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Fear Of Right-Wing Outrage Makes Us All Worse Off

Thinking about the conservative persecution complex and how the right weaponizes its media infrastructure to work people up into a frothy rage.

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May 02, 2023
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Hello, dear readers. I hope you are well.

I want to talk a bit about social media and *gulp* politics today — specifically, how the two intersect and why the combination so often makes us miserable. It gets a little ranty toward the end. Fair warning!

Over at his

Garbage Day
newsletter, Ryan Broderick has a smart piece about a time when the internet (and social medi…

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