Conor Friedersdorf

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

On racial slurs, the optimal case to take a stand would feature an adult speaking publicly, not a 16-year-old speaking privately & having his words leaked in retaliation for unrelated activism. Making this the test case for anti-slur stigma confounds support for it. Meanwhile: — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 18, 2019 Hibernated

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

W/r/t avowed concerns, one side is intent on preserving a strong stigma against racial slurs, the other on fighting back against cancelling people for dredged up mistakes from their youth. Most people share both concerns, but on closer look, this is a suboptimal case for both: — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 18, 2019 Hibernated

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This is also a suboptimal case for taking a stand on cancel culture and forgiving the mistakes of teenagers. As one of my colleagues tweeted, “College admissions is going to get even weirder if 17 year old applicants start asking not to be judged on their behavior at 16.” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 18, 2019 Hibernated