Friday, July 26, 2019

Blundering Ben Rhodes journalism

More from the Ben Rhodes Journalists ("The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old, and their only reporting experience consists of being around political campaigns. That’s a sea change. They literally know nothing.”)

In this instance from the young adult news site, Vox. From Trump and the dead end of conservative nationalism by Zack Beauchamp.

Whether worth noting or not - Beauchamp is perhaps 30. A geriatric Ben Rhodes Journalist perhaps. And a product of Georgetown Day High School, Brown University, and London School of Economics. No excuse for ignorance.

He starts out.
President Trump’s vicious attacks on four House Democrats this week — telling four American women of color to “go back” to their own countries — was a testament to the racism at the heart of his brand of nationalism.
It is worth pointing out. If you are the one always hearing the racist dog whistle, it is not more than reasonable odds that you are the racist. Especially in this instance where no names were named and no racial terms were used and no allusion to race made.

I noted the article earlier in the week but did not go beyond that first paragraph.

Today, however, I see from this tweet that there was even greater vindictive ignorance further on.



No. They couldn't be that ignorant, trying to push National Socialism. This must be one of those mean-spirited over-reachings so frequent on twitter. I go to the article. Yikes!
Nationalism, by its nature, excludes people. Raising one’s nation above others begins with defining what that nation is — and who belongs in it.

It’s theoretically possible to have a liberal nationalism, even a socialist nationalism, that welcomes foreigners interested in joining the nation’s ranks.
Socialist nationalism? National Socialism? No big deal.

Well, only if you have no knowledge of history perhaps.

I think Beauchamp's parents ought to ask for the $500,000 back that they spent on his education.

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