Conor Friedersdorf

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@JeffreyASachs @ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse What opinion of administrators is under-shared in a way that harms the mission of the university? — PolitiTweet.org

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@JeffreyASachs @ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse What's the benefit to UCSB professors and students of knowing that their chancellor thinks the jury got the Rittenhouse verdict wrong? — PolitiTweet.org

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@trizzlor @ProgPilgrim @JeffreyASachs @ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse @jasonintrator Speak on general, neutral terms and *don't speak* are distinct positions — PolitiTweet.org

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@JeffreyASachs @ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse I agree that doesn't solve a given matter. Nevertheless, there are many statements I believe administrators should refrain from making for the reasons that U of Chicago report lays out. If you want to talk about a specific example UCSB will do. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse I've provided other academics who believe that they do. That isn't no evidence. It is relevant evidence. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse As we're debating statements made last week I'm not sure what sort of evidence you would have wanted me to probe? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse And I don't claim that you are "zombies" or that you are waiting around for such statements. You are extrapolating beyond what I wrote and arguing with a strawman. Do you think that U of Chicago report and all the people who wrote it thought their colleagues were zombies? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse If my entire piece does that it should be easy for you to quote a passage that does it. Can you? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse @jasonintrator I have provided evidence that thoughtful and deeply considered analysis of universities by esteemed academics has concluded that administrative neutrality is a best practice. I believe their view is correct. You disagree. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse @jasonintrator What line in my piece treats anyone as zombies? Please screenshot it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse Why did you object to a religion requirement? — PolitiTweet.org

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@jasonintrator @ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse I'm not sure if you lack the intelligence to understand or the integrity to admit that you understand. Either way, so long as your smears stand you're dead to me. — PolitiTweet.org

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@wesyang @FranklinsRule Is portraying press outlets as "dangerous" enemies of the people fascism? If you're Jason Stanley the answer is no if Jason Stanley does it but yes if Donald Trump or Viktor Orban does it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jasonintrator @ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse Jason, don't smear me with falsehoods and then expect me to engage with you on other subjects. Please go away. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NAChristakis: This point of view that @wesyang is rightly criticizing is surprisingly common. Foundational principles of a liberal soci… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse @jasonintrator If your university president said, "We here on this campus believe Rittenhouse is a victim of prosecutorial abuse," would you feel that he or she was imposing their opinion, even if you felt able to disagree without being fired? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse @jasonintrator I'm not "unmoved" I am unpersuaded because you haven't offered any persuasive counterarguments. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JeffreyASachs @ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse @jasonintrator I did not suggest a blanket *do not speak* rule. Indeed my piece flagged one administrator statement as praiseworthy in contrast to others I criticized. I'd prefer to continue this in a different thread away from Jason's unseemly attempt to smear me, so I'm going to stop now. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JeffreyASachs @ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse @jasonintrator That depends on what the administrator feels is important. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattyglesias: It seems like what you want out of a global surveillance system for infectious disease is to deliver very large financial… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse @jasonintrator Now let me ask you this, @ijbailey: if your university president declared that Rittenhouse was a hero and that prosecutors were unAmerican for violating his rights, and phrased it all in "we" statements, would you find that appropriate? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey @WarPigsLacrosse @jasonintrator Of course they impose an ideology. Whether that stifles speech or not is up for debate, but the imposition of an ideology from the top is not. Also, if you don't see what's wrong with Jason's nonsense I'm disappointed. — PolitiTweet.org

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@WarPigsLacrosse @jasonintrator It's amazing how often Jason says something even he himself can't stand behind and deletes it. I say that he attacks people frivolously based on long observation. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jasonintrator Jason, if you are going to make frivolous attacks grounded in dubious logic, as is your habit, please choose another target. — PolitiTweet.org

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Lots of folks are arguing that we need universal vaccination to prevent new variants of concern. My fear is that the immunocompromised will continue to catch COVID-19 and that we'll continue to see new variants regardless, especially from countries with lots of AIDS patients. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AhabGhost @vituperativeerb There's more in other threads. — PolitiTweet.org

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If 0 is far left, 100 is far right, and 50 is the average American, I would guess that the racial views of Yglesias' audience cluster between 15 and 40. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HamasakiLaw I don't know. I keep meaning to study up on sentence length but haven't yet. No strong priors. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ARossP: Put another way, contemporary Marxists would be well-served by having a deeper understanding of economics and history upon whic… — PolitiTweet.org

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If convicted what sentence should an organizer of this with no priors receive? A participant? — PolitiTweet.org