HR Lady Politics enjoyer (He/Him)

It’s Juneteenth, so I’ve put together a list of history books that have helped me better understand slavery and its impact today. Knowing this can help us better secure the elusive equality for all promised at this nation’s founding. Please make suggestions. Particularly by scholars of color. 1/

Oh. This is interesting! I have not considered this tendency before but it’s definitely something I see. I just tried to tag Andrew Feffer. Would have sworn he was on Bluesky

The Platner story shows how political consultants should not parachute into a state and pick a candidate. There were a bunch of solid Democratic candidates in the state. Maybe the elites don’t know better than the people who actually live in the state?

Bingo!!!

Men. We cannot let other men who do this remain relevant or in our midst.

THIS. I do not know a SINGLE woman in my professional field who has not been sexually assaulted or harassed by colleagues. I am an old. I know a lot of women colleagues. #MeToo

This is well said.

🎯🎯🎯

Exactly this. I don’t demand perfection. I DO demand you take responsibility. I do demand not creating conspiracy theories. Why is this hard?!?

I have to admit. I did have that extra highlighter. 😞

Well, I’ve finally been cured of imposter syndrome. A student walked up to me on the stairs and said, “you look like someone who would have an extra highlighter.” F. That obvious?

This is exciting! It’s a very useful topic in which, I assume, Dr. Aubin can tear down the sacred cows. I’d be willing to bet it’ll also help introduce historiography to her broader history audience in important ways.

Indeed!

Whew. This.

This thread is it.

Today as students tried to define “History,” they ended up having to define “events” as well. This led to them discussing categorization. Ultimately they then considered how the questions we ask determine the categories and data connected. Man I love my job.

yeah, due process. Senator unless proven guilty.

Hear me out. Reverse Missouri compromise Maine back to Massachusetts and then bring DC in as 50th.

Well, well, well. Not so easy to find a guy with a nazi tattoo who doesn't suck shit, is it?

HR Lady would have fired Trump in 2016. So those politics seem way better than those who would have excused his Access Hollywood tape as locker room talk.

Antisemitism is a real and growing issue in American politics and culture, but the fact that American Jewish organizations like the ADL and AJC went harder on Mamdani than on Platner is part of why we are making no headway in fighting it.

If your job is to be a professional talker and you complain about being cancelled for talking you are just saying you want tenure.

I agree here, except I don’t give him the benefit of the doubt. I used to think he focused on class to the exclusion of race due to being old school Marxist. Now I think he intentionally marginalizes people. The pattern is pretty clear. It’s bigotry.

Yes. This is a subtweet of Bernie and his bros.

This is such an important book that if you don’t know much about how race and class are tied together in America and you promise to read the book I’ll send a paper or audio copy to the first person who says they’d like it!

The number of blocks you pick up for saying Platner is and was a problem and that his boosters are to is astounding. Telling. On. Yourself.

Condemn rape without mentioning Israel challenge…failed.

Just cuz you are a socialist doesn’t mean you have to be a Tankie.

The USMNT and Knicks being really good except for the precise moment when Trump involves himself is really funny

One thing I would love is if, when a straight white guy “sees the light” and joins the left, he would volunteer for a community group and like knock doors for someone who’d been on the left for ages instead of immediately wanting to be the candidate. It’d be like a litmus test for if they’re serious

Platner served as a totem of anti-Israel ideals. As anti-establishment viewpoints. Class-struggle. Violent masculine coverage. One didn’t have to support all of this to see him as the totem of what they did support. And opponents, no matter their validity, are pro-Israel, establishment, or women.

Why are men like Trump/Platner so successful? Because they are Totemic Politicians. This means that viewers see them as the very representation of whatever policy, position, or idea they cherish. Conversely, any attack on them is an attack on that idea, position, or policy.

I’m discovering that all the pundits who supported the guy who refused to take responsibility for his many problems are now…trying to sidestep their support and are refusing to take responsibility for their own lies and irresponsibility. Hmmm. See the pattern?

Me posting the link to today’s article on a reddit post of a person posting “remind me in one year” after I said all his supporters would have egg on their face. L Friend, it was 13 days ago.

It makes you the opposite of righteous.