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Andrew Quinn
QuinnEssentialT
This is a worthwhile counter-perspective, but it largely misses the point in terms of which aspects of Cancel Culture agitate and even disturb people.https://twitter.com/JeffreyASachs/status/1280659268069462021 If the folks being “cancell
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Joy-Ann 😷Reid
JoyAnnReid
Gaetz’s is indeed a very Trumpian, old-time male brand, which the right and the @GOP have bet everything on preserving. Just look at the men they revere: Clarence Thomas, Kavanaugh,
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Nate Fischer
NateAFischer
When someone is routinely baffled by real-world outcomes—that others don’t do what he would find so easy—we must question his grasp of reality.I’ve noticed this with many NeverTrump Christians. They
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Dr Finn Mackay Adult Human Queermale
Finn_Mackay
Judith Butler never said that gender is a performance, like we are kids at a pick & mix stand, trying on different genders everyday. It's performative. That means gender is
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tedfrank 💉
tedfrank
This great @WSJopinion editorial on norm-breaking understates what Democrats did and how they rebuffed Republican attempts to de escalate. Democrats held up a bunch of intermediate appellate nominations in *August
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Somesh Jha
someshjha7
The MP government is planning to introduce radical changes to labour laws, including allowing more factories to operate without following safety & health norms & give a free hand to
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Stephen Reicher
ReicherStephen
In their defence of Cummings, the Government have totally changed the basis of adherence to Covid-19 restrictions. This has now become an 'I' thing - a matter of individual choice
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Steve Ingham
ingham_steve
The #dominiccummings situation is a strong example of a group norm at play, the response of the group or the erosion of standards when they're not maintained.Thread 1/8 Norms are
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Courtney Milan 🦖
courtneymilan
Here’s the thing: the only way to get norms back at this point is to destroy the GOP. Because, what, the Democrats bow to norms (please no) again if they
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Charlie Peters
CDP1882
It should be tough for conservatives to watch the Cummings drama and retain their political philosophy. Why bother conserving national institutions like the Church of England or Right-wing newspapers when
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Jaya 🎃Spook-daresh🎃
shutupjaya
There are certain things that happen when you step into an unfamiliar cultural turf that would be unacceptable if they happened anywhere else - being harassed for PDA, for ex.
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Andrew Livingstone
realandrewliv
Social psych-based tip:If you want to change behaviour (e.g., people not keeping physical distance), be careful about the norm message you useDON'T say: 'people should stay home/keep their distance'Say: 'Most
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Richard Ngo
RichardMCNgo
Scott Alexander is the most politically charitable person I know. Him being driven off the internet is terrible. Separately, it is also terrible if we have totally failed to internalise
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Evan Selinger
EvanSelinger
Thread on @tiffanycli’s must-read law review draft, “"Privacy in Pandemic: Law, Technology, and Public Health in the COVID-19 Crisis." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3690004 My focus here: normalization is
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Puff the Magic Hater
MsKellyMHayes
I think it's a mistake to conflate order and democratic norms. In times of crisis, maintaining or restoring order sometimes means subverting democratic norms. People often choose order, even when
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Ian Leslie
mrianleslie
For me this is the single most important maxim for politics and public discourse https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/07/29/against-signal-boosting-as-doxxing/ Even if there's some truth in DC's charge that this story is being ruthlessly
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