Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:
This ploy is cousins with @jayrosen_nyu's idea of "#savvying," defined as: "dismissing valid questions with the insider's, 'and this surprises you?'"
https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/344825874362810369?lang=en
In both cases, an apologist for corruption masquerades as a pragmatist who understands the ways of the world, unlike you, a pathetic dreamer who foolishly hopes for a better world.
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