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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Yes!
Centrist Senators have a ton of clout right now. Was it not inevitable that they would try it out? It's not clear to me that Neera Tanden's problems have much to do with Neera Tanden, except that when centrist Senators want to throw their weight around and need a pretext, civility is an excellent one. Who doesn't like civility?
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Here's the fun thing: centrist senators are going to use their clout to axe a person who is generally on the centrist side of the Democratic party.
This is the problem with centrists, they're a very mixed crowd who actually agree on little other than liking centrism. There are really a half dozen varieties of centrist, each with their own perspective on things. It's way more fragmented than the left. So they kill each other. Centrist cancel culture is the most senseless form of cancel culture.
But of course, maybe if the mean tweets were all directed at Hillary they would have been ok. Because a jab at Vampire Cruz or a "moscow mitch" tweet is unacceptable, but "lock her up", well, that's just a good time party slogan.
