Conor Friedersdorf

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@CliffWilksBooth Yes, from Donald Trump to GamerGate trolls to those Tweets I see why people use impoliteness — PolitiTweet.org

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@Dorianlynskey The idea is to intimidate others; I agree that Matt is unlikelier than average to change but even he might decide at the end of a hard week that the subject is better avoided when engaging at all means dealing with that — PolitiTweet.org

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@HistoryWaste They aren't trying to argue, they're trying to bully. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CliffWilksBooth I think the intent here is to raise the cost of taking those positions. It won't intimidate Matt or Michael but others will watch and decide to keep quiet rather than deal with the ugly blowback — PolitiTweet.org

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@CliffWilksBooth How so? — PolitiTweet.org

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One needn't wonder how peer pressure is exerted on journalists -- it's open and ugly. https://t.co/adLHnNf1oG — PolitiTweet.org

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@and_furiouser The concept of nonspecific claims of victimhood that can be assessed and ranked is very zeitgeisty. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @emmma_camp_: Very nice defense of free speech on the left, from yesterday's Michelle Goldberg column. The column is about a recent co… — PolitiTweet.org

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Just taunting Kanye lol — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattyglesias: A lot of these social justice tropes just make it impossible for any kind of institution to function. https://t.co/KHgJC… — PolitiTweet.org

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@EsotericCD Nice piece — PolitiTweet.org

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@WilliamMatt22 To me, the conservation of race as a construct gives ammo to every white supremacist in the world because absent the construct of race they have nothing. — PolitiTweet.org

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@WilliamMatt22 That is certainly true of the past and the present. Need it always be so for the whole future of humanity? — PolitiTweet.org

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@WilliamMatt22 Again, race and culture are not the same, they are different! None of those thinkers wants to abolish Black culture! — PolitiTweet.org

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@WilliamMatt22 I don't think Ta-Nehisi Coates' words, "They made us into a race. We made ourselves into a people" is incompatible with the project of abolishing the construct of race. — PolitiTweet.org

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@WilliamMatt22 And insofar as they persuade me of their viewpoints, or Elba's words resonate with me, I don't think that is disrespectful of you in any way. — PolitiTweet.org

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@WilliamMatt22 This is a Variety article about a Black actor, not an Atlantic article by me. Also, I agree with you that there is a distinction between race and culture. The race abolitionists I follow from Albert Murray to Thomas Chatterton Williams and Kmele Foster make that distinction — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @coldxman: Sowell: *Publishes multiple tomes on the history of race, conquest, and slavery––replete with thousands of citations* Nikole… — PolitiTweet.org

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Falkor (???? — 2023) RIP — PolitiTweet.org

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@clayranck @ClauserLotus I could go on, but the point is that these are distinguishable claims, that some could be true while others are false, and that if you just say "systemic racism" no one knows what kind of claim you are making, because it's vague and people use is differently from each other — PolitiTweet.org

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@clayranck @ClauserLotus 3) the school's focus on reading and writing is white supremacy culture. 4) the presence of cops on campus is intimidating to students of color. 5) Capitalism and income inequality that results puts white kids at an advantage. 6) a dearth of teachers of color harms students — PolitiTweet.org

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@clayranck @ClauserLotus 1) The curriculum is culturally biased in ways that disadvantage Black students. 2) Bygone housing discrimination and district maps are such that Hispanic students just travel farther and through more dangerous neighborhoods to get to school. — PolitiTweet.org

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@clayranck @ClauserLotus I don't follow what you're saying but let me try to give you an example. Imagine if someone said, "Systemic racism is the cause of unequal outcomes at George Washington High School." I wouldn't know what they meant w/o asking followup qs because they could mean e.g. — PolitiTweet.org

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@clayranck @ClauserLotus That depends on what I was trying to describe. Give me an example of what you would use "systemic racism" for and I'll tell you how I'd describe it. — PolitiTweet.org

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*To abolish racism abolish race* seems to have another proponent. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClauserLotus I think that, unlike a euphemism, using other words instead of systemic would provide more specificity and clarity — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClauserLotus The dictionary definition of systemic is "relating to a system, especially as opposed to a particular part," which clarifies very little about what exactly systemic racism means, esp since many who use the term don't even keep to that definition — PolitiTweet.org

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I think most people have no idea what "systemic" means and that if you're no more specific than that they aren't learning anything anyway — PolitiTweet.org

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The young people need to read up on Juan Carlos Vera https://t.co/2VhMeqvC3U — PolitiTweet.org

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Is there no honor among honey-trap architects anymore? — PolitiTweet.org