Trump’s Takeover of Education Is Taking A Page From the Confederacy The thread of partisan power and control is stitched through America’s public...

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The reactionary right is frequently characterised as emotional or irrational.

These pejorative framings can strengthen reactionary mobilisation by confirming their sense of marginalisation & epistemic superiority.

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This self-construction is powerful identity & status work.

It draws a binary between “critical thinkers like us” vs “naïve others” & builds a hierarchy of taste in information & discernment.

Being objective becomes not just a claim, but a marker of identity.

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Findings from the Everyday Misinformation Project reveal that a significant cohort in this space presents themselves as innately sceptical, critically minded & savvy information seekers.

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I’ve just attended a fascinating talk exploring how the online reactionary right mobilises, constructs identity, & frames its relationship to knowledge in the digital landscape.

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Thanks to @maxwellmodell.bsky.social for organising it!

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I Am Giorgia, and You Are Not - anti capitalist musings What looks like autobiography is really a sermon: suffer, obey, reproduce, and vote accordingly.

Meloni’s memoir isn’t a confession, it’s a warning, that's if anyone cares to listen. We have grievance polished into myth, motherhood weaponised, and God draped in the flag.

I read "I Am Giorgia" so you don’t have to.

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