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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Nov 2019

    Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Judd Legum

    Everyone who has ever said "It’s the status quo that’s radical" was a radical. Wanting a drastic departure from the status quo is the dictionary definition of "radical." If you need to try to change the meaning of words, you are probably losing.https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1199359400194007040 …

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    Judd LegumVerified account @JuddLegum
    Defending corporate interests does not make you a “moderate.” Amazon is a trillion dollar company and pays zero federal income taxes. It’s the status quo that’s radical.
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      2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 26 Nov 2019

        Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Dave Weigel

        If you are calling for replacing ICE with an agency with substantially the same functions, that's not actually "abolishing" it. In which case, it's not semantical at all. Words have meaning.https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1199358977626320906 …

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        Dave WeigelVerified account @daveweigel
        "Abolish ICE" push kind of fell apart for the same semantical reason: Republicans pretended that Democrats wanted absolutely no immigration or customs enforcement. Warren never said "abolish" herself, talked about "replacing" ICE. https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1199357868992090113 … https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/30/politics/elizabeth-warren-ice-immigration-protests/index.html …
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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 2 Dec 2019

        Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Paul Waldman

        The term's counterproductive because that *is* what the word "privilege" means in English. Try telling low-income African-Americans they're privileged bc they live on stolen Native American land & don't live in, say, Afghanistan. Words have meaning.https://twitter.com/paulwaldman1/status/1201541671957270528 …

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        Paul WaldmanVerified account @paulwaldman1
        To white people who hear "white privilege" and think "Nobody's handing me anything!", another way to think about it is what you DON'T have to worry about. I'm a white guy who has been driving for 30+ years. Know how many times I've been pulled over when I wasn't speeding? ZERO. https://twitter.com/byjoelanderson/status/1201532110579724288 …
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      4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 2 Dec 2019

        Like redefining "racism" as something other than racial discrimination & prejudice, this is a textbook example of how progressive efforts to remake the language to appeal to woke-academic sentiment works against the ends they claim to desire in persuading ordinary people.

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      5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 2 Dec 2019

        If you actually want to persuade Americans that a segment of the population faces a chronic injustice, argue that. It won't always work, but historically, it has many times. Telling working-class voters they're privileged is how you talk if you don't care if they believe you.

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      1. Blocked‏ @Blocked69nice 26 Nov 2019
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        That's a silly argument. Sometimes it's not what's illegal that's outrageous, but what's legal. That's the point he's making.

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      1. Daniel T‏ @DanielTobias_ 26 Nov 2019
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        You assume the status quo represents the will of the people. It doesn't. It represents the will of a radical minority.

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      1. Edward Ahlsen-Girard‏ @efagirard 26 Nov 2019
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        You redefine radical when you figure out that radical has come to mean bad.

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      1. Dean K Gibson  ✝  📷  📶  💉‏ @AE7Q_ 26 Nov 2019
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        I don't know why you are on this "word have meaning" kick. Millions of people get their meaning in life by redefining words, so as to simplify their world in order for them to deal with it. 🙂

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      1.  😎 🍷 🐝 Brittany  🐝 🍷 😎‏ @BrittanyEnd 26 Nov 2019
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        IMO what makes someone radical is an unwillingness to compromise, we live in a country with 50 states that all live like they are completely different worlds, if we do not learn how to compromise, & just have this my way or the highway attitude, we will remain deadlocked

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      1. Jake Ellison‏ @JakeEllison18 26 Nov 2019
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        So then Trump and all of his supporters are radicals, according to this extremely narrow definition. Because, you know, he campaigned on the promise to "blow up" the status quo.

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