mekka okereke Aug 12, 2024

🤔Anti-woke guy starts a crusade against plagiarism, not realizing that this would destroy his wife's academic reputation.

🤔Anti-woke guy starts an inquiry into Walz not going on deployment, not anticipating that this re-opens the conversation on his running mate's draft dodging and insulting gold star families and POWs.

🤔 Anti-woke guy starts an investigation into crowd sizes, not anticipating that people will point to his many empty stands.

They're genuinely surprised by equal treatment.🤷🏿‍♂️

Show threadQueen of AnxietyAug 12, 2024
@mekkaokereke I think the “surprised by equal treatment” is a key component of the whole movement, or whatever you’d call it. Rules are made for others, not themselves.
Show threaddidn't i already open xcode

@queenofnewyork @mekkaokereke

makes me think of that frank wilhoit quote

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

Aug 12, 2024 at 9:05amWeb