#Spectacle

"Shoot him again, his soul is still dancing"

Aelkus

a lot of the time spectacle has been the way to talk about trump era but i think that focus on spectacle is counterproductive here there is nothing postmodern about

lib posting

LivPosting

It's not a civil war for the same reason its not a coup for the same reason police are not using force against them: they do not represent a serious

Joe Hagan

joehagansays

Spectacle and alarm are their super powers. But they need lights and cameras and microphones. Turn the cameras off and you weaken them. Outrageous comments, lies and misinformation are not

Adrian Bott

Cavalorn

leavers complaining that the Brexit talks were 'boring', as if two day lorry queues are going to provide the stimulating spectacle they crave don't worry, the scriptwriters will spice things

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

I’m thinking a lot this morning about how to cover Trump going forward. I think it’s important to keep an eye on him as he’s the leader of a violent,

Ralf 🦋

Ralf_LOTF

A common narcissistic strategy is to play the victim. “You hurt me! Poor, poor me.” Instead of working through the issue with you or internally, they have no problem dragging

Mike Wagner

prowag

Thread: Thinking about the late @UWMadison political scientist Murray Edelman's book "Constructing the Political Spectacle." It can help us understand what's happening. Edelman argues "political language is political

Keith Woods ☘️

KeithWoodsYT

Thread: 1. Hyperreality comes from the observation that in postmodern society the division between virtual and the real becomes illusive. Hyperpolitics is the blending of hyperreality and politics, or of

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

For the next four years Trump is going to behave like an antipresident in exile, holding a shadow presidency that not only critiques the Biden Administration but undermines it and

Robert Hooper

rj_hooper

We really need to get rid of this prospect that kayfabe needs to be maintained. Or that “what’s wrong with the business” is that kayfabe isn’t “respected.” It’s out of

Jack "Looking for Work" McGee #BLM

Drooling_Demon

im about to get so frickin pretentious. get ready for the most “no fun” ill ever be. the kong vs godzilla stuff is really really interesting to me in that

Kyle Cheney

kyledcheney

NEWS: Sen. Hawley says he'll object to electors on Jan. 6, ensuring a debate and vote will ensue. All eyes had been on Tuberville to lodge a challenge, but Hawley

Don't Believe the Hype

Dntblvthhyp

The fake left is pushing this story about a cop who said cops and soldiers in the mob were flashing their badges at them. It’s important to understand why, if

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

It's great to criticize ideas and data, but not, IMHO, random peopleEvery day it seems 100 or 1000 people find a comment or tweet of some random individual that they

ProfB

AntheaButler

I'm going to say something very unpopular right now but it's true. Americans needed to see this because some of you thought it could never happen here. Those of us

Samo Burja

SamoBurja

When they eventually write the book about COVID, I hope they use the prologue to explain how Chernobyl came out in 2019. 1/4 That the prestige-TV watching public chuckled grimly

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