Michael McFaul

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Is there a serious political scientist who would ever argue that 'Twitter is the real world'? This thread feels like an argument with some "straw man" whom Ive never met. PS. Great you've discovered focus groups. Lots of folks use them! (I paid for my 1st one in 1994.) — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Can you give some examples of this "TON" (your caps not mine) of this bad scholarship? Ive read some fantastic research on voting behavior from political scientists lately. Maybe we are reading different journals? — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Which "plenty of political science papers" do you you have in mind? Im a political scientist. I arranged my first focus group in 1994 to inform my research (followed by a national survey). Watching focus groups is not a novel research method for us. Glad you discovered it now. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Amen. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

See also Walder's China Under Mao. https://t.co/dCoo77o1dq — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

RT @che1i0s: @bulygin499 Тут МакФол вечно прав "Unfortunately, as Angola’s president, José Eduardo dos Santos, has demonstrated by his thre… — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

But Putin’s birthday is not until October? — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

RT @DmitriTrenin: Don’t miss today’s conversation with two insightful thinkers @baunov and Ekaterina Schulmann to discuss Russian political… — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

RT @hannah_natanson: The biggest turnout I have seen yet outside the White House today. Many protesters tell me they were specifically insp… — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

The vast majority of those protesting support "law and order," including the application of the law applied to those who murdered George Floyd and order -- not violence -- provided for those assembling peacefully as guaranteed by the 1st amendment. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

I hope policy officers realize that Trump's threat to deploy soldiers to do your job is a vote of no confidence in you. (Why he thinks soldiers trained for other missions would be better at policing than actual police officers is strange to me.) — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

You are right. I’m feeling despondent and helpless right now watching our country. But engaging in petty spats here serves no purpose. Disengaging now. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Asking people to vote is hardly divisive. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

I didn’t dox you, sir. (Google the verb) You exercised your freedom of expression. I exercised mine. I appreciate your apology. What exactly so upset you on my twee you off? My historic analogies or my call for people to vote? — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

@swimfellow Has anyone ever threatened to kill you for your views? Has a MAGA person ever called you & told you to shut the fuck up or there would be violent consequences? Ive been fighting Trump in public for years. So, right back at you, "just a request to check your" self-righteousness. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

@swimfellow I just wrote to 500,000 people telling them that the way to stop this carnage is to vote in November. (& our family has given money too for bail) And now Im done. Lets both go focus on something more important? — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

@swimfellow PS. I just looked at your feed. We share many similar views. But our little spat tonight is exactly why we on the left keep losing. We attack each other. You are defending some rich, white SVP man & Im arguing with a total stranger. This is the way we lose in November. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

@swimfellow What are you doing to stop the violence in America right now? Spending so much trolling me " in the middle of what’s happening right now is tone deaf as hell but go off." & my crime here was to tell my followers to vote as a way to get us out of the shit we're in now. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

@swimfellow @airship @mherrick66 Your has makes no sense to me. The Holocaust was worse than what is happening in America now. Does that make what is happening in America now any better? Thats your logic. Its ok , in your view, for people to yell "FU" at each other? Really "swimfellow"? — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Like I said, "classy" operation. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

RT @rosieeeee_rosie: @McFaul @airship WOW he looks mature and is ON THEIR BOARD!!! W.T.F!!! cc: @profgalloway @karaswisher https://t.co/l… — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

@swimfellow @airship @mherrick66 On this we disagree. Lots of social science research shows a causal relationship . What insult would offend you? Which word(s) can I not use to address you? Or are all fair game? — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

He wrote "FU". Believe me. (& now he's blocked me too; real stand up guy there) For those who dont believe that "FU" is "brilliant messages in the moments that truly define your brand," maybe best to avoid @airship @mherrick66, https://t.co/6ukp8anGcb. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

And so we are clear Mr. Brett Caine and @airship , your SVP Mike Herrick was responding to this innocuous tweet: "2020 feels like 1918, 1929 and 1968 all in one year. These are tough, depressing times. Hoping 2021 starts us along a better trajectory. #Vote." Classy. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Hey Brett Caine & others at @airship your SVP for Technology, Mike Herrick, just tweeted "FU" @ me here on @twitter. Classy operation you run there. You claim to "Deliver brilliant messages in the moments that truly define your brand." Help me understand how "FU" fits your brand? — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

Noted. What kind of a company is @ Airship that would have such a vulgar communicator as their SVP Technology? https://t.co/cP9aQULq7z — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

@Kurtpimentel What are you reading these days on foreign policy? — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

@Ricky_D_PDX @Kaepernick7 Thank you for your service,. That still does not explain why (1) you tweet anonymously, or (2) you are so belligerent when expressing your views about me personally. You can disagree, present data, or call me to task for a mistake without being an ass. — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

@Kurtpimentel @inafried @Kaepernick7 I read books every day. I will never read you again. Bye, — PolitiTweet.org

Michael McFaul @McFaul

@Ricky_D_PDX @Kaepernick7 What is your name? What country do you reside in? Are you paid to troll me or just do it because you have nothing better to do? — PolitiTweet.org