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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
@ramez @SolarInMASS @isabelleboemeke @douglasridgway @GP500 @JesseJenkins @ewesoff @CanaryMediaInc For people who c… https://t.co/MxiPbRkDLk — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
Mommy https://t.co/yNZ8tIojVT — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
@keithdennis I'm criticizing the impulse to punish and smear people one disagrees with — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
Three relevant quotes from the 1960s: https://t.co/rIfAVSjtCE — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
Concept creep: when the definition of a word expands but its old stigma remains sharp—which turns the word into a w… https://t.co/mzxlkJTHFb — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
Escher sentences make no sense and retweeting them is even less so https://t.co/r4laeinS73 — PolitiTweet.org
Fermat's Library @fermatslibrary
In linguistics, Escher sentences are sentences which initially seem acceptable but upon further reflection have no… https://t.co/NdsjHanRVd
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
RT @AdamMGrant: Constantly claiming to be a victim is not a sign of virtue. It's a strategy for narcissists and psychopaths to get ahead.… — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
RT @meganphelps: I spent 4 years spreading some of the most homophobic content on this platform—and the fact that I was able to do that is… — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
While we're here being controversial https://t.co/zQqbW8dCAe — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
My hot sauce hall of fame (thread). In no particular order.
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
Guacamole is just salsa with avocado in it https://t.co/Rzawp6XmSM — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
@thomdunn 120,000-word citation coming this fall! — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
@GRinger34 It goes in waves. The Red Scare was a bad one. We're in another bad one now. — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
It's been especially successful in the past decade. And a lot of young people are currently being taught that the r… https://t.co/iYOhl9VgAe — PolitiTweet.org
Gare @GRinger34
@waitbutwhy “Cultural pressure to deplatform ideas…” as if it hasn’t been a feature of American culture for a hundred years
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
I really appreciate the WBW community. I tweet something about the Joe Rogan controversy and 99% of the pushback is… https://t.co/0Atpe2sSjH — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
I think both are bad. Cultural pressure to deplatform ideas has exploded over the past decade and I think it's been… https://t.co/Eiy8DMR8c4 — PolitiTweet.org
Domenic Denicola @domenic
@waitbutwhy Besides, you're changing your goalposts from "cultural criticism is a problem" back to "government criticism is a problem".
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
How about the White House putting pressure on Spotify "to do more" to combat misinformation? https://t.co/9j2U4ywuJ9 — PolitiTweet.org
Domenic Denicola @domenic
@waitbutwhy Who's trying to prevent them from being said? He could say them literally anywhere! All we have are a b… https://t.co/HQjUQYNxU5
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
@csgomes I think inalienable rights is an axiom in a liberal society and laws should do their best to uphold them,… https://t.co/FgflNoTSUm — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
@bmoff No, because free speech doesn't violate anyone's inalienable rights. — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
"Not humoring bad ideas" 80 years ago would entail not humoring the dangerous ideas of gay rights activists and the… https://t.co/E6SPmVJI4M — PolitiTweet.org
(((Herid Fel)))🇨🇦🇺🇦 @heridfan
@waitbutwhy first, spreading antivax propaganda is not spreading ideas, it's spreading lies. determining this ain't… https://t.co/CvmDIG2yDH
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
I believe in the foundational liberal idea that the government should protect inalienable human rights, and should… https://t.co/D5NSLRpfe2 — PolitiTweet.org
Evan Hadfield @Evan_Hadfield
@waitbutwhy For an agricultural society, slavery makes sense. It is valuable, economically productive, and profitab… https://t.co/z00kFAqaOF
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
@covid19killer I'm a bad Jew then — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
So who is smart enough to determine which ideas cross the "too bad and harmful to be allowed in the market" thresho… https://t.co/KlaKBncf08 — PolitiTweet.org
(((Herid Fel)))🇨🇦🇺🇦 @heridfan
@waitbutwhy whatever. these ideas ARE bad and harmful to society and market forces never have been, nor should they… https://t.co/THBIKX5YwM
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
One fights ideas it doesn't like by showing why they're wrong, the other by trying to prevent them from being said… https://t.co/jB3sRfKaJQ — PolitiTweet.org
Ryan Herr 🪕 @rrherr
@waitbutwhy What is the difference between criticism and cultural pressure?
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
No, it's a portion of the public saying they don't want OTHER people to be able to hear these ideas because they be… https://t.co/gQSzc5MTsC — PolitiTweet.org
Phil Bicking @p_Red
@waitbutwhy But the pressure is still the market at work, isn’t it? It’s not top down pressure (i.e. government cen… https://t.co/kCcBoOFYhD
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
If Rogan's show went away because his listeners stopped tuning in, that would be the market doing its thing. This i… https://t.co/BogLaGufIR — PolitiTweet.org
Phil Bicking @p_Red
@waitbutwhy Gonna quote your own tweet here, as I think it is relevant. Sounds like maybe what Rogan is experiencin… https://t.co/5oxQPIEQze
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
@rrherr One fights ideas it doesn't like by showing why they're wrong, the other by trying to prevent them from being said at all. — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
"Without trouble" doesn't mean without criticism—it means where it could exist without being shut down by either th… https://t.co/TCDdU6GreS — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
Little litmus test to figure out your stance on the Joe Rogan controversy: Imagine Earth divides into 2 planets. O… https://t.co/ZUcr6zDF4E — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
My first ever blog drawing. I was trying to depict the awkwardness of when it was "doppleganger day" on Facebook an… https://t.co/YxEwVKx5Tx — PolitiTweet.org
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
@zippkode Genius — PolitiTweet.org
