ABOUT THIS FOR SOME UNKNOWABLE REASON

Rufo: haha one down, more to come
Media: congrats stranger; would you like an op-ed?
Rufo: sure, I'll use it to brag

Show threadbrucyJan 4, 2024
@JuliusGoat
I hate it here
Show threadKevin Leecaster
@brucy @JuliusGoat
The Ivory Tower demonstrated that they've become mere bystanders to society by allowing themselves to be so successfully attacked so to me it reflects more on their ineptness to meet the moment since we already knew that our media was incapable of standing up to the rightwing disinformation campaigns.
Jan 4, 2024 at 1:34pmWeb
Show threadJames 🦉 #FBPE Jan 4, 2024
@GreenFire @brucy @JuliusGoat I fear putting identity before critical theory has led to this, because they now care more about who is saying something than what is being said and thus are more easily duped and more like politicians than academics.
Show threadKevin LeecasterJan 4, 2024

@freequaybuoy @brucy @JuliusGoat
I'm not going to attempt to diagnose such a large institution. My point is that they should be better capable of countering the efforts of their enemies from either the right or the left.

I will suggest that their desperate desire to retain the large influx of cash necessary to support the quality of life they've come to expect might make them too timid to lobby the attacks necessary to defend oneself perhaps.