Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@mattyglesias @razibkhan pretty significant error in the abstract, continuing to label hungary a "modern liberal democracy" through 2020 is...not accurate — PolitiTweet.org

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@foster_type @olivertraldi TIL that the Vampire Weekend guy co-wrote a Beyonce song — PolitiTweet.org

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@olivertraldi Even setting aside the sort of fundamental dispute we won't resolve on Twitter, I think the way most people consume and enjoy art is so distinct from the way they experience belief-shaping non-fiction like moral philosophy that the comparison doesn't quite work. — PolitiTweet.org

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@olivertraldi I do, mostly because I'm an error theorist about aesthetic value — PolitiTweet.org

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@JeffreyASachs @DamonLinker Yeah I feel like whoever Carly Simon was singing about in "You're So Vain" — PolitiTweet.org

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@olivertraldi Hmm I don't think this is right. It's perfectly defensible to say "listening to Lizzo makes me happy, Liszt leaves me cold" whereas if you say that about Molyneux versus Hume/Kant it's simply a way of saying "I am not very smart and potentially bigoted" — PolitiTweet.org

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This is why I really like the McCarthy comparison. It's true that there was a limited amount of Soviet subversion, and that this was a bad thing! But it's also the case that anti-Communists massively overstated the threat and embraced dangerous remedies https://t.co/vLv5h8ekKP https://t.co/JbNhaC3xBL — PolitiTweet.org

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@DouthatNYT Of course they're allowed to care! But what DeSantis and the various anti-CRT state bills are doing is much more than "caring" — it's interference with academic freedom and coercively enforcing a version of right-wing political correctness. — PolitiTweet.org

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Whatever problems there are with new left-liberal thinking on race — and there are problems, to be clear — the campaign against them has proven to be far more threatening to a free society than the ideas themselves — PolitiTweet.org

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Defending liberalism from illiberal wokeness by *checks notes* administering ideological tests and threatening budget cuts for wrongthink https://t.co/MaGh36lyaZ https://t.co/ccCgtHAikV — PolitiTweet.org

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Highlighting a historical cultural genocide that's *extremely similar* to what China is doing in Xinjiang right now seems like a complete own goal https://t.co/PFkxA2CnYd — PolitiTweet.org

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@noonanjo it was always going to die though and everyone knew it, so media treated it as such — meaning it didn't get enough attention to polarize everyone — PolitiTweet.org

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@noonanjo my guess is that jan 6 had limited effect and that what we see now reflects a lack of serious attention to the issue. if there were a credible push from dems to enact it, my guess is it would break down almost 100 percent on partisan lines. — PolitiTweet.org

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@noonanjo regardless, it's very clearly not an issue where the twitter is super out of touch with the rest of the country (unlike, say, police abolition) — PolitiTweet.org

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@noonanjo the ras poll is v. slanted — all but says statehood is unconstitutional: "The U.S. Constitution designates the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., as a federal district and not a state. Should Washington, D.C. be a state?" framing definitely matters https://t.co/D5bocpkqn9 — PolitiTweet.org

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@noonanjo I dunno, an eight point advantage with plurality support in every racial subgroup is pretty good https://t.co/uIJxVgd90Y — PolitiTweet.org

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As a Cowboys fan, I can say very confidently that this is not the example he wants to be using — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MondaireJones: If a political party in any other country blocked an investigation into an attack on democracy, embraced voter suppressi… — PolitiTweet.org

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@lionel_trolling yeah but that's plainly not the immediate risk here — destabilizing street violence creating the conditions under which an outright anti-democratic regime takes power. it's all much more subtle and modern, enacted under the cover of protecting elections. they don't need fighters. — PolitiTweet.org

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@lionel_trolling The problem, of course, is that authoritarianism in the US doesn't unfold along the 1930s model, as it's primarily enacted through parliamentary means — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tomperriello: Great discussion between @zackbeauchamp & @greg_thornbury about who White evangelicals fights over Critical Race Theory a… — PolitiTweet.org

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@lastpositivist @mattyglesias With some justification I think! Chris Rufo is currently one of the most influential activists in America - with his fingerprints on more illiberal legislation than Robin DiAngelo ever has or will — PolitiTweet.org

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My high school debate strategy of bamboozling people with lengthy discussions of Foucault has turned out to be surprisingly useful professionally — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AthertonKD: has, uh, anyone in the Army seen "The Boys" https://t.co/Ce2jxcfioP — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ajc730: 3. Via an analysis by @JohnFPfaff, this doesn't appear to be an artifact of "defunding" the police (which was uncommon) or of c… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SwatiGauri: 🚨 Great job alert: This is a senior role at @voxdotcom. Apply!!! https://t.co/d6qCBakyGS — PolitiTweet.org

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@CharlesFLehman @mattyglesias more tangible evidence of not just some people saying dumb stuff, but actual bad *outcomes* on a large scale. my guess is the effects of these trainings, even at big companies, is extremely limited — based on a lot of evidence that diversity training doesn't do much — PolitiTweet.org

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@CharlesFLehman @mattyglesias ah see now we're getting into real areas of disagreement. i think "significant influence" is overstating the scope of the problem, which is minimal, and that most remedies beyond forceful criticism will do much more harm than good — PolitiTweet.org

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@jennieci absolutely — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattyglesias Right! I think it’s worth pointing this out more — PolitiTweet.org