Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@germaknee It is apparent that you didn't read the article. Please do so and correct your wrong impression of its argument! — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

It seems to me that in this case and all sorts of other civic disputes we underrated the value of ethical finesse, dialogue, tolerance, compromise, and forebearance. https://t.co/GhpvtGq0vY — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@hairwaytosteve Why are you reflexively antagonistic to journalists who show normal interest in an issue roiling many communities and attempt to sketch a constructive way forward? — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

I found this case study very useful for understanding how the professional education establishment reasoned its way into a position of overriding parents on gender--it spells out the logic more explicitly than I had seen elsewhere https://t.co/GhpvtGq0vY — PolitiTweet.org

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The premier journal for early childhood educators published an ethics case study counseling teachers that they have an ethical obligation to side w/ a preschooler who disagrees w/ parents about their name / how to dress. Is that correct? https://t.co/GhpvtGq0vY — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

Bureaucrats who infringe on the liberty of adult consumers to make informed choices about risk should be stripped of their power. — PolitiTweet.org

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I don't know about this Manager's Special https://t.co/TPPFZBfq6Y — PolitiTweet.org

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@julianajaeger @realchrisrufo @wokal_distance @jonathanchait When he Tweeted that "grooming" is a pattern of behavior where "adults" sexualize kids, who were the adults to whom he was referring? — PolitiTweet.org

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@NormanGYoung @realchrisrufo @wokal_distance @jonathanchait I grant the possibility of someone saying that a school is "grooming" without "groomers" due to "institutional" or "structural" grooming; I had not taken that to be his position; whether it is or isn't, I would just like to understand so I have clarity on what he's trying to say — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@julianajaeger @realchrisrufo @wokal_distance @jonathanchait I'm not ascribing anything to him, I'm asking questions in an attempt to clarify exactly what his position is on this. I've always tried very hard to be accurate when writing about him, as I think he appreciates, & insofar as I know I've never published anything factually wrong — PolitiTweet.org

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@realchrisrufo @wokal_distance @jonathanchait When you say that a school is "grooming" children, many readers might infer that you're attacking at least some educators at the school as "groomers;" but here it seems like you're saying your actual position is that "grooming" is happening without "groomers." Is that right? — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@realchrisrufo @jonathanchait Quotes should be accurate but "I have never attacked anyone as a groomer" seems misleading to me -- aren't you attacking the subjects of these Tweets as "groomers" while arguing for a definition of the term that's more expansive than the most narrow one? https://t.co/rOqc4kwaBD — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

I found the worst argument against harnessing wind to generate clean energy. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

RT @PSTRykken: Compelling discussion. Last week @conor64 asked, “What do you think about the health and safety risks that are inherent i… — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

The reflections of Atlantic readers on their attitudes toward risk in sports are quite interesting, with a few harrowing stories of adventures https://t.co/naHhsS6eL2 — PolitiTweet.org

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@byjustinwier @queen0fheathens Gotcha, thanks. — PolitiTweet.org

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@byjustinwier @queen0fheathens Why didn't you have a positive vision of the concept rooted in your observations of the male role models in your life? — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@OrrChris IMHO, the needed change here, or at least the one I favor, is general elections that pit the top two primary vote getters regardless of party against one another — PolitiTweet.org

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@OrrChris Not sure I'd agree to "unwinnable" but definitely bigger risk of loss, and yes, I do think she understands Dems may not want to go all in on their own candidate for fear of throwing to Republicans — PolitiTweet.org

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@OrrChris To me the test will be polls a year from now, not polls of independents when she was a Democrat. Comparing those old polls against future polls will be what tells us if party affiliation changes how well she represents independents in their view — PolitiTweet.org

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@OrrChris I'd ask, Chris: if Mitt Romney ran next time as an independent to avoid farther right challengers in a primary would you regard that as "blackmailing" Republicans? — PolitiTweet.org

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@OrrChris Democrats pressure candidates to go farther left to win primaries and Republicans pressure candidates to go farther right. — PolitiTweet.org

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@OrrChris I don't think "blackmail" is the right word. Why are Democrats more entitled than independents to run a candidate? There are more independents in AZ! But regardless, I think she is both engaged in gamesmanship wrt Democrats and also likely to run closer to the median voter — PolitiTweet.org

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@OrrChris If Sinema can win a general election but can't make it through a Democratic primary wouldn't that suggest her gamesmanship could align her more closely with voters than staying a Democrat? — PolitiTweet.org

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@queen0fheathens For kids without dads at home, all female teachers means no consistent role model for masculinity in daily life. If you're always around only adult men or only adult women, it makes sense that your notion of the sex you're not ever around is constructed as "not x" — PolitiTweet.org

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@queen0fheathens This sounds like what you get when you combine absent fathers, overwhelmingly female teachers throughout school, and a culture that talks about masculinity with the modifier toxic more often than offering a positive vision. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BeezyManzell Sure, it is inferior to Google at all sorts of searches, but superior at some others. — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@BeezyManzell I'm not sure I understand. My claims are that many people would search google with that same query and that they could instead use Chat GPT and get good results. What are you saying? — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@BeezyManzell Here is an example of it functioning as a search engine: https://t.co/LmyUGL8X8K — PolitiTweet.org

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Additional tests: https://t.co/c8r0VONPxM — PolitiTweet.org