The Left is eating itself, cont:
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David Shor is a 28-year-old political data analyst and social democrat who worked for President Obama’s reelection campaign. On May 28, Shor tweeted out a short summary of a paper by Princeton professor Omar Wasow. The research compiled by Wasow analyzed public opinion in the 1960s, and found violent and nonviolent protest tactics had contradictory effects. Shor’s synopsis was straightforward:
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Post-MLK-assasination race riots reduced Democratic vote share in surrounding counties by 2%, which was enough to tip the 1968 election to Nixon. Non-violent protests *increase* Dem vote, mainly by encouraging warm elite discourse and media coverage.
(((David Shor))) (@davidshor)
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Outcome: Shor was accused of "anti-blackness" by an activist for suggesting that violent protest was not the greatest thing since sliced bread. Complaints ensued to the CEO of his employer. Snowflake employees at the data analytics company he worked at claimed that Shor's support of nonviolent protest was making them feel unsafe. I'm going to say that again. Shor's
support of nonviolent protest was making them feel
unsafe.
Of course Shor got purity spiralled, made a grovelling twitter apology affirming his deep love of Big Brother, and got fired anyway.
But hey look on the bright side: at least the left no longer has to count a data scientist from Obama's successful reelection team among its ranks in an election year amirite
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020...es-bennet.html