Man, that was a whole lotta words for a dude to write without bothering to include so much as a single real-world example of the supposed bad behavior he was presenting as typical.
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Replying to @avram @arthur_affect
Be very suspicious when people rail about being persecuted for "just stating an opinion" but don't want to say what the opinion is.
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Reaching out in good faith - I think you are missing what they are saying. It’s not about persecution, it’s about not being consistent. I’m liberal - I believe in integration not segregation, that facts & science are important, and companies don’t dictate or police your thoughts.
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Replying to @irishcurry @shaenongarrity and
During Bush years, it was clear the right did not support any of those things. I’m happy to give you plenty of examples of the left today flipping and now being intolerant of any views outside those approved. It’s disappointing & disheartening.
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With all respect, this is exactly what I'm talking about. What are the "views outside those approved"?
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Ok - since you asked - the Tom Cotten op ed was constitutional wrong & showed him to be an idiot. But if you argue that it was ok for The NY Times to run it then you are accused of making things more dangerous for black NY times employees.
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Replying to @irishcurry @shaenongarrity and
I have nothing but respect for trans people. But you cannot question growing numbers of trans teens without being called a bigot - never mind what the science behind gender dysphoria suggests.
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I remember the Bush era pretty well, and I do in fact remember a lot of annoying Jon Stewart like meta calls to "tolerance" as a value in and of itself that made you better than the Republicans But honestly it was shit discourse even then
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Replying to @arthur_affect @irishcurry and
There was immense concern trolling at the time about people being personally "intolerant" to people who supported the Iraq war There were all these calls to be "tolerant" to religious right evangelicals and respectful of their beliefs
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Replying to @arthur_affect @irishcurry and
And any liberal from the time worth a damn - including, on his better days, Jon Stewart - gave the middle finger to that noise Politics is about power and those people had tons of power and were using it to cause harm while hiding behind the "tolerance" bullshit
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And everyone knew, back then, that there was no reciprocity Of course the pro-war people don't "tolerate" you in spaces they control (the "Free Speech Zones" on military bases), of course fundie churches aren't "tolerant" inside their own halls
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Replying to @arthur_affect @irishcurry and
They're just trying to get you to commit to a principle they don't share in order to unilaterally disarm you Don't be fucking stupid
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