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I have a place where I say complicated things about philosophy and science. That place is my blog. This is where I make terrible puns.

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    Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 8 Oct 2016

    My "Don't make Donald Trump the public face of anti-PC, it'll backfire horribly b/c he's actually bad" post is looking pretty good right now

    2:08 PM - 8 Oct 2016
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      2. Fakey Fakeson‏ @admittedlyhuman 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @slatestarcodex

        actually bad things: wanting to have sex, with women, while a man

        1 reply 0 retweets 15 likes
      3. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @admittedlyhuman

        Who cares if it's actually bad or not? The point is he torpedoed himself & his movement in a super-avoidable way.

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Fakey Fakeson‏ @admittedlyhuman 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @slatestarcodex

        "don't make Donald Trump the public face of anti-PC it'll backfire horribly b/c he's not PC" is a LITTLE bit different

        3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      5. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @admittedlyhuman

        I think there's a difference between Larry Summers saying male brains = good at math and Trump saying he likes groping ppl.

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Fakey Fakeson‏ @admittedlyhuman 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @slatestarcodex

        seriously, turn on your brain and listening comprehension for a second. he's not talking about being a fucking groper

        1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
      7. Fakey Fakeson‏ @admittedlyhuman 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @admittedlyhuman @slatestarcodex

        you need to stop reading vox

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      8. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @admittedlyhuman

        I *have* stopped reading Vox!

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      9. Fakey Fakeson‏ @admittedlyhuman 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @slatestarcodex

        you came up with that interpretation on your own?

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      2. Lazy Glossophiliac‏ @Glossophiliac75 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @slatestarcodex

        ...are irrelevancies compared to the above.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @Glossophiliac75

        In a perfect world, yes. But if people won't vote for him now, you should have chosen a standard-bearer w/o that problem.

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Lazy Glossophiliac‏ @Glossophiliac75 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @slatestarcodex

        I don't know if that's true. His style and tastes are close to those of the average voter.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @Glossophiliac75

        He's losing badly against the least popular Democrat in a generation. He could come back, but he's made it hard.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6.  🎃E. Harding 🎃‏ @Enopoletus 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @slatestarcodex @Glossophiliac75

        He won more primary votes than Clinton in Ohio and New Hampshire, where GOP won more primary votes than Dem

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      7. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @Enopoletus @Glossophiliac75

        I've already bet a few people Trump will lose, but if you want to bet me too, I'll take 50-50 odds now.

        5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Lazy Glossophiliac‏ @Glossophiliac75 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @slatestarcodex @Enopoletus

        But it's very difficult to win when all of the media is against you. Has his personality helped him or hurt him?

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Lazy Glossophiliac‏ @Glossophiliac75 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @Glossophiliac75 @slatestarcodex @Enopoletus

        Bill Clinton is also a pig and they love him.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1.  🎃E. Harding 🎃‏ @Enopoletus 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @slatestarcodex

        There's nothing actually wrong with what he said.

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      1. sol‏ @fire__exit 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @slatestarcodex

        you think THIS is "actually bad"?

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      1. Kevin Erdmann‏ @KAErdmann 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @slatestarcodex

        that's always the problem with fighting fundamentalism. The set of heretics always includes....

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