Dylan Byers
Matthew Yglesias
@DylanByers Who would you pick?
Ta-Nehisi Coates's claim that "Melissa Harris-Perry is America's foremost public intellectual" sort of undermines his intellectual cred, no?
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@mattyglesias i think we should agree on a definition of "foremost" first - View other replies
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@DylanByers Feel free to offer several candidates under different definitions. - View other replies
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@mattyglesias I'm not sure America has a foremost public intellectual under any definition, but it certainly isn't a weekend MSNBC host - View other replies
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Also, we shall henceforth refer to Cornel West as "the dude from the matrix" for the sake of consistency.
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Also, I'm looking forward the
@Politico encyclopedia of Black Intellectuals: Paul Robeson, the guy who ran track at Rutgers.@profblmkelley - View other replies
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Sir,
@DylanByers are you familiar with MHP's work outside of MSNBC? Do you think they randomly give black women TV shows? - View other replies
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@elonjames@DylanByers apparently Melissa Harris-Perry's PhD is just for show. i hear they just hand those out to anyone - View other replies
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@insanityreport@elonjames@DylanByers yes and her groundbreaking research and books, creative courses.. whatevs. just a weekend msnbc host. -
@hazzarDeuce@elonjames i don't know. maybe as a "media reporter"@DylanByers could have tried to do a little...i don't know...research
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That was a weird way to tweet "I'm a bit ignorant."
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@DylanByers In many circles she is known for her scholarship; hosting a show is new. & Ta-Nehisi tends not to throw around ideas lightly. -
@DylanByers you'd have to first establish grounds for disputing his assertion and proving it ridiculous enough to damage his credibility
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