Hey, fellows. My name is Matty and I have a question that concerns norms and acceptable behavior. What is your "take"? (hexbear.net)

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[-] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 50 points 8 months ago

It's gauche to be Matt Yglesias in public

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 32 points 8 months ago

It's gauche to be Matt Yglesias

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 22 points 8 months ago

Incivility and the disrespect of cultural norms can lead to extremist leftwing behavior. If - for example - unprovoked one was to be called gauche by a potentially dangerous individual what would one do in response? I believe...

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The substack post goes on for another 8,000 words. Matty spends a full 1,200 carefully explaining how "holding facilities" could be used in extreme circumstances. It's clear to anybody with functioning brain he was talking about camps. He insists that is not the case.