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Humanist & secular-liberal. Fan of narrow-mouthed whorl snail and the kākāpō (fat NZ parrot).
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Please remember to close all your parentheses and quote marks, or else every single thing you write from that moment on will be ironic, and there's enough irony already in this world.
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I worry that Elon Musk buying twitter might ruin this platform's reputation for friendly, good-natured and respectful exchanges of views.
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Vonnegut on "Howl", Ginsburg's 'I saw the best minds of our generation destroyed' poem.
Makes me laugh.
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Twitter, the site where everyone's happy, and nobody complains or gets mad.
Let's keep it that way, eh, Elon.
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When my doctor asks me if I’ve ever considered light exercise.
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Pretty outrageous. Punishing an academic for participating in a hoax exposing crappy journals. Journals which are quite happy to publish made-up unverifiable nonsense.
Portland State University has determined that
@peterboghossian
committed a “human subjects” ethics violation for his involvement in the Grievance Studies probe. Further charges of falsifying data are currently under review.
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"On reflection, I would like to withdraw my name from the open letter supporting Isaac Newton and his 'theory of gravity'. I had no idea he was considered problematic, and I recognise that I still have a lot of work to do."
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Not really a surprise that Mehdi thinks that someone talking over everyone else is them winning the argument.
"It's gross. It's racist."
Today is a good day to remember that time when legend
@BenAffleck
brilliantly and passionately called out Bill Maher's lazy and pernicious Islamophobia and anti-Arab bigotry on Maher's own show:
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I'm not an American, but I guess I don't understand why Biden wouldn't just choose a black woman, and then say she's a great candidate for the job, rather than announce: 'we are going to fill the post with a black woman'.
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Still think the Joker movie is harmless?
Two men were just arrested for smoking at a screening.
We tried to warn you, but you. wouldn't. listen.
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(i) POTUS says something racist, because he is a racist.
(ii) Which proves SJWs right, that America is a racist country.
(iii) Which shores up support for Trump, as everyone hates SJWs.
It's devilish really.
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@TheBardolator
Seems fine to me. It's a department for the study of tortured poets. The tortured poets don't have ownership of the department.
Similarly, the 'Dead Poets Society' also doesn't have an apostrophe, because that would have made it a zombie movie.
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One of her falsely-accused victims served a 7 yr sentence cos of her lies, but sure, let's make this about how the system mistreats women.
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Journalists should stop treating the opinions of slightly stupid offended people on Twitter as newsworthy.
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When you follow a single-issue tweeter:
Day 1: Wow, this is indeed an important issue, and I'm glad that someone knowledgable is tweeting about it.
Day 700: Jesus Christ, will you ever stop going on about those bloody penguins. I hope they all drown.
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Anti SJW's who are willing to ally with illiberal authoritarians to fight the SJWs are going down a dark and dangerous road.
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Obama: There's more to politics than lefty hashtag twitter.
Lefty Twitter: Let's make a hashtag to mock Obama. That will show him.
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Really dislike this tactic in which it's argued that merely expressing a different (non-hateful) opinion on a genuinely complex topic is putting people's lives at risk.
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Have to say, it's interesting watching anti-SJWs adopt some of the worst practices of online SJW culture.
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Transgender people should be treated with respect and kindness, and men and women should be allowed to defy any gender norms.
But, this modern denial of all gender differences must still be resisted, because it will ultimately lead to suffering.
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I don't claim to understand what's going on in Israel / Gaza, but I'm pretty sure that blaming the Wonder Woman actress who just said she hopes the hostilities will end isn't the answer.
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Referring to slavery as the ‘original sin’ of America seems pretty reasonable to me, James.
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If you see the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral as one more opportunity to prosecute your various culture wars grievances, then, I dunno, maybe you should step away from the internet for a while?
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Can't imagine why young men are going over to Jordan Peterson, or worse, when they should be happy reading lectures explaining why masculinity is a toxin.
About the boys: Tim Winton on how toxic masculinity is shackling men to misogyny
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Absolutely infuriates me seeing
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getting flack for doing documentaries which went to extraordinary lengths to humanise people in the porn industry.
For me, this isn't even about porn. It's about whether we choose to humanise people or not.
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I despise Trump. I think Trump is a xenophobe and is credibly a racist, but Trump supporter is *not* synonymous with support for white supremacy, and you can’t just shut out 40% of your country’s views if you want to continue living in a democracy.
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Everything Harris says here is perfectly sane.
Sam Harris is so broken. The more he’s mocked, the more he doubles down.
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My read of it is this Harry Potter uses antisemitic goblins thing isn't about genuine concern over antisemitism. It's just people trying to get Rowling for political or ideological reasons.
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Demonstrating you’re an independent thinker by effortlessly gliding from anti-vax posts to blaming the West for Ukraine.
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I see Matthew McConaughey is the Twitter villain of the day, for being a centrist, which basically makes him right wing, which basically makes him far-right.
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Nasty piece. Guilt by association. Don't criticise any left-wing orthodoxy, because then some horrid right-wingers might agree with you.
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This is insane. It's as bad as asking candidates if they accept Jesus Christ as their lord and saviour.
NEW: Yale University’s department of molecular biophysics and biochemistry requires all job applicants to submit a DEI statement.
Here's the evaluation rubric, which shows the exhaustive DEI criteria for assessing any scientist hoping to work in the Yale department.
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The right-wing edge lords who can never stop talking about how 'hard times creates strong men" but who can't bring themselves to support Ukranians, the bravest people on the planet, against a Russian invasion, just repulse me.
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“Biden was carried to victory by minorities”
Democracy doesn’t work that way! Everyone who voted for him played an equal moral role in his victory. Doesn’t matter if they were a disadvantaged minority, or a disgruntled white male conservative.
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Cancel culture doesn’t exist, we’re just holding someone accountable for defending someone who’s been put on a bad-people list.
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Honestly, good for her.
Scarlett Johansson tells The Gentlewoman that actors shouldn’t have to carry larger political and social responsibilities:
“I don’t think actors have obligations to have a public role in society... the idea that you’re obligated to because you’re in the public eye is unfair.”
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Liberalism isn't just about freedom of speech. It's also the rejection of cruelty as a tactic or punishment to be used against those who don't share our beliefs.
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Twitter has convinced me that PhD's mean nothing. So many lunatics on here with letters after their name.
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Jesus. Unbelievable. Hard to believe anyone could really believe this stuff.
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Bill Maher spent the last four years absolutely savaging Trump, and he's still hated by half of Twitter for having Republicans on his show.
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Even if there is a broad consensus that X is a terrible or wicked idea, shutting down any discussion of X is to replace reason with authority, which is anti-scientific.
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Postmodernists have got a very good point that we're all, individually, riddled with various biases. But, where they go wrong is that they fail to understand we have methods for overcoming these biases.
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Roald Dahl was an antisemite in later life, *and* he fought with extraordinary bravery in WWII, *and* he helped develop a treatment for alleviating symptoms of hydrocephalus, after his baby was hit by a taxi.
People are a complicated mix of good and bad.
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It's OK to be wary of illiberal elements on the social justice left, and it's OK to criticise the hell out of their claims.
But taking the red-pill and going paranoid-right, like James Lindsay and Maajid Nawaz have done, is not the answer.
Don't take the red pill!
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People who say "X was on TV again, which just goes to show that cancel culture doesn't exist", when what they really mean is, "I really wish cancel culture was more strongly enforced."
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I find these sorts of comments pretty callous. Even if *some* people survive their cancellations, the cancellations can be very traumatic and cruel, not to mention completely unjust.
Very strange how being "canceled" seems, over and over, to be an excellent career move.
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I think it's absolutely fine that Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson strongly disagree with J K Rowling. They can have any views they want.
But it still comes off as incredibly ungrateful that they didn't respect Rowling enough to say that she also has every right to her views.
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I realise this is a controversial opinion, but I mostly blame the Taliban.
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Attacks on the 1619 project claims can seem a bit cruel, because, after all, don’t the project’s authors have noble goals?
But not only were these claims presented as fact in the NYT, they are being taught to students, so they simply cannot be placed beyond criticism.
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I don’t want science to become more political. I want politics to become more scientific.
Science has gotten more political, so scientists are looking for new ways to influence politics.
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I’m sorry, it’s not enough to believe that the beheading was despicable.
We also have to accept that Charlie Hebdo have a moral right to make fun of religion, even if some people will find it deeply offensive and hurtful.
And this is what all too many people no longer believe.
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We’re sorry to report that West Side Story is now problematic and ‘exhausting’ and so should be left to die.
Yah, who cares if it’s considered an important and culturally significant landmark? Leonard Bernstein is, like, so last century.
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Me: I just think race-based speech codes are wrong. The colour of your skin should not determine the words you can use. Also, context and intent are important.
Others: OMG, why do you want to say the N-word so badly?
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The UK and US have lots of problems, so what's the harm in overstating them? Well, as Steven Pinker and others have pointed out - if people truly believe that life is getting worse, then they'll be more likely to vote for extremists and opt for dangerous radical solutions.
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Out of 2000 ICU patients in France, 83% are overweight.
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My position: I'm someone who thinks ultra-PC SocJus stuff is stupid and authoritarian, but who also thinks that Trump and the populist right are a direct threat to liberal values.
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Like, I happen to think it’s a duty of public intellectuals to be able to distinguish between regular normal politicians and dangerous sociopaths who are obvious con men. And if they can’t reliably do that, then they’re really not worthy of respect.
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Americans expect their taboos to be enforced worldwide, and are genuinely surprised when they're not.
seeing germans try to defend dressing up as native americans, as an american living in germany, is absolutely wild. what are you guys doing? i saw this at a parade yesterday in freiburg and my eyes popped out of my head like a fucking cartoon character.
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I despair at progressives who lack the imagination to think that the censors will ever come for books they like.
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Classic conspiracy theory mindset.
Lots of bad things happen for no apparent reason, or for complicated hard to understand reasons. Asking ‘who profits from this’ (the cui bono question) rarely gets at the truth and can lead to speculation of puppet masters pulling the strings.
If something in the world doesn't make sense to you, ask these two questions:
1/ Who profits from this? (and who loses out)
2/ Who gains power from this? (and who loses it)
You'll usually find your answers.
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I get tired by the constant charges of hypocrisy following every bad thing, but it’s not unreasonable to think that (i) MSM tends to be more tolerant of leftist rioters, and (Ii) US police tend to be more tolerant of rightist rioters.
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Dunking on people and piling-on because they're saying something you agree with. Seems like a good strategy.
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"We need to throw cats in people's faces"
Wait, that sounds a bit extreme. That doesn't sound like a good idea at all. I'm against it.
"No, you misunderstand. I'm using academic language, in which throwing cats in people's faces has a very specific meaning."
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My lungs are still not back to 100%. Health tip: don’t get this virus, if you can avoid it.
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I just refuse to believe that if 2/3 of the Coronavirus deaths were women that published feminists would think this an irrelevant statistic, not worth mentioning in their pieces about how Coronavirus is 'gendered'.
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I guess I’m both very concerned about what I call ‘woke illiberalism’ *and* wary that the right will use wokeness as a justification for authoritarianism.
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I despise Antifa, but a little bit hyperbolic to compare Portland leftist rioters to Kristallnacht, no?
Kristallnacht 1938 vs. Portland 2018. When Antifa hosts a book burning party we'll know
@MrAndyNgo
“Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen": "Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people." —Heinrich Heine, 1820–1821 play Almansor
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Reviewers accusing Steven Pinker of focussing too much on graphs showing that more people are living longer healthier richer lives, instead of talking about how neoliberalism isn't giving our lives true meaning - should check their privilege.
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Sounds like something a mobster from the Sopranos would say.
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"If a country behaves in a way that is unacceptable, then you exclude them"
she says, surrounded by Palestinian flags.
It’s outrageous & inexcusable for Eurovision to let the israelis take part while committing a genocide | Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg
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Stupid scientists, coming up with miracle cures for deafness.
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(1) I hope the police officers involved in the death of Floyd are charged with murder.
(2) Trump is a monster. Unconscionable that he should talk about having looters shot.
(3) I still think that the rioting and looting are inexcusable.
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The romantic view of politics: All real change comes from radicals.
But, that's (i) conveniently ignoring all the dangers of radicalism, which has caused incredible suffering.
ii) Ignoring the fact that relatively boring incremental change has made life better for billions.
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A member of a minority tweeting 'white people are exhausting' is pretty unproductive, and yeah, it is stereotyping.
But, I do not think it's morally equivalent to far-right race hate.
Sorry.
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I'm sorry, but it's just not viable to have BAD WORD be part of popular culture and regular speech, and for it also to be a cancellable offensive when it's mentioned by white people.
Either it should never be said by anyone, or intent and context matter. Choose one.
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Not a single word about the overwhelming majority of viewers who weren't offended.
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@danieldennett
@RichardDawkins
Once again I feel compelled to post this great quote by Donald Symons:
http://t.co/IglTj6UUnx
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Bring back the human. Enough with the identity politics from both the left and the right in which people are as nothing more than the sum of their membership of various group, Each person is a complex universe unto themselves.
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Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and use of one hand, says agent
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I guess the obvious rejoinder to this, is
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
Imagine telling the Irish, who in the 1850's went through a mass starvation event in part caused by anti-Irish racism, that reduced their population by 1/4, about 'white privilege'.
White people in Ireland need to understand that we have an unearned privilege simply being white. Let’s examine our own biases on International Migrant’s Day.
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I remember when the Salman Rushdie controversy first started.
A sizeable number of nuts from all sides who said he was in the wrong, but still, most sensible people resolutely backed him.
And over the years, in many ways, the nuts won. That is, moral cowardice won.
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Being far-left means being able to make the most cruel remarks you can possibly think of, while still considering yourself on the side of angels.
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👏Stop 👏using 👏violent👏 language 👏to 👏describe👏 the👏 most 👏violent 👏processes 👏in👏 the👏 universe.
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See, I have the exact opposite opinion on climate change. The more we consider it a scientific problem and the less we think of it as a social justice problem with heroes and villains the better.
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What the hell happened in just the last 10 years?
How did extreme wokeness on the left and the populist-nationalist right gain hold so quickly?
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Yeah, I'm well aware of the constant whataboutism used by the right, but it's still shameful how many in the liberal media used a flagrant double standard to describe leftist protest violence.
Also dangerous.
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I'd be so triggered if Trump supporters started sending me 100's of these.
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Guardian readers' editor seems to think there's a balance between freedom of expression vs respect for religion. Nope. You are free to respect religion all you want, but there can be no compromise on our freedom to criticise religion.
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Call me stupid, but I think that in cases where white people are not the ones committing the violence it actually doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to blame it on ‘white supremacy’.
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I admit I was skeptical that Trump had a case with his voter fraud claims. But that was until I saw Diamond and Silk were putting their reputations on the line to defend him.
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