"I know this represents a shift for many of you, and maybe even an unwelcome one for some, but simply being reconciled to these changes is not enough. We want those who stick with us to be genuinely enthusiastic about the new direction and focus."
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Love the strategy of dangling an unspoken "or else" to provoke 'genuine' enthusiasm.
jul 14, 2025, 2:30 pm • 23 1 • view
very clear threat of be on board or say bye
jul 14, 2025, 2:53 pm • 7 0 • view
"My way or the highway, but I'm not telling you what my way is other than it demands your complete loyalty!"
jul 14, 2025, 4:33 pm • 157 1 • view
What Ben is saying is: "We're going to shove some more right wing bullshit down your throats to appease an imbecile and a clown that wants to be a Trillionaire."
jul 14, 2025, 5:49 pm • 129 10 • view
What exactly is the new direction and focus?
jul 14, 2025, 3:10 pm • 2 0 • view
Yikes. WaPo continues to circle the ethical drain.
jul 14, 2025, 9:06 pm • 6 0 • view
Sounds like Pam Bondi addressing the DoJ.
jul 14, 2025, 4:42 pm • 1 0 • view
"The rightward lurch will continue until morale improves". Yeah good luck with that.
jul 14, 2025, 3:08 pm • 19 0 • view
"We are gonna be way more right wing, guys."
jul 14, 2025, 3:02 pm • 4 0 • view
Since that is a word salad if I worked there I'd be sending out resumes pronto.
jul 14, 2025, 2:23 pm • 61 0 • view
Or hiring a decent copy edtor
jul 14, 2025, 4:34 pm • 3 0 • view
"Jawohl, mein Fuhrer!"
jul 14, 2025, 3:40 pm • 1 0 • view
"We want those who stick with us to be genuinely enthusiastic"
jul 14, 2025, 3:12 pm • 19 0 • view
He managed to say basically nothing about what the new direction exactly is. Wonder why that is?
jul 14, 2025, 5:16 pm • 20 1 • view
He said enough. free market, personal liberty are conservative buzz words that means let companies do whatever the fuck they want and don’t regulate guns. He’s all in for fascism. Watch.
jul 14, 2025, 5:58 pm • 7 1 • view
He specifically said what the new direction will be. Did you not read the actual letter?
jul 14, 2025, 5:59 pm • 0 0 • view
I saw little beyond the vague "advocating for free markets and personal liberties" shtick that Bezos had already spelled out a while back. So not a new direction then?
jul 14, 2025, 6:18 pm • 0 0 • view
Exactly
jul 14, 2025, 6:50 pm • 0 0 • view
Needs to be read in fascist coded language. The implication of "radical change" together with who this person is is that the opinion section has been too left-wing. Now place that next to the "free market" semantically null but RW-coded wording, and out pops the fascist propaganda mandate.
jul 14, 2025, 7:34 pm • 2 0 • view
You nailed it. Not vague at all.
jul 14, 2025, 7:38 pm • 1 0 • view
Agreed.
jul 14, 2025, 8:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Kissing the ring all day everyday and selling it as FACT rather than opinion.
jul 14, 2025, 7:06 pm • 1 0 • view
"... simply being reconciled to these changes is not enough"-exemplifies that if Fascism is left to fester long enough, only enthusiastic participation will be acceptable-& not just in the WAPO opinion section.
jul 14, 2025, 4:42 pm • 8 0 • view
“Only enthusiastic gargling of Trump’s balls will be acceptable.”
jul 14, 2025, 4:51 pm • 4 1 • view
Gross.
jul 14, 2025, 3:24 pm • 0 0 • view
"Any opinion the writer wants so long as it's ours," to borrow from Henry Ford.
jul 14, 2025, 4:51 pm • 11 0 • view
Sounds very second round financing to me. The framing of “Were moving forward; you’re a loser dinosaur” is so familiar.
jul 14, 2025, 2:51 pm • 13 0 • view
IOW, my way or the highway. What could possibly go wrong?
jul 26, 2025, 2:27 am • 0 0 • view