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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

There are rival factions that variously want legislators, principals, teachers, parents, activists, and children themselves to be the ultimate arbiters of what gets taught in elementary school classrooms. I however remain of the opinion that you're all unreasonable and wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 2, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@normative "we as a crowd want to clarify that we weren't making a pro-violence statement--as is our habit we were mindlessly mirroring the emotional reactions of those around us as a shallow industry's proxy for signalling solidarity with what is good and against what is bad." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 2, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@benosipov1 Not really. A dissonance is implied but not hypocrisy — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 2, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@benosipov1 Observation does not equal argument — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 1, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

On a scale of social liberalism blue states are higher than red states which are higher than lots of foreign countries. Isn't it interesting that American multinationals keep getting successfully lobbied by blue to side against red even as they make nice in those foreign markets? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 1, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

RT @Popehat: Since it's April Fools Day, I wanted to tell the story of the greatest practical joke I ever saw. I've told it before but not… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 1, 2022 Retweet
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

If you lived in SF you'd *much* rather they be wooden as soon as the earth started shaking! — PolitiTweet.org

Wally Nowinski @Nowooski

These are the nice houses that the cheap wooden "victorians" in SF are knocking off. https://t.co/r6ltTmnXRN

Posted April 1, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

Can we get a ruling @factcheckdotorg? https://t.co/7885yzIYVR — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 1, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@mffwww You misread the original post — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 1, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

I read this whole thread but I don't understand what policy @gregggonsalves wants passed that @DLeonhardt is against. — PolitiTweet.org

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves

Hey. 1/

Posted April 1, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

Bounce pass. https://t.co/SznjqD9GEC — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 1, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

RT @OrinKerr: Delighted that my article, "The Fourth Amendment Limits of Internet Content Preservation," has been published in final form.… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 31, 2022 Retweet
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

That sounds like what the Communists created in their block when they did have their way and what North Korea is now. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael R. Weinstein, Bookseller #EndTheOligarchy @fToRrEeEsSt

You know if the capitalist really had their way they would just create a slave planet, where everyone else just wor… https://t.co/5PGPIfKy03

Posted March 31, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

Informative survey data from @epkaufm — PolitiTweet.org

Heterodox Academy @HdxAcademy

"For some, cancel culture is everywhere, limiting freedom & instilling fear… Yet for others, cancel culture is a ra… https://t.co/jd91z…

Posted March 31, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

One disorienting feature of our times: radical rhetoric and substantive radicalism have no predictable relationship to one another. Sometimes they go together and sometimes it's an inverse relationship sometimes there is no relationship at all. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 31, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

The obvious solution is *can return to Oscars after sitting through one Comedy Central style roast hosted by Chris Rock, who gets to pick all the guests.* — PolitiTweet.org

Variety @Variety

Days after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during the 94th #Oscars telecast, the Board of Governors held an emergency… https://t.co/1KmU4knVrz

Posted March 31, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

"When Smith slapped Rock... he was breaking the bubble that we’ve let comedians exist in, and insisting that they can be punished for what they say. He was whipping the jester." — PolitiTweet.org

James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki

New piece on why Will Smith slapping a comedian for telling a joke was a much bigger deal, culturally speaking, tha… https://t.co/jeqeKzHVjW

Posted March 30, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@michaelbd Ah got it. Haven't watched the Disney Channel since Kids Incorporated when I was 7 so no opinion on it. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 30, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

RT @NTampio: Thanks for mentioning my Aeon article on scepticism, @conor64. https://t.co/uGeQ2ynOYG — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 30, 2022 Retweet
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@AlecCrisman To be fair I myself am somewhat unclear on what was making the house fall apart? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 30, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

"Encanto" is the Disney movie I have seen most recently. Do traditionalist or populist conservatives find anything objectionable in Encanto, or are you fine with that movie? Is there a specific example of Disney content you dislike? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 30, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

Me every April 1: ugh, next year I'm going to keep a running tally of expenses so I'm not doing all this at the last minute. Me every April 15: ugh it's already April, I'll start that ongoing tally this January. Me every January: (forgets to do that) Repeat until death. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 30, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

Great responses in this thread. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

What are some excellent mood-setting lyrics at the beginning of songs? I'll go first: The Mississippi Delta Was sh… https://t.co/YzzyST9a3m

Posted March 30, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

When trying to understand Disney controversies, there's the substance of what's actually happening, and then there's the complication that Disney engages in branding and marketing exercises in *both* internal and external communications, pitched to very different "consumers" — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 30, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

Below, a note of praise from a fan of my recent roundup of reader emails on the rules that ought to govern trans athletes in competitive sports. Read the 20 perspectives for yourself and see what conclusion you reach. https://t.co/EPHA7Zfqx4 https://t.co/8ya4TwETaw — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 30, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

No indictment of the cultural status quo could be more indicting than this paragraph (and lol to signing off on Joann's account of what motivates her trolling): https://t.co/5MvY8KUkWR — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 30, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

This should have been a Compact mag feature. https://t.co/xfKXJou9nD — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 30, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@Popehat @GOP BENGHAZI! — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 30, 2022
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

RT @justinamash: Executive officials throughout the country used Covid as an excuse to claim perpetual “emergency” powers, routinely violat… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 30, 2022 Retweet
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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@mtracey @CathyYoung63 @adamgurri What statement would your ideal ACLU make about Ukraine and governmental power? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 30, 2022