Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @danielwinlander I think, "is this bad for freedom of expression" is a better framework. I think this theater exercised its free association rights in a way that undermines freedom of expression. That's their right but I find it unfortunate and disappointing. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @danielwinlander I think "cancel culture" is a flawed term, so I try to avoid it. But it's hard to avoid when people who purport to agree that it is a flawed term will only talk about free expression controversies in terms of whether it is "cancel culture." That is my frustration. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @danielwinlander As well, the Tweet I was quoting features you using the term when you could have chosen others. Your focus on whether this is "cancel culture" puzzles me, because *you don't think that should be our focus* — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @danielwinlander You started this thread by quote Tweeting me. I did not use the term "cancel culture." Yet your Tweet said "That doesn’t make it cancel culture." That seems like you introducing a term you want used less to a thread where it wouldn't be used but for your influence. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @danielwinlander *You are the one who introduced the flawed term to this conversation.* If you want "cancel culture" to be used less, maybe you should stop interjecting it where it wasn't before. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AuntoV @ijbailey And that was a bad thing, and the people who objected were correct. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey I think we should make these judgments with regard to individuals, not groups. But insofar as we go your route and talk about groups, I don't know how one would define it in a way that some groups qualified and Black Americans didn't. By what metrics? — PolitiTweet.org

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@AuntoV @ijbailey I can't ever recall an Artists for Jesse Helm movement. — PolitiTweet.org

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@rajandelman What evidence can you cite that Chappelle's jokes cause harm? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey Do you think Chapelle is a member of a vulnerable group? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @danielwinlander You are the one who introduced the "cancel culture" label here! I did not use that phrase. — PolitiTweet.org

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@danielwinlander @ijbailey Yes, I also complained about the treatment of the Dixie Chicks and Bill Maher. These threats are always with us and should always be met with pushback, IMHO. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey *Of course theaters cancelling artists for the content of their performances is a threat to free expression.* — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

To me the relevant question isn't, "Will Dave Chappelle be okay?" Of course he will. I'm more interested in these questions: - How will the artistic expression of less famous performers be chilled? - Will this set a precedent that leads to similar treatment of other artists? — PolitiTweet.org

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The case against gay marriage remains as weak as I recall from the aughts. https://t.co/UPqbmp221l — PolitiTweet.org

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@mffwww @bendreyfuss If you continue in this vein I'm going to block you. Alternatively, you could look up the grave injustices, perpetrated disproportionately against poor and minority students, being done due to this approach, realize you're ignorant of the gravity of the stakes here, and apologize — PolitiTweet.org

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@I_Come_1N_Peace @JDHaltigan Conservatives need to start advocating for smart solutions to climate change instead of pretending it isn't a problem to own the libs. Because it is a problem. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JDHaltigan Dissent. — PolitiTweet.org

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Stephen Colbert just told the joke, "I'm so hip my doctor says I may need a replacement." — PolitiTweet.org

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@mffwww @bendreyfuss The elimination of due process protections in Title IX proceedings. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jbarro: Setting aside the merits, I think it's bizarre to be someone who books shows for a living and not realize in advance the exact… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bendreyfuss: The most basic way of articulating how I think the democrats got too captured by the left and have lost the gravitational… — PolitiTweet.org

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Warning: you may wipe out https://t.co/Jm5fRgJlpS — PolitiTweet.org

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Wedge swell https://t.co/IlQ1MImkK9 — PolitiTweet.org

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What is Westworld now ugh — PolitiTweet.org

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@Brick_Frog No, that's also false. You should work on your accuracy! — PolitiTweet.org

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@Brick_Frog No I've never boycotted any of those — PolitiTweet.org

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I would simply tolerate comedy that I dislike and direct any boycotting energy I had toward dictators or authoritarian politicians rather than artists. — PolitiTweet.org

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Disappointing. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@RSGAT But the nuclear waste has to get to Yucca Mountain, and transport is risky, so maybe building infrastructure there makes sense? — PolitiTweet.org