Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@danielwinlander @RyanRadia @jbarro The person has interests and the public has an interest in the general ability to write pseudonymously. Other interests can outweigh those but you have to articulate them to see if they do. — PolitiTweet.org

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@danielwinlander @RyanRadia @jbarro You've offered no argument stronger than "it's our default." I think the default is wrong, and that if someone wants to be anonymous, and the only counterargument is *that's not our default* you need more to prevail in my book. — PolitiTweet.org

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@danielwinlander @jbarro That it is a hospice nurse might be newsworthy, though I'm not even sure about that. Why is it newsworthy? And regardless, is the name of the particular hospice nurse newsworthy? I need an account of why. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jbarro It seems to me that revealing the author's identity may or may not be in the public interest depending on who they are. If it's Tom Cotton, definitely. If it's a hospice nurse, not sure what knowing her specific name adds. I won't know what I think until I know the details. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@VampirePlanner @ijbailey @ASFleischman @CathyYoung63 @zrsnider @XBillups @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue @DerekPederson3 @Sebastian_Hols @JamesSurowiecki @MerkinMuffley5 @donmoyn Exactly. You're severing the link with democracy, a perilous thing to do if you want support for democracy and public institutions to continue — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @ASFleischman @CathyYoung63 @VampirePlanner @zrsnider @XBillups @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue @DerekPederson3 @Sebastian_Hols @JamesSurowiecki @MerkinMuffley5 @donmoyn Those laws are coming from the state. If local school boards were in charge instead your position would prevail in many places compared to now — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@Sebastian_Hols @ijbailey @ASFleischman @CathyYoung63 @VampirePlanner @zrsnider @XBillups @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue @DerekPederson3 @JamesSurowiecki @MerkinMuffley5 @donmoyn I too have a hard time believing you'd stick to this consistently — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @ASFleischman @CathyYoung63 @VampirePlanner @zrsnider @XBillups @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue… https://t.co/5LnfJN23YS — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @ASFleischman @CathyYoung63 @VampirePlanner @zrsnider @XBillups @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue… https://t.co/Wftoy0krSB — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @ASFleischman @CathyYoung63 @VampirePlanner @zrsnider @XBillups @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue @DerekPederson3 @Sebastian_Hols @JamesSurowiecki @MerkinMuffley5 @donmoyn You're conflating the wisdom of particular decisions with the question of who should decide. Surely you can find something you don't think an individual teacher should be allowed to teach? — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @ASFleischman @CathyYoung63 @VampirePlanner @zrsnider @XBillups @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue @DerekPederson3 @Sebastian_Hols @JamesSurowiecki @MerkinMuffley5 @donmoyn Who do you think should decide? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @CathyYoung63 I agree with respect to people "like Tucker Carlson" but I don't think that's a representative example. He's anomalously bad! — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @CathyYoung63 How have you assessed the primary way these stories are being used? It seems to me that the primary way they are being used is to inform people, not to create empathy or as a weapon. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @CathyYoung63 @VampirePlanner @zrsnider @XBillups @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue @DerekPederson3 @Sebastian_Hols @JamesSurowiecki @MerkinMuffley5 @donmoyn My answer for *who, ideally, should decide?* is school boards, unless something is a violation of statutory or Constitutional rights, in which case the courts have a role. Who do you think should decide? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheAtlantic: In today's edition of the Up for Debate newsletter, @conor64 shares what worries readers most about the future of the U.S.… — PolitiTweet.org

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@SarahGrynpas @DouthatNYT *of course it's not a big deal* — PolitiTweet.org

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@complexifire @EsotericCD @DouthatNYT I am not at all suggesting this is something that *should* concern us — PolitiTweet.org

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@rasmansa @SarahGrynpas @DouthatNYT To be clear I offer this as lighthearted comment on scissors, not *worthy of national attention*! — PolitiTweet.org

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@Twitlysium @DouthatNYT If only this ethos was more appreciated — PolitiTweet.org

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@EsotericCD @DouthatNYT But we can't expect everyone to have the correct reaction:) — PolitiTweet.org

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Slate Star Codex fans like @DouthatNYT will appreciate that I found the Scissors Statement for science teachers of teens. Appropriate or inappropriate? (Stands back and watches civilization collapse.) https://t.co/ZBPpLA1lhG — PolitiTweet.org

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@XBillups @Sebastian_Hols @MichaelDKarras @ijbailey @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue @DerekPederson3 @JamesSurowiecki @MerkinMuffley5 @CathyYoung63 @donmoyn I agree, but also, that privilege worksheet is something I think Randall Kennedy would have smart critiques of — PolitiTweet.org

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@CathyYoung63 @Sebastian_Hols @XBillups @MichaelDKarras @ijbailey @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue @DerekPederson3 @JamesSurowiecki @MerkinMuffley5 @donmoyn https://t.co/Z3K4qAB6w8 — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@Sebastian_Hols @XBillups @MichaelDKarras @ijbailey @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue @DerekPederson3 @JamesSurowiecki @MerkinMuffley5 @CathyYoung63 @donmoyn The HLG critique of CRT is instructive but progressives either pretend it doesn't exist or are too incurious to have ever discovered it — PolitiTweet.org

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Me, trying to corner my nephew in an existential trap: "Do you like mangos or dogs better?" My nephew, out-cornering me: "Mangdogs!" — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

Me, trying to trap my nephew in an existential trap: "Do you like mangos or dogs better?" My nephew, outsmarting me: "Mangdogs!" — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @XBillups @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue @DerekPederson3 @Sebastian_Hols @JamesSurowiecki @MerkinMuffley5 @CathyYoung63 @donmoyn We agree that the firing was wrongheaded. If the school board doesn't want the worksheet taught they should just say *don't use that again* — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @XBillups @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue @DerekPederson3 @Sebastian_Hols @JamesSurowiecki @MerkinMuffley5 @CathyYoung63 @donmoyn teach whatever they want — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @XBillups @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue @DerekPederson3 @Sebastian_Hols @JamesSurowiecki… https://t.co/ItZHObcVou — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @XBillups @BeatCalledBros @CuriousIamblue @DerekPederson3 @Sebastian_Hols @JamesSurowiecki @MerkinMuffley5 @CathyYoung63 @donmoyn handed out a racist worksheet and a school board said "don't use that anymore" that would not violate free speech rights. — PolitiTweet.org