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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

The same faction that urges allyship and insists that the relatively well off are compelled to speak up for others less well-positioned to do so are reacting to a clear example of that by preposterously insisting the most privileged people who signed the letter did so selfishly — PolitiTweet.org

Wealthy, powerful celebrities have much less to fear from "cancel culture" than relatively young, unestablished, po… https://t.co/fsVzQxadjx

Posted July 12, 2020 Hibernated

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@damorgan The one that David Shor transgressed is a useful example that has echoes in the effort to censure Steven Pinker. Citing certain mainstream peer reviewed studies can get one in trouble now--not just criticized, but fired and ostracized. Which ones? No one exactly knows. — PolitiTweet.org

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As if Gary Kasparov and Malcolm Gladwell and J.K. Rowling, all uncancellable, didn't ensure more criticism of them, not less, by signing into to an effort that won't make.much difference in their own careers but could improve the climate for those more marginalized/less powerful — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 12, 2020 Hibernated