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Ooh I recognize that twitter account. "Ill-informed" is an understatement.
Even compared Trump to Marthin Luther King Jr once.
I wonder if people living in Belfast in the 1970s would have described it as calm, still, peaceful, restful or natural.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles
Makes me think the account is satire, knowing nothing else about it outside this thread
It's not https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Wolf
For people like that "peaceful" means "no brown people".
Jesus fuck. I was born and raised in Belfast, there's absolutely nothing about the experience today (out in 2019) that even remotely resembles the 70's.
also the 1970s weren't some magical time for living a naturalist/naturist life. in the northern empires, lead based paint and lead based fuels were in common use. in the global south, genocidal dictators carried out brutal violence to impress whichever northern empire they were affiliated with.
the fact that she wants to revisit the 1970s speaks to a great degree of access to privilege within capitalism, white supremacy, and even the patriarchy despite her presented gender.
As another example, the Cuyahoga River famously caught fire in 1969. That isn't technically the 70s, but I wouldn't have gone near it anytime during that decade.
The cuyahoga was only just declared safe to swim in last year. the bill that led to its eventual cleaning was passed in 1972. it was probably at its absolute nastiest in September of 1972.
Highly recommend the book “Doppelganger” by Naomi Klein where she talks about how weird it is to get confused with Naomi Wolf. A real feminist vs a playactor, just like how the right playacts science and reason by ‘doing their own research’ and playacts working class solidarity by showering the public with populist propaganda while shredding their legal protections
Great book.
She should be more sceptical of how the astronauts transmitted the image ...
Obviously with 0g
Exhibit n we're giving out doctorate degrees like candy.
A STEM PhD should be able to read and write at a high level and an PhD in English should have a modicum of knowledge of the world that surrounds us. This type of communication shenanigans only strengthens the current zeitgeist of anti-intellectualism IMHO.
note: That is assuming this isn't a satire account, which it very likely is, I refuse to believe this level of stupidity hasn't been selected against.
Unfortunately it's very real. The author Naomi Klein has a great book about Naomi Wolf called Doppelganger, based on the fact that people keep getting the two of them confused. Her descent into the right-wing conspiracy world is quite a thing.
Quite funny to see someone call Belfast calm and peaceful though. I'm in it quite regularly and usually just want to get out as soon as I can.
Shit, this splash of sad reality doesn't help with my suicidal tendencies...
Supposedly student are now relying on AI so much that they are parroting it. Things are gonna get worse, because everyone will have a doctorate soon and the owners of AI can guide them.
Yeah but they have 4G! THAT IS STRAIGHT POISON!
No no no, 3G was deadly up and until 4G came, then 4G was deadly until 5G came around.
Genuinely curious how she's a doctor.
You don't have to be smart to be a doctor. Hell you don't even have to be well educated in any meaningful sense.
You just have to either have enough time, money or dedication to one hyper niche field to get a piece of paper that says your a doctor.
It's both harder then you would think and easier then you would think.
Iv met and worked with so many people that have a doctorate that barely have a passable high school understanding of the world around them or anything at all out side of their doctorate. That I would genuinely trust a middle schooler from Mississippi more then them with just about fucking anything.
A doctorate should never be taken at face value of someone's intelligence.
Exactly. Not an advanced degree, but my HS valedictorian was one of the dumbest people I've ever met. But she spent hours every day memorizing information she didn't understand just to be able to regurgitate it on the test.
Our salutatorian should have been first, but he was actually smart and didn't try very hard.
Are you aware that the word "than" is part of the English language?
She's has a doctorate in philosophy.