All the sneering at “economic anxiety”? All the finding of pics of awful racists and labeling it “economic anxiety”? Self-induced blindness.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

Of course there is a resurgence of racism—an explicit nationalism based on ethno-supremacy. HE TIED IT TO ECONOMIC REVIVAL. This is potent.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

“But unemployment numbers are low” people need to look at the kinds of jobs people hold. Their fears for the future. Drive outside a city.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

Anti-racism & protecting vulnerable groups is the priority. I’m an immigrant from Middle East and I work with refugees. I will double down.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

But globalization, de-industrialization and tech-fueled change wiped out stability from large swathes of US. Sneering at this is ridiculous.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

I keep correcting this about Turkey. Erdogan runs a populist government. Expanded the welfare state for groups who felt culturally maligned.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

Trump likely not as talented as Erdogan as a politician. There is no realignment… yet. This is still the country that elected Obama.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

Keep this up & there will be a realignment. Trumpism will create its Erdogan. It’s a a global wave. Opposition incompetence big part of it.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

This isn’t a call to ignore the obvious and resurgent racism. It’s to understand that the committed green frogs are a small minority.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

Stop normalizing the worst of the racists by sneering at very real economic concerns, using totalizing language that lumps it all together.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

Not just because of feelings. Because you will lose. And lose. And lose. Erdogan on his way to fifth election—will win a super-majority.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

@zeynep : I don’t want us to dismiss economic despair. It is across racial lines, but this is not why Trump won. Whitelash happened.

— Nancy W. F. H. (@CeCe_23Spalding) November 10, 2016

Trump tied economic populism to “whitelash”. If you want to win, you tie economic justice to anti-racist coalitions. https://t.co/NOP3jCKy8r

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

@zeynep It’s essential that people don’t dismiss both economic anxiety/structural racism, but also our broken voting systems @MazMHussain

— Andrew Jerell Jones (@sluggahjells) November 10, 2016

Absolutely. Voter suppression was real. To oppose it: organize to show up for mid-terms to elect state legislatures. https://t.co/RGzvozcD8F

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

@zeynep What do you want to do, be nicer to racists? Is that what you’re suggesting we do? We know they’re racist and that they’re angry.

— I’m a Lebowski (@CoralSeason8) November 10, 2016

Not be nice to racists. Create coalitions that are anti-racist & economic-justice oriented, peel away people to it. https://t.co/iQxtLyIY5K

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

Passing around charts (that you are reading wrong) to dismiss role of economic despair/populism in Trump? Factiness. https://t.co/Xiw199w6kO pic.twitter.com/aCeIC6MxjN

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

@zeynep you can make your point without trivialising White Supremacy: ‘resurgent’? ‘the worst of the’?

— Disruptia (@Disruptia) November 10, 2016

I do not mean to trivialize it. I fear dismissing economic issues is conceding them to white supremacist politics. https://t.co/ezuddR6KqY

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

@zeynep @upuouo Except that non-white despairing people did not vote for trump and his bag of hatred. And btw majority of whites voting for trump r wealthy

— Sarah Leah Whitson (@sarahleah1) November 10, 2016

Of course not. What I’m railing against is self-induced blindness to realities of the (razor-thin) Trump coalition. https://t.co/uDKehDtpNn

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

@zeynep people on the left very narasstic to think people voted for trump to hurt them. When it was about trying to get more for themselevs

— Jimmy ValenTime (@Jimmyvalentime) November 10, 2016

Something I heard often from Trump supporters; also academic research long showed. R base wants gov’t to help them. https://t.co/qnjn7EJCEw

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

They (wrongly) think that minorities (and now refugees) get a lot of government help, instead of them. That’s been the propaganda at them.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

@DemFromCT @zeynep This idea that 70,000,000 people would have voted for Sanders whose never faced a negative attack in his life, is naive.

— I’m a Lebowski (@CoralSeason8) November 10, 2016

No idea if Sanders could have won. This was a razor-thin election. Clinton almost won. There is no realignment. Yet. https://t.co/QpFvd81FPr

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

I can’t RT this enough. “Data journalism” has misled lots of people, as they developed their “factiness” over truth. https://t.co/Xiw199w6kO pic.twitter.com/MPWIpCyvgL

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

You can’t understand the very real economic despair of much of US with unemployment numbers just like you can’t measure racism with polls.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

I keep saying it’s a razor-thin coalition, and if people keep dismissing the most peelable portion, it will grow. https://t.co/2jV3zErKqZ

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

I keep saying it’s a razor-thin coalition, and if people keep dismissing the most peelable portion, it will grow. https://t.co/2jV3zErKqZ

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

Also, Trump lost ~half of white women, won half. (Polls have margin of error). All the articles are “Trump won white women!” Self-sabotage.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

@zeynep Yep, it insults me to have my white women vote stolen from me. Both of my white daughters, my husband and myself voted for Hillary.

— Paola (@V1ewF1nder) November 10, 2016

Yes. Seen dozens of “it’s the white women” articles when Trump lost half. It just normalizes next round of losing. https://t.co/KfrdnvE1P2

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

@zeynep Those articles also ignore Romney won a higher percentage of white women than Trump, yet still lost.

— Chris Lowrance (@chrislowrance) November 10, 2016

Yep. “White women gave it to Trump” articles are not only self-sabotage, They ignore the direction of the coalition. https://t.co/hPSz90fgZf

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016

Also: my error. I thought Trump was viable since August of 2015. I wrote on his strengths. I also saw lack of organization as fatal. Wrong.

— Zeynep Tufekci (@zeynep) November 10, 2016