Conor Friedersdorf

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@Popehat It should have said, *Americans are losing hold of a civic norm with great value in a diverse, pluralistic democracy: the ability to speak their minds and voice their opinions in public without fear of being shamed or shunned.* — PolitiTweet.org

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@ScottGreenfield @kcjohnson9 It was a big flaw in terms of the argument. In terms of *should this offense cause an employee to resign from the institution in protest* it was a minor imperfection, which is why no one will resign in protest. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Loganchance @franklinleonard You never made a point. You said you were unable to articulate it. — PolitiTweet.org

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The backlash to centrist liberals defending free speech, even in ways with the minor imperfections of that editorial, is baffling to me, as is the abandonment of the ethos that we should coexist with and tolerate people who disagree with us rather than quit or get them fired. — PolitiTweet.org

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@franklinleonard Yes, and I did not say and do not think that "Black people’s worries about consequences for speech ended with the Civil Rights movement. And we were the only ones who had to worry about it ever." I said neither of those things. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MarcusWhaley1 I did not say or imply that all problems ended when the civil rights era began. I made a claim about what was true during the pre civil rights era. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Loganchance I find that when I can't convey an idea there is often a flaw in the idea itself. — PolitiTweet.org

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@franklinleonard That isn't what I said. I'll stop eanrestly engaging your questions if you're just going to turn around and demagogue them — PolitiTweet.org

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Sort of. African Americans were certainly living one sort for the entire pre civil rights era. More broadly, one way to understand this is that zealous puritan mobs marshalling authoritarian tactics of one sort or another wax and wane in power at different times in US history — PolitiTweet.org

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A free speech culture of the sort that books like The Constitution of Knowledge and manifestos like the Harper's Letter advocate for is compatible with diversity and inclusion. A "cancel culture" is antithetical to diversity and inclusion. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JerEnt1 Given your reaction to my sharing the essay is a dunk tweet that simply says clown, I am not surprised that you disliked the essay. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Allison_Good1 @MichaelStahlke I'm not sure how you got from what we were talking about to this. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MichaelStahlke @Allison_Good1 These exchanges are increasingly siloed and often conducted more irresponsibly than would be the case under the norms I would like to prevail — PolitiTweet.org

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@Allison_Good1 Democratic societies require public spheres and institutions where actually existing differences are aired, grappled with, and adjudicated. How's the alternative going? Not well! — PolitiTweet.org

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@johnstodder No, you don't see. Your summary shows a failure to understand even the gist. — PolitiTweet.org

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Another one of the talented writers who self-censored for years breaks her silence. She feared an arbitrary and capricious culture of vicious mobbing that attacks people to make them pariahs and deprive them of their livelihoods. https://t.co/RkxAVJcJ6B — PolitiTweet.org

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The state should not have the power to ban TV channels. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianstelter: Just in: UK broadcast media regulator Ofcom has "banned Russian state TV channel RT, saying it was unable to provide impa… — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKroesslhuber @mattyglesias It's not a failure, it offers huge protection against death and has saved huge numbers of lives. — PolitiTweet.org

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@sfmnemonic I don't think it's the same, I just think putting the odds that Obama will become a fuckhead at 99 percent is far too high, and obviously so. — PolitiTweet.org

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@sfmnemonic (Sorry, you think he will "turn out to be" a fuckhead.) — PolitiTweet.org

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@sfmnemonic You think it's 99 percent certain that Obama will end up being a fuckhead. I think your probability statement is inaccurate. — PolitiTweet.org

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@sfmnemonic Harsh and I think inaccurate assessment of Obama https://t.co/9FLEPvjAO1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattyglesias: Why isn’t there a big federal push to develop a pan-coronavirus vaccine? The scientists seem to think it’s doable, but… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jbarro: Seems virtual school was terrible for equity and inclusion. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jadler1969: The recent Yale Law School dust up reminds me of a similar controversy when I was an undergrad some decades ago and a group… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Schwarzenegger: I love the Russian people. That is why I have to tell you the truth. Please watch and share. https://t.co/6gyVRhgpFV — PolitiTweet.org

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@stinson Not always https://t.co/NGrO7u9VQa — PolitiTweet.org

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Question of the week: what's an insight you've learned from someone whose politics you don't share? Email [email protected] and I'll share some responses in tomorrow's Up for Debate newsletter — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @nytimes Do you think Twitter should judge which newspaper articles are "verified," whatever that means, and which are t, and ban links to the latter? — PolitiTweet.org