#Debate

Shadi Hamid

shadihamid

This is a brilliant, detailed piece by @EmilyYoffe on what "cancel culture," increasingly a misnomer, actually means in practice—self-censorship, safetyism, contamination by association, narrowing of Overton WindowIncludes some

Shantell Bingham

ShantellBingham

I may regret these tweets, but I cannot sleep until I leave these thoughts here. Not too many hours ago I attended my first HRC meeting w/o the chair title.

Alex P. Miller 😷

alexpmil

Don't agree with someone? Make an argument for why they're wrong based on its merits.I'm very much not a fan of credentialism and threads like this are far too concerned

Rob Mattheu

LouSchoolBeat

Republican politicians are not good people. They’re not brave people. They’re not leaders. They’re not “pro-life”They’re not “Christian” They’re not free-thinkers Republican politicians embrace a form of populism that both

Dieter Bohn

backlon

This is a @TaylorLorenz appreciation post. Post your appreciation here. She taught many of us older people who thought they were savvy about the internet how quickly and wonderfully it's

Jon Hutchinson

jon_hutchinson_

This debate essentially boils down to whether you believe that schools should prepare pupils for the way the world is, or the way it 'should be'. Whether schools should be

#EndTheDeathPenaltyNow

LynnInChicago2

Frankly, I found this letter troubling.It left me wondering about the civic literacy of those holding office & whether or not office holders understand their job description.https://twitter.com/Ilhan/status/1354825247820754945 Our gover

Dr Francis Young

DrFrancisYoung

Without getting into the ins and outs of the ‘Is Christmas pagan?’ debate, it’s worth dealing with some faulty assumptions people often make about the ‘Christianisation’ of pre-Christian traditions (buckle

Dr Manu Saunders

ManuSaunders

Seeing lots of jokes about the FB ban. There are big picture issues that affect everyone (even if you don't use/care about FB). Media laws, access to knowledge, spread of

Rich Auntie in Training

yay_itsrai

Listen... I'm just going to say it and I am tired of being nice about it. If you voted for Trump and you or your loved ones caught covid, you

Mayankh KSnghh

MayankhKSnghh

Musings on the debate between Religious & Territorial Nationalism: #ThreadNow this is a valid non-ephemeral question that we must face not just because we are passing through the eye of

Bruce Bourgoine

BruceBourgoine

1/3 One annoying question I keep hearing media asking is, “How can you support Biden, he’s not as xyz as you on xyz?” Unity doesn’t make a splashy story. But

Axel Çorlu

AxelCorlu

What's the obsession with New Zealand and Ardern? Is New Zealand in a geopolitically conflict-ridden part of the world? Does it have a stake in aggressive diplomacy, or tremendous stakes

T. Greer

Scholars_Stage

Don’t tell me you are for the “politics of the common good;” provide me with a healthcare policy that would actually save American lives and help Americans families. Then I’ll

Tomris Laffly

TomiLaffly

Think for the next few months, I will be annoyed with all the baffling interpretations of (the most excellent) PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN on this site. Some aren’t even interpretations, but

Ross Tucker

Scienceofsport

The @dailymaverick asked me to do a piece on the trans woman in sport issue. It’s necessarily short and high level, but here it is. Writing it made me realize

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