provocateur

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• This is a newsletter about the things I can’t stop thinking about, and this week it’s the brilliant Craig Jenkins column in Vulture that debates Chappelle’s role as a cultural provocateur—especially in context of this new special.

  Dave Chappelle’s Pointless Transphobia and Homophobia | Kevin Fallon | October 8, 2021 | The Daily Beast

• It’s a clear distinction between Substack, which is often associated with bomb-throwers like Glenn Greenwald, and Facebook itself, where conservative provocateurs like Ben Shapiro, Dan Bongino, and Sean Hannity thrive.

  Why you can’t write for Bulletin, Facebook’s new Substack clone | Peter Kafka | June 4, 2021 | Vox

• Before she was in Congress, Greene was an online conservative provocateur and shared or liked posts that included threats of violence against Democratic politicians.

  Greene’s ‘verbal assault’ on Ocasio-Cortez underscores growing tensions over safety and security on Capitol Hill | Marianna Sotomayor, Colby Itkowitz, Jacqueline Alemany | May 13, 2021 | Washington Post

• Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio provocateur and cultural phenomenon, dies at 70Limbaugh’s tenure would last less than a month.

  Nearly 20 years ago, Rush Limbaugh lost his ESPN job because he wouldn’t stick to sports | Matt Bonesteel | February 18, 2021 | Washington Post

• Conservative provocateurs have mastered the art of getting attention and amplifying opinions on the very social networks they so roundly criticize.

  Conservatives grumbling about censorship say they’re flocking to Parler. They told us so on Twitter. | Drew Harwell, Rachel Lerman | November 23, 2020 | Washington Post