Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Endorses Democrat and Conspiracy Theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Shortly After Using a Vile Slur to Describe the Democratic Party
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Endorses Democrat and Conspiracy Theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Shortly After Using a Vile Slur to Describe the Democratic Party
There’s reason to think that the shocking recent endorsement of a fringe Democrat by the increasingly right-learning tech guru is a bid to destroy—not save—the Democratic Party in the 2024 election.
They say that someone who doesn't "stand for something, falls for anything." And there are so many people falling for conspiracies lately, I can't help but wonder if the fairly recent introduction of polysemy into our media culture hasn't something to do with this. According to Media studies, polysemy is " "interpretive scope of media texts, the argument being that several interpretations coexist as potentials in any one text." And we saw it first in TV Ads, then in the TV Series "Friends" --where characters didn't really stand for anything in particular and as a result created a sort of political ambivalence. The only thing any of the Magats care about is Money and Power, which tells me they are terrified of being powerless. You just don't make the kind of money Jack and Trump and Musk make without compromising principles. And Kennedy seems to be a genetic throwback to Grandpa Joe in that regard. We are in Plotinus' 2nd Aeon version of the Tower of Babble. No one makes any sense, except Seth. But that is because he is impeccable with his word. The other Musk-eteers above have sold out to manipulating science and truth and integrity for power. Full stop.
I have been saying since Kennedy announced he is the sleeper cell that could do great harm. The bullshit he advocates cuts a huge swath across party lines. If anyone chose to switch parties for the primaries ( a question presented in a survey I just took), he spells trouble. Or if in losing the primary he decides to run as an independent big trouble for Biden because democrats can’t seem to get off their butts to vote along with all the Republican states shenanigans with voter access. That being said, I will be attuned to the usage of Democrat party and dole out corrections along the way. Thanks for the history. And yes I agree some learned folks look surprised when being corrected regarding Marx and Communism.
I am educated by you about the slur. Prior, I had little idea other than the phrase did seem to have a stink to it. But I wonder how journalism at large recognizes this? Is it seen as a slur at large or are the perpetrators able to hide behind "ignorance" that there's nothing wrong there?
Likewise I sense the same stink whenever the word "leftist" is used, as well as the abbreviated "lib."
I endorse your detailed, excellent article. Nonetheless, I'm always saddened when I think that nearly every Republican U.S. Senator, including some of the most ultra-Right wing ever, voted FOR the 1965 Voting Rights Act, but today's GOP acts like it's always opposed civil rights, voting rights, etc.
Very few Republican U.S. Senators voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act, & they had generally been good compared to Democratic Senators with the earlier decade's multiple Civil Rights Acts.
Some of the super-Right wing GOP Senators, like Knowland of Calif, were extremely for basic civil rights back when seniority-chosen Democratic U.S. Senate Committee Chairman were typically extraordinary white supremacists.
Yes, there were arch-segregationists among Republicans then, such as Cong. Reece of TN, but the well-known Strom Thurmond joined the Republican Party right after the national political conventions of 1964.
Judge Frank M. Johnson was a Republican who decided more major civil rights cases, alone or in 3-judge panels, than any other federal judge. He was an old-fashioned Republican whose family had supported the Union & never been supportive of slavery, even though they were long-time citizens of Alabama.
Numerous prominent civil rights lawyers of that era were Republicans, & it was one of them, John Doar, was hired by the Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee to be lead counsel for the Nixon Impeachment. The Democrats on the Judiciary Committee knew that both U.S. House & U.S. Senate had incredible Democratic majorities, so wanted a man with a GOP background to be their chief counsel for Impeachment of Nixon. Leading Republican civil rights lawyers were the ideal candidates for that hiring of a Republican for the Democrats on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee.
I do NOT make any excuses for today's GOP. We must remember that even Karl Mundt of S.D. & Stephen Young of OH & Jack Miller of IA & other far-far-Right wingers voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act & the 1965 Voting Rights Act. THAT makes it even sadder that today's Republican Party acts like it has No such heritage -- while even Roman Hruska of Nebraska & Norris Cotton of N.H. supported the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
I remember waking up to the news that RFK had been assassinated. I was 11 yo. Later, I read a few biographies of RFK, and while he could be a real sh*t at times, he also was capable of growth, and did become an admirable person.
That RFK Jr could be his son is almost beyond my grasp.
I wish I could get my year subscription price back. I hate Trump. A close second is a Democrat-ic party shill, which is what this stack has generally become (IMO) in the past few months.
you wrote, “I will be attuned to the usage of Democrat party and dole out corrections along the way.” so please correct yourself. There’s no Democrat party; it is the democratic party and you just insulted them but maybe that’s what you meant to do? I’m not sure what you meant when you said “democrats can’t seem to get off their butts to vote along with all the Republican shenanigans” to deny voter access at the polls. We want everybody to vote, not just the very rich, who already have the keys to the vault. I am so confused.
They say that someone who doesn't "stand for something, falls for anything." And there are so many people falling for conspiracies lately, I can't help but wonder if the fairly recent introduction of polysemy into our media culture hasn't something to do with this. According to Media studies, polysemy is " "interpretive scope of media texts, the argument being that several interpretations coexist as potentials in any one text." And we saw it first in TV Ads, then in the TV Series "Friends" --where characters didn't really stand for anything in particular and as a result created a sort of political ambivalence. The only thing any of the Magats care about is Money and Power, which tells me they are terrified of being powerless. You just don't make the kind of money Jack and Trump and Musk make without compromising principles. And Kennedy seems to be a genetic throwback to Grandpa Joe in that regard. We are in Plotinus' 2nd Aeon version of the Tower of Babble. No one makes any sense, except Seth. But that is because he is impeccable with his word. The other Musk-eteers above have sold out to manipulating science and truth and integrity for power. Full stop.
I have been saying since Kennedy announced he is the sleeper cell that could do great harm. The bullshit he advocates cuts a huge swath across party lines. If anyone chose to switch parties for the primaries ( a question presented in a survey I just took), he spells trouble. Or if in losing the primary he decides to run as an independent big trouble for Biden because democrats can’t seem to get off their butts to vote along with all the Republican states shenanigans with voter access. That being said, I will be attuned to the usage of Democrat party and dole out corrections along the way. Thanks for the history. And yes I agree some learned folks look surprised when being corrected regarding Marx and Communism.
I am educated by you about the slur. Prior, I had little idea other than the phrase did seem to have a stink to it. But I wonder how journalism at large recognizes this? Is it seen as a slur at large or are the perpetrators able to hide behind "ignorance" that there's nothing wrong there?
Likewise I sense the same stink whenever the word "leftist" is used, as well as the abbreviated "lib."
I endorse your detailed, excellent article. Nonetheless, I'm always saddened when I think that nearly every Republican U.S. Senator, including some of the most ultra-Right wing ever, voted FOR the 1965 Voting Rights Act, but today's GOP acts like it's always opposed civil rights, voting rights, etc.
Very few Republican U.S. Senators voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act, & they had generally been good compared to Democratic Senators with the earlier decade's multiple Civil Rights Acts.
Some of the super-Right wing GOP Senators, like Knowland of Calif, were extremely for basic civil rights back when seniority-chosen Democratic U.S. Senate Committee Chairman were typically extraordinary white supremacists.
Yes, there were arch-segregationists among Republicans then, such as Cong. Reece of TN, but the well-known Strom Thurmond joined the Republican Party right after the national political conventions of 1964.
Judge Frank M. Johnson was a Republican who decided more major civil rights cases, alone or in 3-judge panels, than any other federal judge. He was an old-fashioned Republican whose family had supported the Union & never been supportive of slavery, even though they were long-time citizens of Alabama.
Numerous prominent civil rights lawyers of that era were Republicans, & it was one of them, John Doar, was hired by the Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee to be lead counsel for the Nixon Impeachment. The Democrats on the Judiciary Committee knew that both U.S. House & U.S. Senate had incredible Democratic majorities, so wanted a man with a GOP background to be their chief counsel for Impeachment of Nixon. Leading Republican civil rights lawyers were the ideal candidates for that hiring of a Republican for the Democrats on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee.
I do NOT make any excuses for today's GOP. We must remember that even Karl Mundt of S.D. & Stephen Young of OH & Jack Miller of IA & other far-far-Right wingers voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act & the 1965 Voting Rights Act. THAT makes it even sadder that today's Republican Party acts like it has No such heritage -- while even Roman Hruska of Nebraska & Norris Cotton of N.H. supported the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
I remember waking up to the news that RFK had been assassinated. I was 11 yo. Later, I read a few biographies of RFK, and while he could be a real sh*t at times, he also was capable of growth, and did become an admirable person.
That RFK Jr could be his son is almost beyond my grasp.
Spot on with your final sentence. Thanks Seth for another great piece. You are a true American patriot and hero.
I wish I could get my year subscription price back. I hate Trump. A close second is a Democrat-ic party shill, which is what this stack has generally become (IMO) in the past few months.
you wrote, “I will be attuned to the usage of Democrat party and dole out corrections along the way.” so please correct yourself. There’s no Democrat party; it is the democratic party and you just insulted them but maybe that’s what you meant to do? I’m not sure what you meant when you said “democrats can’t seem to get off their butts to vote along with all the Republican shenanigans” to deny voter access at the polls. We want everybody to vote, not just the very rich, who already have the keys to the vault. I am so confused.
If I was an American I would vote for Kennedy. I strongly oppose his views on covid vaccines but agree with him about everything else.
Here's a thought....Trump very very bad. Biden very bad. Dorsey isn't wrong.