I’m ready to name 2020 the Year of Hypocrisy.
The year where organizations, governments, and companies destroyed their institutional trust across the board.
A thread of some of the biggest dumpster fires from the last twelve months. 🧵
Then, a few weeks later reversed himself and taught us how to make them at home?
Wonder why so many people don’t trust government guidance on masks now? Maybe a reason there. https://t.co/cGkb0L328K
Unbelievable.
— Joe Colangelo (@Itsjoeco) April 4, 2020
The Surgeon General, who weeks ago was telling us not to wear masks (instead of resigning) has begun filming "how to make masks out of household materials" videoshttps://t.co/9CrkUwAyUS
Then later said he knew masks were good but wanted to protect mask supplies for first responders?
Then he didn’t wear a mask at the ballgame?
For the vast majority of *national* media, their only consistency in 2020 was that they would take whatever position made Trump look good or bad.
They mocked @balajis and others trying to raise alarm bells about covid early on. https://t.co/NNzmnfBcod
It's 2000+ words. I could go on. But there's a point.
— balajis.com (@balajis) February 14, 2020
- I assumed bad faith, as I had context
- Not just on this piece, but on tech journalism in 2020
- Some lacked context & didn't understand why I called it out
But as you can see, it was indeed a piece about handshakes! pic.twitter.com/XM5RrxvEes
The Hunter Biden story is a great example of how Facebook and Twitter moved, ideologically, to ban a negative Biden story from circulating prior to the election.
In August, Teachers Unions began a shameful campaign to tell parents and taxpayers that in-person education wasn’t essential for children
When that didn't lead to increased transmission for months, there were no apologies
Kids are missing school and the impacts on inequality will be felt for decades, and teachers unions are squarely to blame
-Cuomo said covid was no big deal
-He did horribly with covid
-His brother, a popular anchor, helped his image
-THEY GAVE HIM AN EMMY!
Destroying trust and predictability in our election process SHOULD be a third rail of American politics.
https://t.co/WytrFhatGR
Anyone with a brain in their head trusts these people less going forward.
Soon a time will come when they aren't able to influence behavior the way they once could.
What happens then? Is it freedom or anarchy?
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Canada is failing to act on Climate Change. @wef @WorldBank @IMFNews @IPCC_CH @UNDPGAIN @AntiCorruptIntl @Pontifex @JustinWelby @OCCRP @StopCorpAbuse @TaxJusticeNet @FairTaxCanada @ecojustice_ca @WCELaw @CanEnvLawAssn @envirodefence @IBA_Canada #cdnpoli
Covid recovery money is going to the oligarchy.
Ottawa and the provinces have put very little on the table to help clean-tech companies directly during Covid 19 while targeting fossil-fuel producers with more than $16 billion in aid.
Coast to coast people have demanded treaties be honored. We demanded climate action, divestment and land back but Canada is not listening. This video shows 10 years of rallies in Waterloo Ontario. City & regional council declared a climate emergency. 🚨
The Bank of China (BOC), SNC-Lavalin and WE Charity were recipients of taxpayer-funded the Covid 19 Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)
Canada: Falling Far Short On Climate Policy, Emissions Reduction and Energy Transition #cdnpoli #bcpoli #alpolitics #onpoli @JimHarris @MikeHudema @SethDKlein @ElizabethMay @CitizensLobbyCa @lulex @kainagata https://t.co/jhm1TXvAKN pic.twitter.com/yEPINC5PTr
— Below2\xb0C (@Below2C_) December 29, 2020
Covid recovery money is going to the oligarchy.
Ottawa and the provinces have put very little on the table to help clean-tech companies directly during Covid 19 while targeting fossil-fuel producers with more than $16 billion in aid.
Coast to coast people have demanded treaties be honored. We demanded climate action, divestment and land back but Canada is not listening. This video shows 10 years of rallies in Waterloo Ontario. City & regional council declared a climate emergency. 🚨
The Bank of China (BOC), SNC-Lavalin and WE Charity were recipients of taxpayer-funded the Covid 19 Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)
If you're curious what Trump's defense will look like, all you have to do is turn on Fox News. My latest at @mmfa
The tl;dr is that for years right-wing media have been excusing Trump's violent rhetoric by going, "Yes, but THE DEMOCRATS..." and then bending themselves into knots to pretend that Dems were calling for violence when they very, very clearly weren't.
And in fact, this predates Trump.
In 2008, Obama was talking about not backing down in the face of an ugly campaign. He said "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun."
https://t.co/i5YaQJsKop
That quote was from the movie The Untouchables. And there's no way anybody reading that quote in good faith could conclude that he was talking about actual guns and knives. But it became a big talking point on the
In 2018, Obama-era Attorney General Eric Holder was speaking to a group of Georgia Democrats about GOP voter suppression. He riffed on Michelle Obama's "When they go low, we go high" line from the 2016 DNC.
The tl;dr is that for years right-wing media have been excusing Trump's violent rhetoric by going, "Yes, but THE DEMOCRATS..." and then bending themselves into knots to pretend that Dems were calling for violence when they very, very clearly weren't.
And in fact, this predates Trump.
In 2008, Obama was talking about not backing down in the face of an ugly campaign. He said "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun."
https://t.co/i5YaQJsKop
That quote was from the movie The Untouchables. And there's no way anybody reading that quote in good faith could conclude that he was talking about actual guns and knives. But it became a big talking point on the
In 2018, Obama-era Attorney General Eric Holder was speaking to a group of Georgia Democrats about GOP voter suppression. He riffed on Michelle Obama's "When they go low, we go high" line from the 2016 DNC.
