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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2015
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Ross Douthat

      8. A fair point from Mr. Douthat:https://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/status/667162968568803329 …

      Jeet Heer added,

      Ross DouthatVerified account @DouthatNYT
      Liberals contrasting US "politics of fear" w/alleged French sangfroid, etc. should acquaint themselves w/state of civil liberties in France.
      8 replies 14 retweets 23 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2015
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      9. But maybe I can re-express point without reference to national difference in way Mr Douthat might like: modernity itself makes us fearful

      5 replies 8 retweets 18 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2015
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      10. Modernity makes us more fearful because we're more comfortable, less surrounded by death and suffering.

      13 replies 38 retweets 58 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2015
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      11. Our safety, security & prosperity make disruption harder to handle, just as painkillers makes pain, when no help at hand, more intense

      10 replies 24 retweets 26 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2015
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      12. This heightened sensitivity might explain some mysteries: why fear of crime is so high even as actual crime rate plummets.

      8 replies 15 retweets 43 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2015
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      13. The problem with culture of fear is it takes real treats but over-reacts to them hysterically & with no cost/benefit analysis.

      7 replies 17 retweets 26 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2015
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      14. Because of way culture of fear dominates American discussions of crime & foreign policy, I've been wary of way people discuss PC.

      4 replies 8 retweets 20 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2015
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      15. There's a whole genre of right-wing, centrist, liberal & leftists thought decrying PC as crybabies, whiners, etc.

      2 replies 9 retweets 19 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2015
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      16. My problem with anti-PC arguments is not that they are wrong but they are radically incomplete. They see PC in isolation of society

      1 reply 13 retweets 22 likes
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2015
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      17. In typical anti-PC tracts (see @jonathanchait, passim) PC undergrads are seen as freaks, radical outliers out of touch with liberalism

      1 reply 12 retweets 15 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2015

      18. But if you look at how pervasive fear-mongering is in broader culture, PC students looking for safe space are hardly exceptional.

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        1. Robert Sawicki‏ @Rob_Sawicki 18 Nov 2015
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          @HeerJeet Hiding from opposing viewpoints has been domain of conservatives (esp. Evangelicals). Think liberals should avoid following suit.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2015
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          19. One way to understand PC is that students (often from non-elite background) go to college & want what elites the meet have: safe spaces

          3 replies 19 retweets 40 likes
        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Nov 2015
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          20. More broadly, anti-PC narrative sees mainstream America as pro-free speech and radical undergrads as "illiberal threat"

          2 replies 12 retweets 23 likes
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        1. DennisVanStaalduinen‏ @DenVan 18 Nov 2015
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          @HeerJeet True. In safe societies, the ultimate offence becomes offending others.

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        1. DennisVanStaalduinen‏ @DenVan 18 Nov 2015
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          @HeerJeet Or to put it another way, without meaningful need for defence, the greatest offence is offence itself.

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