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A New Radical Centrism
a_centrism
Given the ages of the signatories, this isn't all that heartening, and highlights the generational divide on the American left. If you want to predict the cultural trajectory, look at
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Hakeem Jefferson
hakeemjefferson
Re @Harpers letter: one of the most successful campaigns in recent memory has been convincing folks that the greatest threat to freedom is the possibility of being shamed on Twitter
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Nathan T. Dean
WannaBBonVivant
It is quite terrifying, though, that we have moved from having discussions about topics to having discussions about how discussions function. And then all the lefties have big smirking grins
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Garry Kasparov
Kasparov63
As someone with extensive personal experience with the suppression of debate by ideological conformity, I'm happy to see names from all over the political spectrum signing this open letter about
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legasimmer is thinking about platforms
legasimmer
‘The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away.’I agree, though it’s very short-sighted of them to omit
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VealBeerHat
Popehat
I like and respect many of these people. But i continue to struggle with the concept. The distinction between “silencing” and more/responsive/critical speech eludes me. I see instead the problem
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Kieran Healy
kjhealy
The problem this letter ID's is that B and C list twitter celebs learned to drag people for likes, which sometimes goes badly. Time was, the only real (instead of
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Rob Mills
REMills2
I'm teaching Argumentation right now, and I think there are a lot of valuable lessons to learn from the @Harpers letter, at least by way of negative example. Specifically, the
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Will Stancil
whstancil
This is not really responsive to any specific event, but living through the Trump era has really clarified something for me, and that’s how much fascism is a disease rooted
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🏳️🌈 G A B Y ✡️
gabydunn
This is so disgusting??? Look at this reach!!! Imagine thinking marginalized people fighting for respect is the same as DONALD TRUMP AND WHITE SUPREMACY??! Imagine thinking this is "dogma" or
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Rania Khalek
RaniaKhalek
Emblematic of most western reporting on Syria: a totally fabricated vicious regime murder that never happened. They claimed a protest singer had his vocal cords ripped out by govt agents.
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Okke Ornstein
oornstein
“Would it be rude to point out to these esteemed thinkers that the fact that they were considered prestigious enough to be invited to sign this letter is proof that
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Sean Carroll
seanmcarroll
I firmly believe that the best response to speech that one disagrees with is to offer better arguments in refutation, not to silence people. But an open letter like this
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Taufiq "Social Distance" Rahim
thegeopolitico
Today this letter from @Harpers came out with a fairly innocuous message on defending the free exchange of ideas. I signed it because anything that encourages discussion over diatribe, and
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Martin “Black Lives Matter” Pfeiffer 🏳️🌈
NuclearAnthro
...did we all miss that fascist theocracy has been the goal of American evangelicals and fundamentalists since (the beginning) at least the 1980s?It amazes me how often we give nuclear
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Cassie, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx
CassieCeleste
This is a letter signed by bunch of rich "intellectuals" alongside the most vocal transphobes in the world, and it is designed to silence the voices of marginalized communities that
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