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In our #ThursdayThread we're discussing how Majorie Taylor Greene wants to debate @AOC on the Green New Deal. Should Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez consent to debate Greene in a public forum?
Fuck no.
Here's the top five reasons why.
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Fuck no.
Here's the top five reasons why.
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(2) Reason #1:
Greene hasn't even bothered to read the bill, which is only 14 pages and pretty easily digestible.
There's no surer sign that this is a publicity stunt than Greene's lack of awareness about the topic she's proposing debating. https://www.businessinsider.com/mtg-debate-aoc-green-new-deal-after-she-reads-it-2021-4
Greene hasn't even bothered to read the bill, which is only 14 pages and pretty easily digestible.
There's no surer sign that this is a publicity stunt than Greene's lack of awareness about the topic she's proposing debating. https://www.businessinsider.com/mtg-debate-aoc-green-new-deal-after-she-reads-it-2021-4
(3) Reason #2:
Greene is a professional provocateur. She's not there to debate policy. She's a clout chaser.
The easiest way to get her to stop poisoning political discourse is to ignore her bad faith antics. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-green-new-deal-aoc-b1832424.html
Greene is a professional provocateur. She's not there to debate policy. She's a clout chaser.
The easiest way to get her to stop poisoning political discourse is to ignore her bad faith antics. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-green-new-deal-aoc-b1832424.html
(4) Reason #3:
Debating Greene and providing her the media exposure such a debate would garner would 100% contribute to her fundraising efforts.
She wants free media exposure so she can exploit it for campaign dollars. Don't give it to her. https://www.propublica.org/article/how-josh-hawley-and-marjorie-taylor-greene-juiced-their-fundraising-numbers
Debating Greene and providing her the media exposure such a debate would garner would 100% contribute to her fundraising efforts.
She wants free media exposure so she can exploit it for campaign dollars. Don't give it to her. https://www.propublica.org/article/how-josh-hawley-and-marjorie-taylor-greene-juiced-their-fundraising-numbers
(5) Reason #4:
Even entertaining Greene's ludicrous ideas opens the door to the premise that her conspiracy theories are somehow worthy of debate.
They're not. Full stop. This is dangerous stuff. We don't need to give it a platform. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/dont-laugh-marjorie-taylor-greene/617971/
Even entertaining Greene's ludicrous ideas opens the door to the premise that her conspiracy theories are somehow worthy of debate.
They're not. Full stop. This is dangerous stuff. We don't need to give it a platform. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/dont-laugh-marjorie-taylor-greene/617971/
(6) Reason #5:
While feeding this frenzy is the tempting equivalent of political rubbernecking, it doesn't advance progressive policy.
The real work is not convincing the Majorie Taylor Greenes of the world. It's convincing the Mitt Romneys. https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/507733-how-republicans-can-embrace-environmentalism-and-win
While feeding this frenzy is the tempting equivalent of political rubbernecking, it doesn't advance progressive policy.
The real work is not convincing the Majorie Taylor Greenes of the world. It's convincing the Mitt Romneys. https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/507733-how-republicans-can-embrace-environmentalism-and-win
(7) All of this is to say that @AOC should not entertain Greene's bizarre stunt for even a minute and neither should you. STOP paying attention to this nonsense. Block mentions of Greene on your timeline.
If you move on, the media will too. https://twitter.com/kazweida/status/1384565118789308419?s=20
If you move on, the media will too. https://twitter.com/kazweida/status/1384565118789308419?s=20
(8) We are all responsible for the media landscape. As consumers, we can choose to shape it in productive ways or allow it to shape public discourse in ways we find infuriating.
In this sphere at least, we have a lot of power. Don't squander it. https://www.npr.org/2020/12/30/949269201/4-ways-2020-changed-media-the-consumer-has-never-had-more-power
In this sphere at least, we have a lot of power. Don't squander it. https://www.npr.org/2020/12/30/949269201/4-ways-2020-changed-media-the-consumer-has-never-had-more-power
(END) Thanks for stopping for the #ThursdayThread , suggestion courtesy of @MajikaZulJin . Come back next week and we'll do this again.
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