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Some great critiques here... I wish they were a bit clearer. Unfortunately there are so many disjointed zingers, so drenched in snarky vitriol that it's hard (for me at least) to find the substance. If the book showcases the pitfall of wishy-washiness and carefulness, this review showcases the pitfall of drowning out substance with the "spice of snark."

Sometimes their argument is clearly based on a careful reading, sometimes they're making real arguments and distinctions, sometimes they're making lazy insinuations, and sometimes they just resort to google to find out what concepts are "considered to mean". The result is that it's hard to separate out actual arguments from the hot takes and flimsy impressions. Maybe this is the intellectual version of #indiscriminateattack #savagejoy #attentat. So spicy! So savage! To do otherwise might require something that is too academic, too conciliatory, too tedious. No doubt this anon has helped the blackest-of-black @'s confirm what they already thought they knew.