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Elizabeth Spiers

@espiers.bsky.social

Sometimes the letters to the editor are very good.

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Boz Handy Bosma, Ph.D.'s avatar Boz Handy Bosma, Ph.D. @bbbozzz.bsky.social
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Thank you for sharing this. I’ve tried similar appeals in the past, but never so well. This way of framing it is so useful.

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rifka the unhinged fat activist's avatar rifka the unhinged fat activist @rifka.bsky.social
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Please use alt text or ask for help with the tag alt4me. All disabled people are as human as you and me

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Isaac Erbele's avatar Isaac Erbele @isaacerbele.bsky.social
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Give Nancy a column!

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Gary Legum's avatar Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social
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Out of curiosity, I looked this column up, and I think Nancy grossly understated Ross' lack of self-awareness.

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Billy Wonka's avatar Billy Wonka @billywonka.bsky.social
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Hey Liz, your post of this letter is the first post I've read on bsky as "I've just arrived". And because of the content You my dear are my first follow. lol I'm here from Post that apparently is coming to an end. Same name there.

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Steven's avatar Steven @prognostic8r.bsky.social
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Imagine the ones that don't get published.

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Enrique Gili 's avatar Enrique Gili @gili92107.bsky.social
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Birding?! In this economy!

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QueSHŌGUN's avatar QueSHŌGUN @thequeso.bsky.social
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Ross remains the least essential and least insightful columnist at the Times and that is really an impressive feat.

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)'s avatar Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
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Wow - burning eloquence!

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Cuntace Owens's avatar Cuntace Owens @duaadiddy.bsky.social
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More like Ross Don’t Douthat

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Robert Ferry's avatar Robert Ferry @robertferry.bsky.social
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The American voter who gets loudly drunk at rallies, cheers on taking rights from "other" people, gets their news from Facebook, and wants politicians who'll create more food and shelter insecurity so they can volunteer at their church's food bank to save their soul. This is called "happiness."

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Dreamer Hyena's avatar Dreamer Hyena @dreamerhyena.bsky.social
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The temptation to post this on my mostly unused Facebook and leave the replies on unread for months is so high...

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Ralf W's avatar Ralf W @raflw.bsky.social
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And she lives so near by Ivana, RIP.

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Hal Donahue's avatar Hal Donahue @haldonahue.bsky.social
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Often times

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Hal Donahue's avatar Hal Donahue @haldonahue.bsky.social
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Many are truly outstanding

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O G Paka's avatar O G Paka @ogpaka.bsky.social
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Ross who?

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I Am Étouffée People (Yeah Yeah)'s avatar I Am Étouffée People (Yeah Yeah) @shmeppy.bsky.social
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let 'er rip Nancy

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PeopleDied2Vote 's avatar PeopleDied2Vote @peopledied2vote.bsky.social
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"Trump Feeling Fresh and Happy to Clear His Name in Court" By Ross Douthat

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Jerome's avatar Jerome @fjerome.bsky.social
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Fuck yeah nance

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's avatar @creade.metropho.rs
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Get his ass Nancy

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SFliberal FFS's avatar SFliberal FFS @sfliberal.bsky.social
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Kudos to Nancy!

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Chris G.'s avatar Chris G. @iamchrisgam.bsky.social
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They're terrified of everything: vaccines, EVs, drag queens, black people in TV commercials, trans people, trans people playing sports, men who dress stylishly, women with opinions, a black president, renewable energy, etc etc etc

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Heather e^-1/x^2's avatar Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social
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This is excellent! What publication is this and what article is she responding to?

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Closest agreement I saw was “I respect Mr Douthat but…”

The curated letters appear both intelligent and on-point—something every social media platform should aspire to—and to reaffirm beliefs that happiness is a by-product of an otherwise purposeful, good life

GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2024/04/27/o...

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Ron Cox's avatar Ron Cox @monkyhead.bsky.social
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I once saw Douthat alone at a Starbucks in DC, and I certainly walked away with the impression, “oh, what a happy fellow I have seen!”

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Frank's avatar Frank @kn4rf.bsky.social
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get his ass Nancy

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's avatar @processanalyzer.bsky.social
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Its our Christian Influenced Cosmic Optimism ™️ that makes us so sad, we can’t even shoot a puppy in the face.

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Patrick A. Reed's avatar Patrick A. Reed @djpatrickareed.bsky.social
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Side note: going to start referring to repubs as "Dout-hats".

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Josh Sternberg's avatar Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.bsky.social
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wonder what nancy thinks of her famous neighbor

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