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Originally posted by Daniel:
The audience is protesting. She starts dancing. I think it's unprofessional, immature, and bizarre behavior.

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Originally posted by big al:

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Originally posted by Daniel:
The audience is protesting. She starts dancing. I think it's unprofessional, immature, and bizarre behavior.

I think it's a clever and original way to mock those who simply came to protest rather than seriously interact.

Big Al

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...AOC went to congress to use it as a platform for her own career rather than to meaningfully interact.

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We now think of institutions less as formative and more as performative, less as molds of our character and behavior, and more as platforms for us to stand on and be seen. And so for one arena to another in American life, we see people using institutions as stages, as a way to raise their profile or build their brand. And those kinds of institutions become much harder to trust. ...

Politics is an easy example. So, think about Congress. Congress can be a very formative institution. It produces a kind of human person, a man or woman who is a member of Congress. But now Congress is very much a performative institution. Members think of it as a way to raise their profile, to get a better timeslot on cable news or talk radio or a bigger Twitter following. And they use Congress as a platform from which to comment on the culture, to comment on politics, to comment on Congress, rather than using the institution as a way to shape themselves to become more effective in our politics.

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Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
The Squad

... thinks we should be pressuring Ukraine to give up 15% of its territory, while it's on a roll recapturing stuff.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, perhaps the most recognized member of “The Squad,” was criticized by protesters at a scheduled speech in October for “supporting” the war, as they accused her of not advocating hard enough for an end to the war.