Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@CharlesFLehman @ManhattanInst It seems Iike an “idle hands are the devil’s tool” thing to me — giving young men literally anything to do with themselves reduces crime (and having high schools closed probably added fuel to the crime fire last year) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 18, 2021 Hibernated

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Skin in the game yes, but also experience and skill at mass communication where I think a lot of folks with relevant technical advanced degrees have gotten in over their heads. — PolitiTweet.org

non-covid-denialist elected officials seem to come around to more clear and sensible guidelines and policies than p… https://t.co/XkRGebR9Jj

Posted Nov. 18, 2021 Hibernated

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It starts with the drive toward person-first language (a person experiencing homelessness rather than a homeless person) but then in a normal linguistic process the construction expands by analogy to situations like “marginalized community” where the logic doesn’t apply. — PolitiTweet.org

Has anyone ever explained why woke speak tends toward passive constructions, like the shift from "marginalized comm… https://t.co/pPKt1iEBY7

Posted Nov. 18, 2021 Hibernated