What the hell is “40 yards of acceptable debate”? Bari Weiss constantly talks like this, it’s like English is her second language because she came here from The Planet of Nonsensical Aphorisms.
apparently the actual quote was the 40-yard lines of acceptable debate. i.e., the middle 20% of a football field. so her stated goal is to exclude literally 80% of viewpoints
couldnt ask for a clearer example of the untrustworthiness of the bourgeois press
Imagine a debate that is only held in the center of the football field and either side only ever starts in the 3rd down and a drunk man questions if this is his moment to streak at any time. Now add in Biden somewhere…
Boom, metaphor complete and every American gets it.
What the hell is “40 yards of acceptable debate”? Bari Weiss constantly talks like this, it’s like English is her second language because she came here from The Planet of Nonsensical Aphorisms.
apparently the actual quote was the 40-yard lines of acceptable debate. i.e., the middle 20% of a football field. so her stated goal is to exclude literally 80% of viewpoints
couldnt ask for a clearer example of the untrustworthiness of the bourgeois press
Literally the meme of trying to explain politics to an American: “Okay so imagine a football field”.
Yeah they just had go further into it.
Imagine a debate that is only held in the center of the football field and either side only ever starts in the 3rd down and a drunk man questions if this is his moment to streak at any time. Now add in Biden somewhere… Boom, metaphor complete and every American gets it.
I’m so smart I can make my own idioms in real time