Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey I don't understand this tweet. Is the idea that but for "cancel culture warriors" the Russians would be behaving in a less odious manner here? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ijbailey: We don't have a graduate-level journalism program here at @DavidsonCollege. That doesn't mean we don't have students, with th… — PolitiTweet.org

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By invoking "experts" this way the press is causing readers to rationally discount invocations of expertise. On the question in the article, some experts would say that and others would say the exact opposite. Just make the argument. https://t.co/8XKhLHDVOf — PolitiTweet.org

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@debbierachlis Hi Debbie. https://t.co/ggkvXhcGna — PolitiTweet.org

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@ritaresarian https://t.co/ggkvXhcGna — PolitiTweet.org

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@Gurdur https://t.co/ggkvXhcGna — PolitiTweet.org

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@adamjohnsonNYC Here's your update Adam: https://t.co/ggkvXhcGna — PolitiTweet.org

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@Steve_Sailer @kennymxu I can't tell if you're being slippery or you're unable to accurately identify the analytic points I am making, versus the ones you're imputing to me, but either way, you've gotten it wrong enough times that this is no longer worth either of our time. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Steve_Sailer @kennymxu At no point in this exchange have I debated the merits of affirmative action as a policy. Rather, I have argued that this nominee should be judged as an individual, not prejudged due to her race, and that LSAT scores are an idiotic way to judge a SCOTUS nominee. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Steve_Sailer @kennymxu Again you lean on the crutch that I'm merely calling you a bad person, when in fact my argument has been substantive: you are judging this nominee on the basis of her race rather than as an individual, and that racial prejudice is irrational. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Steve_Sailer @kennymxu But my disagreement is substantive and I see very clearly how prejudging people based on their raise leads you into error. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Steve_Sailer @kennymxu I find asking for LSATs idiotic or disingenuous, depending on the questioner. You defaulted to saying I find them "outrageous" because you use PC culture as a crutch to distract from bad arguments, as if no one ever disagrees with you substantively — PolitiTweet.org

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@kennymxu Can we see your SAT score and high school transcript? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @emilynussbaum: I was just on TikTok and a guy there presented his theory that in The Piano Man, the narrator is working in a gay bar an… — PolitiTweet.org

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Berkeley NIMBYS: destroying dreams. https://t.co/hcBzfeaAKb — PolitiTweet.org

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I don't know why the "it's not normal" framing took off in journalism or what it means. Is a pandemic of this sort "normal"? In our lifetimes, no. Historically, yes. Either way, it happened. What's the significance of whether that's "normal" or not? — PolitiTweet.org

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@petersays Me too! — PolitiTweet.org

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@thomaschattwill @DKThomp Of course but surely they usually miss from that distance! That sequence has got to be some insane fluke. — PolitiTweet.org

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@thomaschattwill @DKThomp I dunno, I mean, do you really want to d up and stop the 14 year old from taking a half court shot? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey Protests that attempt to drown out the speaker, denying them the right to speak and the right of listeners to hear, cross a line from legitimate expression of disapproval to wrongheaded infringements on the rights of others. https://t.co/fAO8IDugdG — PolitiTweet.org

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MJ era: kids sticking their tongues out on layups. Steph era, apparently: https://t.co/iLvZbjaofp — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NAChristakis: I've been to Russia several times - Moscow & St Petersburg. Visited distant monasteries. Been to art & history museums. I… — PolitiTweet.org

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@seanf730 If--and if so how--voice dysphoria informs diagnosis, and standard deviation among diagnosticians — PolitiTweet.org

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@seanf730 Where is it that you think I can look this up? — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm a huge fan of Pfizer and Moderna, myself, seeing as how they've just played a huge part in saving millions of lives. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Steve_Sailer @Daydream2984819 You are setting forth your mistaken notion of what motivates my tweets rather than refuting the substance of them. This too should cause others to discount your arguments. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Steve_Sailer @Daydream2984819 This is why people should mistrust your analytic ability: your seeming failure to grasp that, regardless of why Biden picked her, you retain the independent ability to judge her as an individual based on her public record. But race-crafters gotta racecraft — PolitiTweet.org

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@Steve_Sailer @Daydream2984819 It is an analytics judgment, not a character judgment, that your beliefs about affirmative action are causing you to prejudge this nominee on the basis of her race rather than to judge her as an individual. And that should make everyone mistrust your judgment and analytic ability — PolitiTweet.org

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@Steve_Sailer @Daydream2984819 You're like horseshoe theory Robin DiAngelo--so obsessed with race and the need to see everything through that lens that you inject it as a proxy even when people can be judged on an individual basis. Your racial prejudice makes it impossible to trust your analysis. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Steve_Sailer @Daydream2984819 Rather than judging her as an individual, you are judging her in accordance with your prejudice that Black nominees are less qualified due to affirmative action. Instead, you should stop being prejudiced and judge her as an individual, which can be done based on her public record — PolitiTweet.org