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Arthur's avatar

Perhaps you should take a small break. I've noticed your last few columns have been based more on emotion and less on reason. This is article is outrage porn, nothing more, nothing less. You could have just disagreed with Tucker, but the "Everything I Don't Like Is Propaganda" position, is low brow.

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Caitlin Johnstone's avatar

That's just you saying you're a right winger and it makes you emotional when I don't say right wing things.

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Russel's avatar

I just assumed that half of us here were right wingers

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Arthur's avatar

This is you not helping. I was a Bernie Bros, I voted for Jill Stein. So, we have now advanced to "Everything I don't Like Is A Right Winger". Me, a "right winger" lol. Ok, have a wonderful day.

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Caitlin Johnstone's avatar

You're here having a shit fit because I called Tucker Carlson what he is. I've encountered many Jill Stein voters who wound up Tucker Carlson stans. Some of them are still raging to this very day because I didn't make the jump with them.

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Arthur's avatar

"Tucker Carlson stans" Did I read that right? Really, you said Tucker Carlson stans? Alright then, so we are at the level of discourse where "Trumpkin, or Libtard, are appropriate. Well, I don't have a Twitter account because this is a sewer I refuse to play in. I've enjoyed many of your articles, but It's time to move on. Good bye.

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Caitlin Johnstone's avatar

Not sure what kind of life you've lived to give you the expectation that "take a break from your job because you've been getting emotional" would receive a warm response, but best of luck with whatever's going on there.

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Rob Brown's avatar

If you want to piss someone off, or if you want to make a pissed off person angrier, or if you just want to troll...for all three, a very reliable way to do it is to tell them they're being emotional and not focusing on reason. (I.e., "unreasonable.")

If you genuinely think someone's not focusing on the facts as much as they ought to, then give examples. Personally, I don't think Caitlin was overly emotional at all recently. Let's briefly go over recent posts:

-The abortion one was full of good points, IMO.

-The one about NATO expanding being a problem was correct. It IS a problem if you think that the US should be doing diplomacy rather than trying to destroy its competitors.

-Pompeo deserves all the criticism he got in the piece about him.

-Paid operatives on social media swarming anybody who criticizes US foreign policy is also a problem.

And that brings us to today.

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