Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

RT @JoshuaHeslinga: We could all benefit from receiving good faith advice from critics / policy opponents. Here's some for #COVID19 hawks f… — PolitiTweet.org

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Scolding is counterproductive, but other steps will offer protection even as millions of Americans move on from the pandemic. https://t.co/901oX8GcGe — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @thomaschattwill: Sincerely can’t understand the Americans on here who are more irritated by Zelensky than by Putin. Genuinely one of th… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RogueWPA: @NAChristakis @Yale I like how the gist of it is "how dare the university station police to protect an event against our inti… — PolitiTweet.org

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@mrhortywho @jduffyrice Bill, I can't account for how counterexamples "feel" to you, but would you like to test the proposition that the overwhelming majority of my free speech articles are "in defense of right-wing people or activities" with a bet? — PolitiTweet.org

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@jduffyrice You spoke of "proclamations" I've made. I'm curious what you're referring to. And curious about what your actual substantive critiques are. But it seems like answers aren't going to be forthcoming — PolitiTweet.org

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@jduffyrice Please cite a single such proclamation I have made--are there any?--and a single example of my failing to live up to it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jduffyrice Listen to yourself! I'm happy to engage substantively on my work choices and to hear out critiques. But you won't get far with pejoratively presumptuous, highly condescending assertions about what *I* supposedly know, as if I'm knowingly falling short rather than doing my best. — PolitiTweet.org

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@educationpalmer @jduffyrice I'd appreciate it if @jduffyrice admitted that she made no attempt to survey my published work before making that claim. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MarcBodnick The statement is certainly false with respect to me. I confess I haven't done a survey of Bari's output, so I can't say for sure, but I also suspect those dragging her constantly haven't actually looked at the totality of her work. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MarcBodnick False. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jduffyrice False. — PolitiTweet.org

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I don't need to follow the news anymore, I can just wait for the time everyday when someone demands that Bari and I--always Bari, for some reason--write about some thing that happened a few hours earlier that they consider cancel culture. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JeffreyASachs: An outstanding piece from @DavidAFrench. Outstanding for its clarity, but above all because it offers no easy answer to… — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoshTheJuggles @zorangecats @ijbailey @CathyYoung63 @NGrossman81 I think the book is stupid because it draws sweeping and highly dubious conclusions based on the author's perception of why people react to her training sessions badly. I think people react badly because her trainings are tedious bullshit, not because participants are fragile. — PolitiTweet.org

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@letshav18702290 Don't gears, suitcase wheels, toy car wheels, stroller wheels, furniture wheels, bike wheels, skateboard wheels, etc. count as wheels? — PolitiTweet.org

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Wait. There are people who think there are more doors than wheels? — PolitiTweet.org

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@vituperativeerb @edcu So you don't think a well-crafted, viewpoint neutral time/place restriction narrowly tailored to allow a recurring debate event to proceed at a university without audience members drowning out the speakers with repeated shouts would definitely pass constitutional muster? — PolitiTweet.org

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@vituperativeerb @edcu My claim: "There is an important (legal) distinction between saying controversial things and preventing someone from saying controversial things. A protester saying *shut the fuck up* is one thing. Yelling it repeatedly in a way that prevents an event from happening is another." — PolitiTweet.org

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@vituperativeerb @edcu The point is that the legal analysis in that case would be much different than a law saying *you can't tell a speaker to shut the fuck up* which would clearly be struck down as unconstitutional. The two things are legally distinguishable — PolitiTweet.org

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@vituperativeerb @edcu I have written two recent articles on such state laws, in North Carolina and South Carolina, and I can't recall when I last wrote about a DEI initiative at a private college. So no, I cannot see why someone might get that impression. Can you explain it? — PolitiTweet.org

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@vituperativeerb @edcu It was a hypothetical drawn from this article https://t.co/pjZpsGl5AY — PolitiTweet.org

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@vituperativeerb @edcu You're missing how many factors go into choosing what to write about. Relative importance is one factor. Others are: do I have something original to add? Has a colleague already said what I would say? Is it undercovered? Is there a point on which I might constructively persuade? — PolitiTweet.org

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@vituperativeerb @edcu For example I think this law would pass Constitutional muster: https://t.co/iaSdV7xaWE — PolitiTweet.org

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@vituperativeerb @edcu Sorry, where have I argued that legislation restricting speech is less concerning? — PolitiTweet.org

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@vituperativeerb @edcu To be clear: above I am saying the legal analysis is different, not that my personal opinion of the speech is different, though I of course like some speech better than other speech, and I am happy to answer questions about that. — PolitiTweet.org

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@vituperativeerb @edcu There is an important distinction between saying controversial things and preventing someone from saying controversial things. A protester saying *shut the fuck up* is one thing. Yelling it repeatedly in a way that prevents an event from happening is another. — PolitiTweet.org

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@vituperativeerb @edcu People who think I *mostly focus on * sophomores at Oberlin are uninformed or liars. I try not to waste time on them. As for controversial speakers: — PolitiTweet.org

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@vituperativeerb @edcu I haven't (yet, I might) but two of my colleagues have https://t.co/6eUTJ6QnRB https://t.co/pQKrYV2c1B — PolitiTweet.org