#Contrary

Hello again. @iandavidmorris here. Let’s wrap up our discussion on slave soldiers.https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1194388946861600769 As we have seen, in the first 200 years of Islam, enslaved people ran the households of wealthy
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Unpopular opinion: playing smart makes you good money, playing degen style makes you life changing money (with a much higher chance of ruin)Few will understand where I’m coming from If
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1/ 1. Israeli sovereignty and International Law:#JudeaisIsraelContrary to off stated erroneous assertion, Israel has every right to extend its democratic sovereignty to land set aside for the Jewish Homeland per
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Amish Tripathi. Instead of honestly and properly criticizing Izlam!c terrorism for what it is, Amish Tripathi attempted a third rated and cheap caricaturing in his novels. In one of them,
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I have no idea how anyone who's read Genesis and knows anything about the history and development of the Earth can say this. It's so utterly, nakedly false that I
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Capitalism is inherently & by-definition:• Anti-democratic• Alienating• Inequitable & unfair• Environmentally destructive• A zero-sum game that rewards the worst & punishes the best of humanityAn economic primer on capitalism #RIPCapitali
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I think a lot of "anti-woke" activists dramatically underestimate the degree to which critiquing the oppressive status quo institutions — racism, sexism, transphobia, ableism, etc — can be isolating or
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I feel stupid, and embarrassed.I grew up, like many white South Africans my age, politically apathetic (and illiterate). I voted with my parents. As I grew more politically aware, intentionality
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It's A Thin Line Between Humility and Low-Self Esteem [A Smallanyana Thread] Humility: A liberation from consciousness of self. A freedom from pride or arrogance.Low Self-Esteem: A lack of confidence
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Okay. A personal thread about #Karabakh - not pretending to be a conflict resolution expert, but as someone who spent a decade working mostly on human rights in Azerbaijan, lived
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Sandra Smith is losing her mind arguing with Dr Scott Atlas from Stanford as he's spitting facts at her about kids going back to school. But, but, but Dr Fauci...are
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In idle moments, I sometimes wonder what's the most obvious truth they can somehow make partisan if wearing a mask to protect against a deadly virus that's killed more than
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THREAD: Liberal spin on the Vance sexual harassment/assault in the military file is about to get a run for its money.#1: Deflecting BlameThe Deschamps report was tabled 6 months before
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I don't think there's a way to say this diplomatically, but I think it's important to tell the truth:I have zero confidence in the Santa Clara serology study, and the
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This dumpster fire of a study published by @JVascSurg has generated a lot of blowback from #MedTwitter. The take home message: medical professionals shouldn't post inappropriate #SoMe content. So, what
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1) Ever wonder where the term "patriot" came from?No, I don't mean the dictionary or the etymology. I mean in the context in which the Founders used it.2) To understand
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