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I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public. President at @FreedomofPress.

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    1. Nick Gillespie‏Verified account @nickgillespie 26 Feb 2016

      "The individual is more powerful today than they ever have been in the past"- @Snowden talks w @reasonhttp://reason.com/reasontv/2016/02/25/edward-snowden …

      2 replies 9 retweets 15 likes
    2. Kurt Loder‏Verified account @kurt_loder 26 Feb 2016
      Replying to @nickgillespie

      @nickgillespie @Snowden @reason Although no longer singularly so, apparently... #grammar

      2 replies 3 retweets 10 likes
      Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 27 Feb 2016
      Replying to @kurt_loder

      @kurt_loder @nickgillespie @reason The "singular they" is a construct for expressing a neutral gender. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they …

      10:42 AM - 27 Feb 2016
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        2. Kurt Loder‏Verified account @kurt_loder 27 Feb 2016
          Replying to @Snowden

          @Snowden @nickgillespie @reason Some grammar Nazis unpersuaded...

          4 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
        3. David Ruff‏Verified account @dcarterruff 27 Feb 2016
          Replying to @kurt_loder

          @kurt_loder @Snowden @nickgillespie @reason finally the snowden-kurt loder grammar battle we've been craving

          0 replies 8 retweets 29 likes
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        2. Kurt Loder‏Verified account @kurt_loder 28 Feb 2016
          Replying to @Snowden

          @Snowden @nickgillespie @reason But this can be achieved with better sentence-planning, without torturing the language...

          2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
        3. Vincent Taddei  🐧‏ @VincentTaddei 28 Feb 2016
          Replying to @kurt_loder

          @kurt_loder @Snowden @reason less is more here: "The individual is more powerful than ever" is probably better, but we get the point.

          1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
        4. Kurt Loder‏Verified account @kurt_loder 28 Feb 2016
          Replying to @VincentTaddei

          @VincentTaddei @Snowden @reason True. And "correct usage" is ever-changing. Issue here, I think, is graceful structure...

          2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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        2. Aunti Jenn  🌹 🏴☭‏ @InspiraExspira 27 Feb 2016
          Replying to @Snowden

          @Snowden @kurt_loder Can we come up with a better term for "Grammar Nazi"? Individuals like me...they don't like being called that. #grammar

          2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
        3. Kurt Loder‏Verified account @kurt_loder 27 Feb 2016
          Replying to @InspiraExspira

          @jennzen78 @Snowden sorry. Was referring to self, actually...

          0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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        1. Aunti Jenn  🌹 🏴☭‏ @InspiraExspira 27 Feb 2016
          Replying to @Snowden

          @Snowden @kurt_loder I prefer something along the lines of "logophile", as its root is based in love. ☺

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        1.  🎃 Kristian Harstad  🎃‏ @KristianHarstad 27 Feb 2016
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          @Snowden @kurt_loder @nickgillespie @reason It is a perfectly normal and grammatically correct mode of English to use "they" generally.

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        1. LUnionFeLaForce‏ @LUnionFeLaForce 27 Feb 2016
          Replying to @Snowden

          @kurt_loder it's likely @Snowden already knows this after learning from fellow whistle-blower @xychelsea; it's not too late for you to learn

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        1. Ken MacPherson‏ @kenmacpherson 28 Feb 2016
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          @Snowden @nickgillespie @kurt_loder @reason when used in reference to government it allows citizens to absolve responsibility for atrocities

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        2. Michael Elgart‏ @mjelgart 28 Feb 2016
          Replying to @Snowden

          @Snowden @kurt_loder @nickgillespie language is a decentralized construct anyway! There is no better manifestation of individual power!

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Kurt Loder‏Verified account @kurt_loder 28 Feb 2016
          Replying to @mjelgart

          @mjelgart @Snowden @nickgillespie If we all decided to speak our own language, conversation would be difficult to come by...

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Michael Elgart‏ @mjelgart 28 Feb 2016
          Replying to @kurt_loder

          @kurt_loder @Snowden @nickgillespie of course! It's clearly a collective decision, yet it's still made in a decentralized fashion.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. Michael Elgart‏ @mjelgart 28 Feb 2016
          Replying to @mjelgart

          @kurt_loder see Spontaneous order https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_order …

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        1. Ben Rosengart‏ @fivetonsflax 1 Mar 2016
          Replying to @Snowden

          @Snowden There was the time I had an online argument about that with Andrew S. Tanenbaum. He's against.

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