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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com

"Give me an example of why this guy should be taken seriously" is absolutely a fair question to ask! I can do it with any writer I like, it isn't hard at all

sep 2, 2025, 2:34 am • 3 0

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Jean Genet Ramsay @barfsville.bsky.social

He’s got like a 30 year track record of asking decently good questions, chill out man

sep 2, 2025, 2:46 am • 0 0 • view
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com

Why is it whenever I ask for specifics about this guy I get told something vague

sep 2, 2025, 2:47 am • 1 0 • view
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Jean Genet Ramsay @barfsville.bsky.social

He’s just not a guy who takes big swings, probably because he is (or was, I think he left NYU) a tenured professor who has a steady income and so doesn’t need to drive a media cycle to make some money.

sep 2, 2025, 2:53 am • 0 0 • view
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com

What does "he doesn't take big swings" mean?

sep 2, 2025, 2:58 am • 2 0 • view
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Jean Genet Ramsay @barfsville.bsky.social

It means that he has an ongoing critique of media trends as they develop and (so far as I can tell, I’m just a guy who reads his posts and sometimes his articles) doesn’t have some One Weird Trick That Explains Why Nana Is Redpilled or whatever

sep 2, 2025, 3:09 am • 2 0 • view
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Fat Man in a Skirt @fmias.bsky.social

NFL Referee calling out Appeal to Authority as if it were a penalty on the field
sep 2, 2025, 2:55 am • 2 0 • view