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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 4
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      I was inundated yesterday with activists and journalists proclaiming that they now demand conditions-free release of all detained migrants and total border abolitionism. If that's your position, OK, but it's going to require more than emotionalistic slogans to defend it in public

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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 4
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      The views of the Dem Party-aligned intelligentsia have shifted dramatically on this issue in a short period of time. That's why I asked what the operating principle was supposed to be. According to many, the principle is now that any border enforcement is inherently illegitimate

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    3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 4
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      That's a fine principle to espouse but it should be defended in public without reflexively resorting to sloganeering, overheated moralistic posturing, and "shutting down" anyone who might have reservations around the margins. The online commentariat does not seem capable of this

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    4. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 4
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      Parsing rapid changes in elite opinion, which inevitably has a downstream effect on public policy, is a valid mode of journalistic inquiry and I'm going to continue doing it even if people insist on immediately ascribing bad faith, shouting "fascism," or getting bizarrely angry

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 4
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      I have a standing offer to engage on the substance with any online critic who believes I'm evil for whatever reason. (Not to "debate," to converse.) This offer is almost never taken up. Which is unfortunate, because it reflects a broader resistance to good faith engagement

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        1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 4
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          No one is obligated to engage with me directly. However, in a pluralistic democracy do you do have to engage with people who might not share your principles. The way this issue is talked about, especially online, makes that increasingly impossible

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        1. Bobby From The Bronx‏ @newkingofmedia Jul 4
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          You have a very abysmal track record on making good faith arguments

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        1. Jeff Tidwell‏ @RealJeffTidwell Jul 4
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          They don’t want to talk. They prefer to shout that you’re not moral, that you don’t bow to your heart. They prefer to filter reality through a postmodern lens where everything is a construct; change the word & you change the reality. They run you through the phases of censorship.

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        1. Sputnik No.3  🌹‏ @CheyenneSage3 Jul 4
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          I want to converse with you to see what you know :) while doubting you believe or care what I know

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        1. ADik)))Hurricane‏ @ADikHurricane Jul 4
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          What about twitter ever signified good faith engagement!?

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        1. Ben Cooper‏ @bcoop_az Jul 4
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          You’ve never once responded to a reply of mine but I look forward to it mike

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        1. art fufkin‏ @FufkinArt Jul 5
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          Thank Michael! Adam Johnson blocked me Months ago when I voiced an opinion contrary to his own. He was a favorite of mine and I agreed with him perhaps 95% of the time. It’s a shame I can’t read his insights anymore.

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        1. Madam switch‏ @Ms_swixy Jul 5
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          @EricRWeinstein Tracey good people

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        2. Too Fat To FRIGHT ENHEHEHEHE!!!!‏ @WorstPlace Jul 4
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          Okay, Michael. Let's do this.

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        1. Tommy this & Tommy that  🔦 🔍 ♠️‏ @MisterJuanRico Jul 4
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          Well, it serves the purpose of maintaining your credibility, while revealing their utter lack of any. Rejoice, brother - honest men are hard to come by.pic.twitter.com/zYb5OxRxjY

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        1. Odwalla Recall‏ @odwallarecall Jul 4
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          @benshapiro

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        1. George Theodore‏ @GeorgeTheodore7 Jul 4
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          The Left demonizes because they are devoid of an argument!

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        1. JLG‏ @JayEllGii Jul 9
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          That said, there are plenty of people more than capable of engaging with your contrarian posturing on consequential issues, but you're the type who distorts every loss into a victory, so there's little to be gained from any "debate" in terms of enriching public discourse.

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        2. Chnty‏ @Dreaddcp Jul 4
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          A good faith discussion with @aaronjmate would be very enlightening. You both are not on bad terms with each other and you both are mature enough to discuss stuff. Listeners could learn a lot I assume

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        3. Michael Hinojosa‏ @MichaelHinni Jul 4
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          THIS. do it!

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