Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@AGoldmund The leadership team took time to study, consider, debate, and vote on this. They will know take more time to choose a replacement term, and more time and money to promulgate it through the organization, change paperwork, literature, web pages, etc. So yes, even narrowly, it takes — PolitiTweet.org

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@AGoldmund That San Francisco is failing its students on all sorts of core metrics, and yet it continually wastes time on bullshit that helps no one, even after voters launched a recall for similarly stupid behavior. I want this pattern of resource and atte tion wasting bullshit to stop. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MarcEckhert Yes. San Francisco is failing its students on all sorts of core metrics, and it continually wastes time on bullshit that helps no one, even after voters launched a recall for similar stupid behavior. I want it to stop. — PolitiTweet.org

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Should we call it a "replacement" term given how triggering that word is? How can we call the district "unified" when so many marginalized people object to aspects of it? Given that titles evokes oppressive feudal arrangements let's change that too. Is this a viable approach? — PolitiTweet.org

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How hugely frustrating this AP story is. My friend and erstwhile professor Tim Harper was writing about how police learned not to wait outside in these situations way back in 2000 https://t.co/nZvPAWYcZd https://t.co/Sn8qVhXGz2 — PolitiTweet.org

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The next newsletter will be roundups of reader opinions about guns and gun policy. Send yours to [email protected], all perspectives welcome and encouraged. — PolitiTweet.org

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Back in February I wrote about gun enhancements and why they divide progressive prosecutors. https://t.co/G3IpN8lgRk — PolitiTweet.org

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(My personal answer is that it would be fine for any journalistic organization to attempt that story.) — PolitiTweet.org

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I would be curious to hear the final phase team at Reply All opine on how a journalistic organization interested in telling their story should think through the question, *Should we be the ones to tell this story?" given the import that they purport to attach to that question. — PolitiTweet.org

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How would the Constitutional analysis look if a state or the federal government tried to impose an age restriction on guns somewhere above 18? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @antoniogm: Bullying at school, social isolation, drug-addicted mother, absent father, self-injury, random acts and statements of violen… — PolitiTweet.org

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I didn't think there was any compromise possible between *build the wall* enthusiasts and enviro-progressive passenger rail proponents but I lacked the imagination of this California gubernatorial candidate. (h/t Scott Alexander) https://t.co/845XxTpS7G — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @guypbenson: Wow. Huge. Trump personally pressured Raffensperger to ‘find’ votes in 2020. The GA SoS refused & held the line, defending… — PolitiTweet.org

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@rinanpakkala @ijbailey Fair enough, I can't advocate for diversity of reaction without respecting yours here! — PolitiTweet.org

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@rinanpakkala @ijbailey I value diversity of thought highly, even after tragedies, so I tend to want folks to express what they truly believe rather than *reading the room* and think it's those trying to enforce conformity with vitriol who are detracting from the conversation. — PolitiTweet.org

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@rinanpakkala @ijbailey It's rather unpleasant to have hundreds of people heaping public vitriol on you; I doubt that was the plan. — PolitiTweet.org

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@rinanpakkala @ijbailey If true, it seems like ignoring rather than angrily amplifying the Tweet would have been better for those who dislike it. Anyway, I don't think any of this will affect politics or policy in any way, and frustration at lack of policy response is better directed at many many others — PolitiTweet.org

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@rinanpakkala @ijbailey I think Matt thinks he adds value--including, at times, comfort--by expressing rather than suppressing contrary takes when he believes they are true, and that if people think he is just doing this to purposely generate outrage, being outraged is a weird response. — PolitiTweet.org

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@rinanpakkala @ijbailey Like I said, I imagine some people experiencing grief, horror, and anxiety about the safety of their own children, and watching many others do same, take some comfort in being reminded that the place they call home also has a lot to recommend it, & perhaps feel a bit less despair — PolitiTweet.org

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@DudeinDallas73 I imagine some people experiencing grief, horror, and anxiety about the safety of their own children, and watching many others do the same, take some comfort in being reminded that the place they call home also has a lot to recommend it, & perhaps feel a bit less despair — PolitiTweet.org

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@rinanpakkala @ijbailey I think we have ample evidence, consistent across time and events, that Matt earnestly believes cold, analytical, contrarian takes are actually good and helpful, not merely good as spectacle. And thousands of people seem to agree with respect to today's tweet, having liked it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@dahollafish @DudeinDallas73 There is no evidence that it is unhelpful. Just people who like his cold, analytical approach, and other people who are angered by it. You say he doesn't care to do better as if he knows he is doing something wrong. More likely he thinks he is being helpful. I think that's right. — PolitiTweet.org

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@hammarlundlaw @ijbailey I think that's right, and I certainly don't think it hurts anyone. — PolitiTweet.org

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@johnstodder @DudeinDallas73 I'm not sure why you think anyone in this conversation was mediating rage against the NRA. I don't think anyone was. — PolitiTweet.org

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@dahollafish @DudeinDallas73 I'm not sure why you say that it's his schtick. He seems to have an earnest, persistent belief that his responses are helpful. That "history" is attributable to the fact that he has always thought differently than the people who criticize him. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey I imagine some people experiencing grief, horror, and anxiety about the safety of their own children, and watching many others do the same, take some comfort in being reminded that the place they call home also has a lot to recommend it, & perhaps feel a bit less despair — PolitiTweet.org

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@johnstodder @DudeinDallas73 This was about a Matt Yglesias Tweet, not the NRA. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CatsRule98 What does that even mean? — PolitiTweet.org

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@DnRoberts9 A very reasonable response! And constructive in that it doesn't involve savaging someone who also wants the best for America. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DudeinDallas73 I don't think you have any basis for asserting what motivated him. — PolitiTweet.org