Conor Friedersdorf

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@HistoryBoomer I really enjoy cooking on gas stoves and hate cooking on electrical stoves. — PolitiTweet.org

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@andrewpcone Agree RE new construction and cost, I was musing on a rule that would spare all renters need to decide whether gas was acceptable — PolitiTweet.org

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@andrewpcone At a moment of housing crisis driven by both the limited supply of rental units and the high cost of those on the market the downside of taking the approach you suggest as far as we have taken it ought to be self-evident. — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve Yes, of course there are many conflicts about this rooted in direct experience, not right wing media. If you don't understand that you are out of touch with reality. — PolitiTweet.org

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@andrewpcone Taking away things people want via a nanny state is a great way to inspire a populist backlash. — PolitiTweet.org

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@andrewpcone Unlike black mold, which no one wants, lots of people prefer gas stoves. — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve No, I have not "replaced" any claim. Lots more kids than before are identifying as trans, adults disagree sharply on how to respond, and related disagreements, especially between educators and parents, are roiling many communities. — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve Here is documentation https://t.co/u6Tb4JReyi — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve Today I've gotten emails from all over the country with such instances. I expect to publish at least one of them tomorrow and will tag you with it. Meanwhile, do you doubt the well documented radical increase in numbers? — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve You lack an accurate understanding and it is causing you to be uncharitable — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheAtlantic: "Most teachers and parents are reasonable enough to forge compromises that work well enough if afforded enough flexibility… — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve That too varies by community. In some cases, a radical increase in gender nonconforming kids resulted in a bunch of disagreements as adults w various diverging opinions reacted. In other places parents are freaking out even though they themselves haven't experienced anything. — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve That too varies widely and includes upset parents, activists of different sorts, pundits, politicians, and more — PolitiTweet.org

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Improved: all consumers should be informed about the risks associated with gas stoves and how to mitigate them so that they can make informed decisions about whether to modify theirs or get rid of it entirely, as befits them as free citizens of a liberal democracy — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve The obscure journal did not roil communities, the subject matter that it covered did. — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve I'd say the range is tremendous, varying as significantly as emotional informal conversations between parents and teachers and new state laws — PolitiTweet.org

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@hairwaytosteve An accurate way! — PolitiTweet.org

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@I_am_Mutated You mischaracterized my argument pretty egregiously — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @hilzoy: This. Always this. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HollyBriden It is neither desperate nor a defense. My piece *disagrees* with the assertion that educators are obligated to defy parents on gender identity. But I also think the question of deference to parents is more complicated than you're making it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AnnaJohnson8732 Anna, if you read the piece you will see that its argument is not what you assume. I'd love to hear your thoughts on what it actually says. — PolitiTweet.org

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@I_am_Mutated Mike, if you actually read the piece you will see that you are mistaken about what it argues. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HollyBriden @TheAtlantic Nothing. You made a broad statement against defying parents. I sympathize as I usually want to defer to parents too but that example illustrates that we all think there are some parents making some requests that we all think should be rejected. Right? — PolitiTweet.org

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@HollyBriden @TheAtlantic Holly, don't you sometimes believe otherwise though? What if a parent told a teacher, *if my 5 year old has a tantrum on the field trip simply leave him alone at the public museum to teach him a lesson. We'll fetch him that night." — PolitiTweet.org

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@radiokeller I think you're talking around the fact that you can't back up your original critique with anything coherent because neither you nor libertarians have ever believed in broad self-determination rights for 4 year olds, and because I argue that young kids do deserve some deference — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattlovesjenni Matt, if you read the piece I think you will conclude that its argument is quite different from what you seem to think. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TheGardenGuy1 An emailed told me something v similar — PolitiTweet.org

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@radiokeller Do you think preschooler self-determination rights include a right to decide their own diet? Their own bedtime? Their own race? Their own religion? — PolitiTweet.org

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@radiokeller Kevin, could you spell out your full theory on the self-determination rights of preschoolers as you understand them? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JamesFallows: Local effects of the Calif rains: Cachuma Lake, huge reservoir in Santa Barbara area, was at 31% capacity one month ago,… — PolitiTweet.org