It seems to me that the people scapegoating individuals and (eg) book stores for structural problems are the ones making this error, not me. I agree there are lots of structural problems and urge lots of changes to address them.https://twitter.com/gilmored85/status/1281372421413646337 …
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Replying to @conor64
something something the moderate who is more devoted to “order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but....
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Replying to @conor64
Might be time to re-read "Letter From Birmingham" again.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
My argument explicitly sides with both protests and substantive reforms--and on police reforms, I've been far on the pro side of the spectrum for two decades. In what relevant sense then am I a moderate?
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Replying to @conor64
the debate, at least from my POV, has moved pretty substantially in the last 8 weeks, to pointing out the flaws with Obama-era reforms including diversifying the police force, body cameras to a more structural conversation about how lower-income communities interface w/ the state
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
Let me be clearer. If it were up to me, these things would happen tomorrow: end qualified immunity, end the death penalty, legalize all drugs, ban police unions from doing anything but salary negotiation, independent prosecutors in police shootings, NTSB style reviews of all
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Replying to @conor64 @kimmaicutler
shootings and all deaths in police custody, traffic enforcement by non-police, ending single family zoning, giving educational choice to all kids in failing schools, and more. That is not a moderate agenda.
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Replying to @conor64
OK thank you. I am just seeing a lot of tone policing in the discourse right now and it is hijacking the conversation away from fixing qualified immunity and right-sizing budget allocations.
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I also don't think your opening anecdote is the right one given that @BLeeForCongress, who came up in the Chisholm tradition and came of age in Black Panther-era Oakland, was the sole vote to see through the 9-11/Afghanistan hysteria you reference.
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