Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

I'm not sure what Madison would say about this, but useful context regardless! — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

I'm kind of surprised Democrats haven't tried their own "free state" style project where activists organize lots of people to move to Wyoming or North Dakota to flip its Senate seats. Not that New Hampshire is now Libertarian, but there are a lot more Democrats than Libertarians. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey I became more libertarian because of Bush's torture and Obama's drone strikes. That doesn't mean I was any less responsible for how I voted. Again, you are misunderstanding the relationship between what factors caused something and who bears responsibility for it. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey What I originally pushed back against was your statement, "they aren’t telling the truth." — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey I have repeatedly agreed that everyone is responsible for their own actions and I'm not sure why you keep acting like I disagree with that. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey No, that does not logically follow from what I said at all. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey You keep conflating the distinct questions of what factored into a decision and who is responsible for it. I am talking about the former, you the latter. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

The Founders were aware of the respective population sizes of Rhode Island and Virginia when they ratified the document that gave them the same number of Senators, yes? — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey I would believe you, even as I disagreed with your choice. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey If someone said, "My MAGA neighbor called me a racial slur, that's it, I'm voting straight Democratic tickets from now on," would you believe that person? — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey So when I say "I voted for Clinton because of Trump's xenophobia" do you think I am somehow evading responsibility for my choice? — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey I am not sure they're claiming they were "forced" but if they are I don't think I have anything to gain by their "taking responsibility" for their vote even though I agree they are responsible for it. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey I don't think they see their acts as bad and then pawn them off on others; from their perspective they voted the right way. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey What would their taking responsibility entail and what would the rest of us gain as a result? — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

Lol. I'm starting to be skeptical of this PAC's polling methodology https://t.co/sjOrhQyJS9 — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey You seem invested in assigning blame in the right place; but where blame is or ought to be assigned is irrelevant to what interests me about these matters, and I don't understand what focusing on, arguing about, or adjudicating blame gets us. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey I agree that they chose. Donald Trump's xenophobia pushed me toward the Democratic Party. I chose that. But the causes include Trump's actions, not just my agency reacting to them. That is what I am trying to convey. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

I continue to think it's unwise for people on the left to normalize rather than discourage the conceit that one can and should generalize wildly based on race, sex, and/or gender identity. The only accurate answer to this question is, *a wildly diverse variety of things.* — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@drvolts This isn't quite right, at least if like me you think the experimental work on The Authoritarian Dynamic by Karen Stenner is accurate. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey to choose, it's just how some people do choose whether I like it or not. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey I agree that everyone *can* choose. I thought we were talking about what factors informed their choice. For a lot of people, the answer is that they hated a thing and reacted by choosing the other side, rather than that they liked something. That isn't how I would urge people — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey I don't understand why you doubt this. I know people who've gone both ways leaving their former party out of frustration — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

This may be the prettiest offensive sequence I've ever seen in any sport. Perfection. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

Jaws 2022. https://t.co/cRegL5RCeO — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

Somebody get this guy in the Secret Service https://t.co/80AbqZcHqn — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@jeremycyoung You're correct about the right. You underestimate the problem on the left. Which side do you think has coerced more people into mandatory training sessions that they disagree with? — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@jeremycyoung It depends. Are we talking about the North Carolina legislature or the Yale administration or the Heritage Foundation or the California Coastal Commission? — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

The left and right both have post-liberal factions. Insofar as a post-liberal is pitted against a liberal in any political contest or institution, siding with the liberal is the way to go, easily overwhelming whether they're a left-liberal or right-liberal. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@FreeBlckThought Buddy Holly's death — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@pegobry @UnderSneege We're gonna need a taste off — PolitiTweet.org