This thread is brilliant - like a concise, razor-sharp compilation of everything Charles and the rest of us have been saying about “both-siderism” for years:
Don’t engage with the media over this @iamsambee situation. This is the same shit they did to @kathygriffin, and the same shit they did to @michelleisawolf. They’re trying to construct a “both sides” story. That story doesn’t exist within the confines of reality. /1
— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) May 31, 2018
And here’s where someone brings up Roseanne Barr as a comedian. But (1) Roseanne’s party is in power, and (2) her statements weren’t made within the confines of comedy. She wasn’t being ironic. She wasn’t being hyperbolic. She was just being a fucking racist. /6
— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) May 31, 2018
Punching down ain’t that funny, so she just repeated shit like a bot. @kathygriffin, @michelleisawolf, and @iamsambee, on the other hand, are punching up.
There’s no equivalence there. It’s not a “both sides” issue. It’s people who got into power vs. those who did not. /24— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) May 31, 2018
And while we’re here, let me mention—I have to, because lots of the media doesn’t seem to get this—that using what comedians say as “whataboutism” to counter what elected and nominated officials say is fucking nonsense. You know it. I know it. And I hope America know it. /25
— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) May 31, 2018