#Disagreement

Let’s have a thread about a behavior I like to call Vulnerability Hoarding. This is when someone emphasizes their own vulnerability, frailty, suffering, etc, in a way that frames the
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This is awful and I just can't understad how we have come to this, but I have some thoughts...https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/sep/24/thousands-of-students-in-isolation-at-20-uk-universities First the obvious bit: the universi
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1/ This is a really, really good essay. (Also very funny at times.) I will not try to summarize it; you should just read it. I do want to add
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The History ot Reperations. Why is this such a difficult conversation? In my lifetime it’s been so strange to see such heated debate over simply paying restitution. Only conclusion I’ve
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Having watched the opening salvos of the great Easter Week Catholic Twitter war of 2020 for 2 or 3 days, I want to offer an observation: those of you who
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HAPPENING NOW: The @Official_UPD Forum on Media Freedom and Responsibility is now underway. Insightful discussions on the importance of free media, media literacy and ethics are in store today. Watch
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Cancel culture is anti-working class and alien to the tradition of sharp, open democratic debate long cherished in the labour movement. If you have a fundamental disagreement in this area
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Voting won’t end fascism or somehow change the fact that America is the outcome of a history of genocidal white supremacy. Voting can slow the circulation of the ideologies that
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People are responding the same way about masking as they did about us losing our health insurance- rabid to defend tyranny, even after they get what they wanted, completely callous
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AB HOMINEorPRACTICAL EPISTEMOLOGY: HOW WE REALLY KNOW THINGS, AND HOW THE MEDIA USES THIS TO ABUSE OUR JUDGMENTa thread byJ. SanilacSecond Edition "Epistemology" is the philosophical study of how we
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I've done a bunch more thinking about the @MLB @MLBPA negotiation, fueled by readers' comments as well as a deeper think on the dynamics between the parties. It also helped
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1/OK, so, I don't know much about British politics, and have no reason to defend the Labour Party or Jeremy Corbyn, but I did notice something annoying about the allegations
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Since I have gotten resurrected I decided I’d like to make everyone mad: 1 (one) RT = 1 (one) of my very unpopular opinions Blowjobs suck and I feel like
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A thread on policy responses to epidemics – from someone who’s spent 20 years researching and teaching their histories. These are observations not answers, that aim to contextualise not condone
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Just to distinguish the difference between rioting and protesting (Because apparently people are that stupid) I've comprised another thread.If anyone has any other thread ideas I'll happily consider them, and
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How to argue effectively*: a thread*disclaimer- I'm not so naive as to pretend that you'll ever change the mind of the person you're arguing with, but I have seen a
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