Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@bbraaten1 (FWIW I do favor a change that would enable people to discharge student in bankruptcy) — PolitiTweet.org

Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@bbraaten1 Might it be better to pass a bill that relieves debt for the poorest people regardless of the origins of the debt? — PolitiTweet.org

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@bbraaten1 My position isn't ultimately rooted in the people I know, but rather by the persuasive analysis that overall, the effect will be to redistribute money from people with less of it to people with more of it https://t.co/UBm19A54Pa Do you disagree with the Brookings analysis? — PolitiTweet.org

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I think Democrats should introduce a new, narrowly tailored bill to study and understand the unexplained increase in methane emissions and that Republicans should support that bill because this is important and timely and there's no good reason for anyone to oppose it. — PolitiTweet.org

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I've been thinking a lot about where the criminal justice reform movement should go from here. If you've read anything good on the subject I'd love to read it, too. — PolitiTweet.org

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@pchouu More broadly, if faculty aren't permitted to say certain words ever, it only seems fair to explicitly tell them which ones, doesn't it? — PolitiTweet.org

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@pchouu I gather that he does understand its history and believes, as many academics do, that there are good pedagogical reasons to use it, for example, when teaching texts that use it. See Kennedy's book and academic papers for the fully fleshed out argument. — PolitiTweet.org

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@pchouu My comment was about what is permitted in academic institutions, not social norms, so let's not get off on that tangent. Yes, I need a list to know what professors are forbidden from saying at a given place. — PolitiTweet.org

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@stochasticNuke No. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bbraaten1 https://t.co/UBm19A54Pa perhaps you should become better informed before disparaging the motives of others without evidence. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bbraaten1 No, I was not fine with those things. As for student loans, I had them as an undergraduate and as a grad student, and I know lots of wealth doctors and lawyers and other professionals who owe 5 figure sums and also earn 200k plus, or close to 500 k with their partners. — PolitiTweet.org

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@pchouu You say "regardless of setting." Do you really believe that? Is it inappropriate for a prosecutor making a closing argument in a hate crime trial? A law professor teaching that case? Randall Kennedy writing his book? The Wire's portrayal of life in Baltimore? Jay Z rapping? — PolitiTweet.org

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@bbraaten1 Is your typical assumption that those who disagree with you on a given policy are motivated by a desire to harm others? — PolitiTweet.org

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@bbraaten1 That is a bizarre claim. My goal is to prevent the harm of hardworking Americans without college degrees having their tax dollars redistributed to people who are wealthier, more upwardly mobile, and more privileged than they are. — PolitiTweet.org

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@abdallah_fayyad As it happens, my personal position is that we should do more about debt relief for the neediest but that we should not do the progressive version of student debt cancellation, so whatever people making over 50k think, my original formulation is consistent with my views. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bbraaten1 It is a sincere counter to the false suggestion that opposition to student debt cancellation is rooted in economic privilege--the policy is regressive, not progressive. — PolitiTweet.org

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@blandCinema A better question is, how can you spend your life logging onto an anonymous account to purposelessly lie about the views of others? I have an interest in correcting lies told about me. I'm not sure why you spend your time this way. — PolitiTweet.org

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@blandCinema False. — PolitiTweet.org

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@abdallah_fayyad My read on the public polling data is that there is majority support for *some relief for most needy* and nothing like that for *cancel all student debt* — PolitiTweet.org

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@BaronVnOttomatc No, I think majorities would think that is fine. — PolitiTweet.org

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@smaceachern2 @ijbailey @rasmansa @Jd196560Davis Sorry, my mistake, reread the thread and you said fervently, not gleefully. So who specifically are we talking about? — PolitiTweet.org

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@whiskeynachos Lol. How many car dealership owners do you think there are? — PolitiTweet.org

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@stochasticNuke And if he took still classified documents? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @adamsteinbaugh: How are Florida's public colleges handling the "Stop WOKE Act"? Here's North Florida College's warning to faculty, from… — PolitiTweet.org

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@smaceachern2 @ijbailey @rasmansa @Jd196560Davis Can you name any professors who use the word "gleefully" as you put it? — PolitiTweet.org

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@smaceachern2 @ijbailey @rasmansa @Jd196560Davis I don't think any of the claims you are making are actually correct and you are not offering any evidence for them so I'm not sure there's anywhere for us to go. — PolitiTweet.org

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Instead of going with the recommendation of progressive think tanks staffed by graduates of selective colleges, let's decide this question by polling people at the bottom of American society, which is to say, those who never attended any college, and see what they think is fair. — PolitiTweet.org

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If you're a Donald Trump supporter comparing his treatment of classified material to Hillary Clinton, I won't try to convince you you're wrong, but I do invite you to recall that you responded to her actions *by cheering the DOJ's probe while chanting "lock her up" for months* — PolitiTweet.org

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@smaceachern2 @ijbailey @rasmansa @Jd196560Davis Right, because there is no other word the mere mention of which triggers harsh punishment. How could there be as many controversies about other words when no word is similarly verboten? — PolitiTweet.org

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@roddreher *trad — PolitiTweet.org