Conor Friedersdorf

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RT @TimMLatimer: Big geothermal news. Gov. @jaredpolis of Colorado announces a new Western Governor's Association initiative, "The Heat Ben… — PolitiTweet.org

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@J4Years Do we really think it would have been a victory for freedom of expression if the Moral Majority had successfully persuaded record labels to refuse all gangsta rap? — PolitiTweet.org

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@XBillups I think it's actually far more complicated than that. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Do we really think a publisher dropping Salman Rushdie, a comedy club dumping Lenny Bruce, or a concert venue dumping Prince in the face of demands from critics would not be a net loss for free expression?" https://t.co/TckcAF9FLC — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MattWelch: Two-thirds of Americans are against the prohibition of marijuana, one of the single most disastrous policies in the history… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey The notion that I ignore you is roughly as accurate as your other characterizations of my position on this. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey I suggested that you were coding free expression as a right-wing value because FIRE put out a statement criticizing an attempt to get an artist deplatformed and you called their actions right wing. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey The notion that ignore you is roughly as accurate as your other characterizations of my position on this matter. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @katrosenfield: if you’re done with tonight’s episode of #BetterCallSaul, it’s recap time https://t.co/WWJxfMEYqF — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey You keep saying "on the side of the right wing" when actually nothing about the position they took in this case was right wing. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NAChristakis: And there's a risk of even worse trajectories. While unlikely, I think risk is 1-10% of one of two bad things possibly ha… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NAChristakis: This coming winter will not be easy. At the moment, we have about 400 deaths per day from COVID19 in the USA (which is ba… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NAChristakis: The USA should continue to attack COVID19, similar to Operation Warp Speed (where government de-risked drug development),… — PolitiTweet.org

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This reader left Colorado's public school system during the pandemic, because of school shutdowns, then started attending school board meetings with sympathy for conservative critiques https://t.co/glfIGHfx0L (Lots of other perspectives on this subject at the link) https://t.co/O7pboIXLsF — PolitiTweet.org

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An example of someone who changed their mind about school choice and now supports it https://t.co/glfIGHfx0L https://t.co/OeH70vx82w — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheAtlantic: In today's Up For Debate, @conor64 asked readers where they stand on public versus private education: https://t.co/f7HcCrm… — PolitiTweet.org

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Atlantic readers weigh in on school choice https://t.co/MfkFzMcAtE — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @IonaItalia Cosign. — PolitiTweet.org

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@brithume The evidence of a greenhouse gas effect and of rising temperatures is hugely compelling--indeed, a betting man should wager it is both happening and poses a significant risk to many humans. I'm not sure why that is alarmist nonsense. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @katrosenfield: I'm working on a piece about children's book illustrators + the increased prevalence of progressive/political themes in… — PolitiTweet.org

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@totonotusinorbe @ljenkins314 @ijbailey @IonaItalia Nor should we, I would argue, pressure Amazon to stop selling it, or remove it from school libraries, or hide copies of it in bookstores. But I do think we should criticize it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@totonotusinorbe @ljenkins314 @ijbailey @IonaItalia The Communist Manifesto did harm. We still shouldn't ban it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @MerkinMuffley5 @TLiterarian I don't understand why you're so bothered that we disagree about whether the Chappelle thing is a threat to free expression. I also think hiding a book from people who want to read it is obviously an impediment to free inquiry. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @MerkinMuffley5 @TLiterarian Who cares what it's analogous to, would it be objectionable? I think so. Do you? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @MerkinMuffley5 @TLiterarian I think it would be bad if individual bookstore employees hid The Communist Manifesto from customers because they think it's an evil book. You? — PolitiTweet.org

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@benshapiro The Founders? It's a 14th Amendment case. — PolitiTweet.org

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@eric_laurain I've followed adverse event data, and it remains clear for 42 year olds like me that getting vaccinated was easily the safer option. — PolitiTweet.org

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@benshapiro And analogous to "if you want to put up a Rainbow flag in your classroom you're a groomer." It isn't just the left that does this. — PolitiTweet.org

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@eric_laurain I concluded it was good for me, but never favored legal mandates. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MerkinMuffley5 @TLiterarian @ijbailey The Communist Manifesto, too. — PolitiTweet.org