Judd Legum

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@DarrenJMedeiros I think your entire premise rests on the assumption that you would have to discriminate against certain racial groups to achieve equitable outcomes — PolitiTweet.org

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@DarrenJMedeiros That doesn't match my reading of the book but if want to point what aspects of the book led you to those conclusions I'll take a look — PolitiTweet.org

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@DarrenJMedeiros Yes. What's so unusual about how he defines racism? — PolitiTweet.org

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@ggreenwald Not sure what you are talking about. Who would fire me? I’m just saying you seem very angry that someone is challenging Matt’s position on anti-racism. — PolitiTweet.org

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It's interesting that the self-appointed champions of free speech don't like to be quoted and get very angry when their views are criticized. These are the people who constantly lecture others about the need for open debate and a free exchange of ideas — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm literally just quoting Matt's newsletter. And Tabbi is criticizing Ibram Kendi who wrote "How To Be An Anti-Racist" and is the director of the Boston University Center for Anti-Racist Research I'm not saying Matt is racist. I'm objecting to his critique of anti-racism — PolitiTweet.org

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@AnthropistMs There is nothing to explain because it didn't happen. — PolitiTweet.org

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One change since Parscale lost his job as Trump's campaign manager is that the campaign is no longer using Parscale's personal Facebook page to run ads There are currently no active Trump ads run through Parscale's page Previously, they were spending 200K/week — PolitiTweet.org

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FACT CHECK: None of these people were canceled or lost their job All of them are paid millions People disagreed with them and criticized them There is nothing wrong with that That is what free speech is about — PolitiTweet.org

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@ShantMM I can state unequivocally that I did not leak a photo of Obama in a turban to the Drudge Report (nor did anyone else on the campaign to my knowledge). I also was not involved in seeding the birther conspiracy. People used to send me that garbage all the time and I rejected it. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mediagazer: Email reveals Facebook execs mulling how to remove a well-founded fact check label from a viral climate misinfo post from T… — PolitiTweet.org

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@AdamLehrer @mtaibbi Maybe you should stick to your argument. You said that Taibbi was only criticizing corporatized diversity training rhetoric. He said he was criticizing a book by a college professor about anti-racism. You should acknowledge you were wrong rather than changing the subject — PolitiTweet.org

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"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it." -- MLK Jr. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AdamLehrer @mtaibbi You are making an argument that Taibbi is not making. He said in a tweet it's an explicit critique of Kendi's book, who is a professor, not a corporate trainer https://t.co/5NOYGQvb4D — PolitiTweet.org

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@mtaibbi And I would also dispute that MLK Jr. believed antiracism was a generic term that did not require actively opposing racism — PolitiTweet.org

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@hell__rat @mtaibbi it's a direct quote — PolitiTweet.org

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@ryangrim @mtaibbi Actually Matt clarified that. He's criticizing Ibram X. Kendi's book. Kendi is a professor, not a corporate consultant. https://t.co/5NOYGQvb4D — PolitiTweet.org

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@mtaibbi No, as I said, it means actively opposing racism, not just opposing it — PolitiTweet.org

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@ryangrim @mtaibbi Here are the three paragraphs surrounding the quote. It's part of a discussion of the African American History Museum https://t.co/0APK4jY9iE — PolitiTweet.org

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@ryangrim @mtaibbi I read the newsletter and it does not actually say that. If that's what he meant then he should say that — PolitiTweet.org

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@mtaibbi I really admired Matt as a reporter, particularly his stuff on the financial crisis, but then he was criticized from the left for a book he co-authored, that turned out to be a work of fiction, that described him abusing women and now he writes the same column over and over — PolitiTweet.org

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In his latest newsletter, @mtaibbi calls anti-racism a "a quack sub-theology that in a self-clowning trick straight out of Catch-22 seeks to raise awareness about ignorant race stereotypes by reviving & amplifying them" My understanding is that its about actively opposing racism — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rashadrobinson: THREAD! Last Nov, I sat w/ Mark & other civil rights leaders for diner. During the meal, I challenged him on their fact… — PolitiTweet.org

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@donie @andymstone Why did Facebook contact Science Feedback last year and order them to reverse its fact check of the Washington Examiner? What was the substance of that communication? — PolitiTweet.org

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8. This was a joint effort by me and @emorwee, who writes the climate change newsletter HEATED, and the article goes into detail about what The Daily Wire article gets wrong and exactly why its so dangerous. https://t.co/xMhj1lBNbP — PolitiTweet.org

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7. The Daily Wire added a brief summary of the Science Feedback fact check at the end. Nothing was corrected. And the article was placed behind a paywall so you can only get to the Science Feedback link if you pay for a subscription https://t.co/xMhj1lBNbP — PolitiTweet.org

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6. Here is the giveaway: The fact check was not removed from nearly identical versions of the article published on other right-wing websites. The change was only made for The Daily Wire https://t.co/xMhj1lBNbP — PolitiTweet.org

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5. The executive director of Science Feedback tells me and @emorwee, my co-author, that it was not pressured by Facebook to remove the fact check But the scientists who produced the fact check also talked to us, and they are not happy https://t.co/xMhj1lBNbP — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Facebook's comms team, however, advised against getting involved, citing previous reporting in Popular Information about its fact-checking program and special treatment for The Daily Wire Sign up here for independent accountability journalism -> https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org