Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@polanskydj This is going to be hard to adjudicate, because Whedon's critical evaluation will now always be colored up in his personal misconduct. But I think it's eminently reasonable, by domain-specific standards, to call Buffy a work of genius. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@besttrousers @TheOmniZaddy it's written in that style, right? — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@polanskydj No, I stand by it very literally. As far as pop art goes he is a historic talent by any metric, both profoundly innovative and influential. Now, if pop art isn't your thing that's fine. But one can be a genius in an artistic field that isn't to your taste. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@BP_Diamond correct. his horrible behavior no more erases the quality of his work than oj simpson's erased his career statline. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@MattZeitlin oh no your position is completely consistent, i am calling just calling your prophecy false. whedon's work was good — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@hahnn12 @janecoaston ugh yes it's so good but now completely impossible to listen to — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

I was a Buffy superfan growing up; I regularly read the academic journal dedicated to "Buffy Studies" (Still exists! https://t.co/hfxyzIfEwa). The Whedon-written episodes were the best and most innovative (e.g., "Hush," "The Body," "Once More With Feeling"). Guy had talent! — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

What's even more annoying is that a lot of the anti-Whedon sentiment has nothing to do with his horrible personal behavior, but just pure trend-chasing. You liked him because his writing was good, now people tell you it isn't and so you don't. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Serenity, and the first Avengers are all phenomenal. Whedon, like Michael Jackson, is both a creep and a genius — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@JoeySchmittPhD @Welchs @smuckers this is the way — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

If you put "non-GMO" on your food product, you are telling me your food is less well engineered to human tastes and needs. I am 75 percent less likely to buy it. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Obviously, there are prudential questions about specific prosecutions. If all Trump has done is some ticky-tacky records stuff, it might not be worth the risk. But if he's guilty of more serious crimes, as I suspect he is, then letting him get away with it is dangerous. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

The only way to guarantee that Trump's supporters don't lash out violently is hand him power and grant him lifetime immunity from all lawbreaking. The costs of that for American society are simply too high to countenance. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

It's clearly true that investigating and prosecuting Trump risks sparking dangerous civil unrest. But so too does contesting an election against him — as we all learned on January 6. — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

This has got to be the most influential comments section post ever written https://t.co/INUFuaCwwP https://t.co/3CYIyCwfdE — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@TomPepinsky ahem https://t.co/rPpCAOxEiZ — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

RT @KQEDForum: 🎙️ON AIR We're speaking w/ @zackbeauchamp & @LevinsonJessica about the FBI's search of Trump's residence and how republican… — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

I am once again reminding you that John Rawls is probably the most impressive figure in post-World War II political thought https://t.co/cuUpc6lM37 https://t.co/QnhfTkcjW5 — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@JakeMGrumbach @profmichelson @snsiegel76 @pastpunditry it's possible there's one at my office, i haven't been in a long time given wfh life — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@olivertraldi the primary effect is deepening my already-profound respect for rawls, both as a philosopher and as a person — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@olivertraldi is the korsgaard essay available to read somewhere? — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

RT @nytopinion: How important are state-level politics today? @pastpunditry and @zackbeauchamp discuss on the latest episode of The Argumen… — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@JakeMGrumbach @profmichelson @snsiegel76 @pastpunditry I chat with Jake all the time — actually we're overdue for a catchup, friend, and send me a book review copy! I've also written up his research https://t.co/FnXPF0axTY — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@billyez2 dylan's latest! — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@michaelbd @AlyssaRosenberg okay that last one is incredible. my daughter (almost 2) hasn't progressed beyond repeating curse words when we say them, but now there's something to look forward to — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@MattZeitlin also lol i forgot i wrote something about that two years ago https://t.co/rklonmvquo — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@julia_azari i'm looking forward to your chapter! and farting around on twitter is admittedly fun — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

The delusion about this is widespread. Currently, PredictIt has DeSantis as *the favorite* in 2024 — even though the entire party, including DeSantis himself, is lining up to offer the most craven defenses of Trump against a federal investigation https://t.co/vDBo4ZGt05 — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

@MattZeitlin https://t.co/iGVuPAzk0W — PolitiTweet.org

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Last week, I argued that the "Trump is losing his grip on the GOP" theory was ludicrous. https://t.co/a8I4IoiZxT The reaction to the Mar-a-Lago raid sure proves that right. — PolitiTweet.org