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Jan 31

I have a book coming out Feb 14 debunking all of the terrible right-wing arguments once & for good. There is no excuse for continuing to hold right-wing beliefs after reading my conclusive refutations. Give it to your loved ones (and your loathed ones). us.macmillan.com/books/97812507

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When you factor in the US role in producing the catastrophic climate crisis, and in fueling a global nuclear arms race instead of facilitating international disarmament, there is really no contest.

The United States is also the largest single purveyor of death and mayhem around the world: currentaffairs.org/2023/05/the-wo

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The United States is the largest single provider of humanitarian assistance worldwide to people in need, including refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, stateless persons, and vulnerable migrants.

Graphic with the State Department Seal in the top right corner and text reading: “Our commitment to the world’s vulnerable is unwavering.” – Secretary Antony Blinken

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Education poses a threat to dogma, because those who are taught to think may start to wonder whether kings deserve their power. So there has long been a deeply anti-intellectual streak in conservatism, which sees a straight line from Enlightenment thought to the guillotine.

This is actually quite interesting, because the answer, as

@MattPolProf

has written, is that it ISN'T recent. Conservative political philosophy is full of praise for "unthinking people" who accept traditional dogma rather than reasoning for themselves. currentaffairs.org/2022/11/why-co

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I dont get why some american conservatives recently decided it is a good thing not to educate their children

This is going to be very fun and hopefully quite helpful. I'm not going to teach people how to "own" and "destroy" people in Debate, but how to be effective at advancing a left political agenda and getting people on your side.

How To Respond To Right-Wing Arguments Effectively

Very excited that we're now going to have a "special guest" at my online course on Saturday about how to effectively talking people out of right-wing political positions! Come join us! Tickets here:

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Right-wingers wield many well-crafted talking points and too few of us on the left have the skills to combat them effectively… until now!!!

We’ve finally finished it. This year is the 20th anniversary of the century’s worst crime, the Iraq war. Noam Chomsky and I have assembled a comprehensive retrospective on the criminal lies and atrocities, drawing on his research from across two decades:

The Worst Crime of the 21st Century ❧ Current Affairs

The United States’ destruction of Iraq remains the worst international crime of our time. Its perpetrators remain free and its horrors are buried.

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The Worst Crime of the 21st Century ❧ Current Affairs

The United States’ destruction of Iraq remains the worst international crime of our time. Its perpetrators remain free and its horrors are buried.

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Tony deSercey

@TonydeSercey

This is it. Tonight and one more day to get it together and show up on Saturday. Support

--quality journalism. In a sea of bullshit, there floats a ship of the line! Come have fun with discourse. 11-4 Saturday

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Knowing fully that Iraq was not involved in 9/11, Bush nevertheless tried to convince the American public to believe in an Al-Qaeda-Hussein nexus, in hope that this would increase support for a war that lacked a credible justification.

The Worst Crime of the 21st Century ❧ Current Affairs

The United States’ destruction of Iraq remains the worst international crime of our time. Its perpetrators remain free and its horrors are buried.

Jag Bhalla…Idea Trader/Thought Plumber

@hangingnoodles

"something disturbing about our media that a man can cause well over 500,000 deaths and then have his paintings flatteringly profiled, with the deaths unmentioned" ➡️ ommission accomplished ➡️ Noam Chomsky &

➡️ The Worst Crime of the 21st C

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Lily Sánchez

@lefty_md

"The United States’ war on Iraq remains the deadliest act of aggressive warfare in our century, and a strong candidate for the worst crime committed in the last 30 years." currentaffairs.org/2023/05/the-wo

Lily Sánchez

@lefty_md

"The United States’ war on Iraq remains the deadliest act of aggressive warfare in our century, and a strong candidate for the worst crime committed in the last 30 years."

The Worst Crime of the 21st Century ❧ Current Affairs

The United States’ destruction of Iraq remains the worst international crime of our time. Its perpetrators remain free and its horrors are buried.

How To Respond To Right-Wing Arguments Effectively

They’re not locusts, they’re human beings. They’re not “swarming” the border, they’re crossing it. But “migrants cross border” doesn’t make for a news headline. So it has to be a “swarm.”

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Very excited that we're now going to have a "special guest" at my online course on Saturday about how to effectively talking people out of right-wing political positions! Come join us! Tickets here:

eventbrite.com

Right-wingers wield many well-crafted talking points and too few of us on the left have the skills to combat them effectively… until now!!!

Matt McManus

@MattPolProf

Absolutely, and having taught everything kids to uni I can say you will always do better reading books and learning an idea comprehensively than getting it piecemeal

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"Read more books and you will say less dumb shit" is a rule I've found very helpful in my life and would recommend to the author.

An unfortunate thing about online writing is there are strong incentives to come up with the most ludicrous takes imaginable so that people click on them. Compact Magazine now has "trans rights activists are soldiers for Big Pharma."

"There’s almost no serious thought within [Effective Altruism], at least not that I’ve seen, about the origins of many problems around the world."

Why Effective Altruism and “Longtermism” Are Toxic Ideologies ❧ Current Affairs

Think of it this way: if you are wealthy, and you subscribe to Current Affairs, your subscription is helping us to keep all our writing free, so those who aren't wealthy can read it too. Our outlet is not for profit and exists solely for the benefit of our readers.

Paywalls are very bad for democracy, because they mean high-quality information is kept behind locked gates. The truth is paywalled and the lies are free. We're trying to counter that, but it's very hard to stay afloat while giving it all away free.

The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free ❧ Current Affairs

The political economy of bullshit.

Most magazines make money from ads. Ours has none. Paywalls are everywhere. We don't have one. We don't ever want ads. We don't ever want a paywall. But that means we need you to support us:

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Ben Burgis

@BenBurgis

Sometimes you really have to take a beat to process that we live in the kind of country that has something called "school meal debt": omar.house.gov/media/press-re

May 9

He’s not “struggling to veer from them,” he’s choosing to continue them

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was one of the few who predicted Trump's rise in 2016.

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I hope everyone is mentally and emotionally preparing themselves for the possibility of a second Trump presidency, because it could well be in our future: currentaffairs.org/2023/05/donald

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joins to tackle the issue of leftists who love menswear. Must socialists wear overalls and Leninesque mariner's caps to be aesthetically authentic? patreon.com/posts/82708942

It would be strange, for instance, if the sexual abuse verdict hurt him. After all, before the 2016 election he bragged about committing sexual abuse. So anyone who voted for Trump before already knows that's something he does and they've decided they don't care.

I really, really hope this does not happen. But Trump is consistently underestimated, the polls are currently terrifying, and Biden is weak and disliked. Do not assume it will be easy to keep Trump from power.

I hope everyone is mentally and emotionally preparing themselves for the possibility of a second Trump presidency, because it could well be in our future:

Donald Trump Could Well Be The President Again ❧ Current Affairs

The polling is alarming. Biden is weak, Trump is ruthless, and 2024 could look a lot more like 2016 than 2020.

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One reason I'm not afraid of AI ruling us all is that it's a massive mistake to think "intelligence" translates into power. The existence of cops and monarchs proves there is an inverse relationship between wisdom and the ability to control.

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Yann LeCun

@ylecun

May 4

Quote from @geoffreyhinton : "There are very few examples of a more intelligent thing being controlled by a less intelligent thing." Have you looked at your: Head of state? Elected representative? Pointy-haired boss? Pastor/rabbi/imam/guru? PhD advisor? Cat?

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Wrote this in 2017. Remains true today. currentaffairs.org/2017/03/cnn-wi

Ben Burgis

@BenBurgis

Gotta say this strikes me as solid advice:

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"Read more books and you will say less dumb shit" is a rule I've found very helpful in my life and would recommend to the author.

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Yasmin Nair (Couth No More)

@NairYasmin

May 10

Such an excellent set of points here, by

@lefty_md

"What if we were educated on ways to identify people in distress—say as part of health education—and to learn how to help them until professionals arrive?"

We Need Empathy, Not Just Etiquette, On The Subway ❧ Current Affairs

Jordan Neely’s murder is a reminder that we need more than just civility toward other people in public. We actually need to give a damn about them.

If Joe Biden loses to Trump, will Democrats show any regret for uniformly lining up behind Biden’s candidacy and ignoring all the polling showing he’s weak and disliked? Will they maybe wish they had held a competitive primary to find a better candidate?

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How To Respond To Right-Wing Arguments Effectively

May 10

Within a very short space of time, PragerU videos give people all the rhetorical ammunition they need to argue with leftists in their lives. This one-day course, and the book it's based on, provides the ammunition our side needs. Tickets available:

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Right-wingers wield many well-crafted talking points and too few of us on the left have the skills to combat them effectively… until now!!!