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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@pehenne Sorry I'm a bit unclear here, what do you take my argument to be on Covid? I feel as though my positions are quite varied and cut across a lot of factions in weird ways. — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
What are the best in-depth articles on Ron DeSantis from any perspective? — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@pehenne Sorry I hadn't seen comments suggesting I'm wrong. I have no stake in this either way. — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
A good test is that if you can take a quote from a progressive and imagine Richard Spencer saying the exact same thing to extol white supremacy the they've probably fallen prey to Racecraft. And many, many people have. — PolitiTweet.org
Yascha Mounk @Yascha_Mounk
I will never get over the fact that a view according to which non-white people are somehow less intellectual or in… https://t.co/xvLMeLhE6o
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
Just 5 years ago I would've expected the online debate about the Chappelle special to include many comedians out there who are opinionated about their craft. Has anyone else noticed how many of those voices are missing, now that the costs of conversation have increased? — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
There are deep divides at Yale about what constitutes appropriate administrative intervention in student affairs in the name of DEI. I have my own position. But in this Tweet I want to celebrate the very few people on any side who are articulating their views publicly. It helps! — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell Also, I would happily write about any overzealous policing by that office of leftist speech if you or any affected students or anyone can provide the details! — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell If, on the other hand, there are harassment or discrimination allegations that, if true, would violate the given harassment or discrimination policies, I do think those need to be investigated. — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell I think most academic institutions need to reform their complaint procedures to weed out the ones that allege actions that, even if true, aren't punishable, because they are undermining faculty power vis a vis administrators and chilling speech. — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell I am concerned about administrators overstepping regardless of the ideology of students, and I have written on behalf of students on the left being ill-treated by their institutions before. The idea that those of us opining on this are partisan conservatives is incorrect. — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell @NAChristakis @SajaSpearman Totally fair, and I very much appreciate your engagement. — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell So you see Colbert's speech as offensive in a way that justifies actions by administrators that you would find unacceptable in a case where you found the protected speech in question more substantively valuable and less offensive? — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell @NAChristakis @SajaSpearman And I don't think you can separate Colbert's experience from the multiple formal complaints filed against him, which understandably looked larger in his experience than the age of the person talking to him or whether he sometimes gives out candy. — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell @NAChristakis @SajaSpearman I appreciate that this is your friend, giving you inside knowledge. I also think you and perhaps he drastically underestimate how coercive and intimidating some Yalies, including tenured professors, find the approach to DEI issues at the institution — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell 7) They mention, look, you're gonna have to pass the bar, take a 360 view of this. So you tell me, Professor Bell: if that happened right now to the law students who wrote that Medium essay, would you find it unobjectionable? — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell 5) She asks if she is being formally investigated or might face discipline but the answers are vague and ambiguous, leaving her worried and guessing. 6) Meanwhile they pressure her to write an apology, ultimately drafting one themselves that they urge her to sign. — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell 4) She is told that there are harassment and discrimination complaints against her and that there will be a written report that administrators complete and that the legal community is very small so she might want to nip this in the bud. — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell 1) First other Yale law students criticize the Medium post on private group chats. 2) Then several students file complaints to the administration alleging anti Native American bias. 3) Then the author of the Medium post is summoned into see the Director of DEI and an associate — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell One more thought on that Medium post. Imagine that after publishing it, the author experienced the following things: — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell @NAChristakis @SajaSpearman It seems to me that, even if we stipulate, for the sake of argument, that Colbert's email was offensive, it obviously doesn't rise to the level of harassment or discrimination, and that complaints using those mechanisms we're wrongheaded. If you disagree, why? — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell @NAChristakis @SajaSpearman I argued that it is inappropriate for administrators to draft an apology for a student. If you disagree, why? — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell @NAChristakis @SajaSpearman I (along with many others) argued that those administrators behaved badly by keeping the student guessing about whether he was being investigated and would face discipline by Yale. Do you agree? If you disagree, why? — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell @NAChristakis @SajaSpearman Some students may see him that way. Other students (and faculty!) are, in fact, intimidated by their perception of his power. Regardless of which faction is correct, everyone agrees that this matter turns on the behavior of two administrators, as captured on the audio. So: — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
RT @Analytictheist: Really good ethical discussion that goes beyond what I have seen elsewhere from @conor64 https://t.co/pwtsDj594s — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
RT @ATabarrok: Actually, my Econ 101 textbook with @tylercowen, Modern Principles: Warned about pandemics. Discussed the importance of a… — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell @NAChristakis @SajaSpearman What do you see as the substantive difference between a "diversity dean" and a "Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion"? — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@monicacbell @SajaSpearman That essay mischaracterizes my article and makes false insinuations about my motives. It also elides the distinction between *just wanting to talk* and filing multiple harassment claims with administrators, which are rather different things! — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
RT @DamonLinker: Netflix will be perfectly fine. The real story here is the decision of news outlets -- especially PBS and NPR -- to treat… — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@MaxJordan_N @monicacbell Max, the focus of my article is abuse of authority by administrators, not the students who were, nevertheless in my view, wrong to involve them in a dispute that should have been among adult peers. Those other important topics are indeed covered at The Atlantic. — PolitiTweet.org
Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@IyengarGiri @monicacbell You forgot to include your number! :) — PolitiTweet.org
