Datadrivenemo

She/her econ/cats/politics/stats. Be cringe, empathetic, and earnestly work towards a better tomorrow. My views are backed by data, are yours? MI➡️VA➡️NL

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@constans Why are you treating a diverse body of economic and philosophical beliefs as a monolith? Twitter posts and a handful of totalitarians do not embody the entire movement….???

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@constans I read it before you linked it, but that doesn’t change the fact that you are dictating to millions of people what they believe when they *don’t believe it* based on a tiny sample of states that have broadly implemented one of dozens of flavors of communism.

So, I ask again?

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@Jeb4nyd3b1l @doodlebug128 @_BrandonS101 @KaterynaLis Yep, isn’t it so great that she and other Somali-Americans have escaped that hellscape? Hopefully we’ll ban child marriage in the US, soon, but unfortunately the GOP is (literally) violently opposed. :(

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@LinkofSunshine Happy birthday, Basil! You’re one cool cat 😻😸 We stan the birthday twink

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

As a DV survivor, the last few days on Twitter have scared me more than any during wars or even the pandemic

Of course there’s misogyny on the left, but the defense of what Platner’s being accused of has had the most “boys will be boys” energy I’ve seen since before Me Too

[Sami Gold @souljagoyteller]

I understand people reflexively defending everything about Platner because either they want to unseat Collins or because they want pro-Palestine politicians to win (valid belief and Collins must go)

I don’t get people who reflexively feel the need to defend Graham Platner *as a person*. Pretty clear he’s at best a loose cannon with some dark impulses

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@thornbill9 @QueenMab87 That’s entirely possible, but one can say that without simultaneously saying “and it’s not even that bad anyway, I knew tons of guys in high school/college/the military like this”

(Not that you’re saying it, that’s just become frighteningly common to see from male posters :-\)

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@alea_area @suchnerve @girlcloudnine I think this would still qualify as eugenics. While it is (rightfully!!!!!) a dirty word, not all forms of eugenics have always been malicious, or even necessarily evil. Just most. :(

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@suchnerve @girlcloudnine You would think that.

Because you’re right.

🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

Oh my god

[Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 @JeremiahDJohns]

This one's going deep in the Bad Tweets contest, I can feel it. Just exquisite.

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@doodlebug128 @_BrandonS101 @KaterynaLis This is very obviously sarcastic….?

You cannot possibly believe she is defending Somalia. It’s a joke about how even in some of the worst places at least there is *punishment* for a crime that’s otherwise universally viewed as evil.

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

Start using the term self-determination if it’s not already in your vocabulary.

*All* people have an inherent human right to self-determination.

[jd 🌍🇪🇺🇭🇺🚀 & 👍🇺🇦🇵🇸 @redjade_hu]

@KaterynaLis

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@dilanesper Is it really so impossible to imagine a world where are national politics aren’t occupied by human beings who have not been giant pieces of shit in the past?

The bar should necessarily be high. Violent instincts, misogyny, and poor impulse control have no place in congress. wtf?

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@wordsandsense @dilanesper Bingo. I can’t believe I’m reading this, how little fucking consideration can you POSSIBLY have for DV/sexual violence survivors????

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@dilanesper @MeanBart62651 say, but he at least has the excuse of having been dealing with PTSD and substance abuse issues (although I still wouldn’t go anywhere near him).

You’re paying lip service to the severity of both of their actions, while simultaneously dismissing them as childish antics. Why?

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@dilanesper @MeanBart62651 It’s such a bizarre thing to bring Ford/Kavanaugh into this as evidence, though. You keep saying that he “grew up” and “respects women,” but that’s obviously not true? Especially the latter. For Platner, given his infidelity and that his actions were in adulthood, difficult to

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@nikicaga This behavior in its totality should be disqualifying, and I don’t think “but there’s other domestic abusers in congress” is particularly compelling to me as a progressive survivor of domestic abuse.

We can be better than this, come the fuck on.

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@nikicaga I don’t know what people were hinting at here, but this is terrifying to me. The dude is presumably way stronger than her, and having been in a similar situation before, few things are scarier than a violent man forcing you inside a room and refusing to let you out.

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

@LGBAllies_Cymru I’m sorry, what part(s) of my body do you think I should be obligated to give some psycho a “proper look” at?

How can you possibly hate women this much.

[Datadrivenemo @DataDrivenEm0]

Of all of the prescient tweets this one is by far the most specific, hot diggity damn

[Stuart Buck @stuartbuck1]

@TECleveland @cremieuxrecueil Despite some bogus grants, a lot of government is like this cartoon. I bet this "small team" would find a line item for "screwworm sterilization" and delete it, not knowing that they just devastated American farming: https://t.co/OAnAkxDSEK