Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@Yair_Rosenberg In some ways, as I think you're hinting at, the emergence of the various modern denominations is an attempt to answer precisely this question — PolitiTweet.org

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It's striking that political ideology could blind someone to one of Judaism's most essential structures — its constant evolution through legal argument and debate — PolitiTweet.org

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Hello from sunny Ontario, where they actually sell this in our local grocery story https://t.co/7DApLWDpPM — PolitiTweet.org

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Baby’s first tweet https://t.co/4ZNUlnrJMi — PolitiTweet.org

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This applies not only to large gatherings, but also a whole set of ill-defined "public" spaces "where physical distancing is not possible." Seems overbroad and counterproductive https://t.co/Dp99P4gkR9 — PolitiTweet.org

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This doesn't applies not only to large gatherings, but a whole set of ill-defined "public" spaces "where physical distancing is not possible." Seems overbroad and counterproductive https://t.co/Dp99P4gkR9 — PolitiTweet.org

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I've generally been supportive of Covid restrictions but this seems genuinely idiotic. Antagonizes everyone with virtually no discernible public health benefit. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattyglesias @JHWeissmann @DKThomp @jbarro sure, french cooking techniques are improved when they're divorced from the boring and overrated staples of traditional french cuisine — PolitiTweet.org

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@AlexNowrasteh This is so out of touch with how actual people make decisions about having children that it's hard to believe it's real — PolitiTweet.org

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Didn’t think Hollywood was going to reboot Loose Change, but Spike Lee is certainly an interesting choice to direct — PolitiTweet.org

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Spike Lee’s new documentary series is apparently just an updated version of Loose Change — PolitiTweet.org

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@daveweigel @PopulismUpdates Large chunks of the modern Israeli right is heavily influenced by US right's social/economic doctrines. I've heard Israelis derisively refer to Netanyahu as a Republican because his ideas are so American — PolitiTweet.org

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@jtlevy My wife calls Iron Fist “Kickpuncher” and it never ceases to amuse me — PolitiTweet.org

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@daveweigel @normative the ringer article that brought down richards implies this conspiracy theory is actually true — that he put burton's eps during the olympics in order to stack the deck in his own favor — PolitiTweet.org

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@CharlesFLehman so proud of you charles — PolitiTweet.org

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The fact that thousands of people retweeted this without spotting the gigantic historical inaccuracy is a depressing statement about our historical literacy — PolitiTweet.org

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CC @BadHSTtakes — PolitiTweet.org

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@AthertonKD @UnaDispatch awwwwww — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattyglesias @EmmaMAshford My strong inclination is that in this case the on-balance calculus favors US withdrawal — PolitiTweet.org

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This argument proves too much. In general, mass publics know very little about policy on a range of issues both foreign and domestic — yet somehow democracies still tend to adopt effective policies on them — PolitiTweet.org

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@EmmaMAshford Absolutely! The only costs to Afghans that count in this calculus are the ones stemming from Taliban rule rather than a prolonged civil war — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattyglesias Yeah I couldn't disagree more, I think it's the lack of interest in those people's welfare and prioritization of perceived US national security interests that has wreaked said havoc — and far more to far more countries, if you go back historically — PolitiTweet.org

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Debates about military intervention fit very uncomfortably into domestic ideological categories like this. Could plausibly argue, for example, US *refusal* to intervene in Rwanda or Darfur genocides stems from racialized disinterest in African lives — PolitiTweet.org

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@lyndon_bae_j the photo is not actually a town in ontario, the spelling of "center" is a giveaway — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattyglesias Although I do think the attitude you're describing is also morally indefensible! Even if you're not a full-on cosmopolitan, seems hard to deny that Afghan welfare should be given equal attentional priority given the US role in their plight — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattyglesias That's not what I meant. I was talking about contorting the situation on the ground, the actual reality of Afghanistan, to fit ideological priors — PolitiTweet.org

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@BlogMinor No of course not, I just haven't written anything yet because I've been on vacation for the past week — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

One thing that's struck me about the Afghanistan debate is the way the country itself has been turned into a blank ideological canvas on which Westerners project their ideological priors — PolitiTweet.org

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This spammy on-site ad I got while reading Breitbart has a minor problem https://t.co/Le4WRVDOZw — PolitiTweet.org

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8 year old niece: “I can do a podcast! Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah.” — PolitiTweet.org