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Michael Feola

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Xitter today is an amazing illustration of right-wing language politics. All across the right-wing media ecology, one phrase rings out: “shall not be infringed” (in shouty all-caps). As usual, the phrase is pushed by firearm extremists and bad-faith gun apologists. But more interesting is… 🧵 1/4

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… what it reveals about far right media politics. Over and over, far right agitators insist that the counterrevolution will only be won by capturing hearts and minds. The path: a politics of language. Words are their arsenal — designed to shape thought, feeling, and imagination. 2/4

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