Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@kevinh8swriting @and_furiouser If a text is describing, say, a person being pulled over by cops in the South in 1957, and the cop uses that word, is the word's sting a distraction or inseparable from the intent of the author who recounted his personal experience? Can't you see how reasonable people disagree? — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@kevinh8swriting @and_furiouser @LittleMammith It is extremely offensive for someone to say, "I hope you die of AIDS." When I worked for Andrew Sullivan, I was dismayed to see him get such hate mail. But it is not offensive for me to say, "When I worked for Andrew, he got hate email that said, 'I hope you die of AIDS.'" — PolitiTweet.org