Conor Friedersdorf

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

The article implies a general posture whenever a “scissor” controversy arises—identify the features that make it unusually polarizing, bracket them, and see if there’s anything about the concerns of the side you’re *not* on that can be addressed in ways to which you don’t object. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 18, 2019 Hibernated

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@Ithen_thought Talking about that would seem to be the opposite of blunting the scissor in this matter. Can’t we use another peg to talk about white privilege? Shouldn’t we if we want any chance of that conversation persuading anyone? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 18, 2019 Hibernated

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The prudence of that posture is due in part to the fact that talking about the most polarizing parts of a scissor controversy is very unlikely to persuade anyone. Take the Harvard admissions dust-up as an example: — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 18, 2019 Hibernated