Gabran Gray

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[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

Quote of the Day

You're like a purse but with arms and opinions on social justice.

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

@LitMiddle @KristenPoli I don't completely disagree with your initial point, but to be fair, people (such as they are) move in and out of rooms in all three books of Beckett's trilogy. Molloy specifically is really clocked into physical movement through space.

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

@lanerbop @gilamuenster @mcmill2008 @InfiniteDrool From your perspective, then, what happens to the defendant if, say, EVERY public defender refuses the case on moral grounds? If the defendant has a right to representation, at some point, some has to be "forced" to represent them. That's why public defenders exist

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

@failninjaninja @jakehmccoy @ArtemisConsort @razibkhan I think the difference in this example is that the 27% interest credit card is specifically designed to take advantage of the people who struggle to understand it.

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

@moultano Profit and surplus aren't the same concepts though?

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

I still fundamentally disagree with this kind of take. Of course some people were motivated by wanting to hurt others, but I think many more just didn't trust that dems would fight to deliver better lives and futures

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

I think one of the most difficult reckonings of this election is that the incentives we thought inspired voting choices -- a better life for your family and future for your community -- may not be as decisive as the desire to dominate and inflict cruelty on outgroups. Explanations that don't grapple with this point generally read to me like liberal wishcasting.

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

@SonjaDahlMN @coffee @whstancil Genuine question that's kind of beside the point of the overarching argument here: Doesn't that graph show that poor people had their wealth increase by LESS than 15% over those four years?

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

@paparoach you liked one of my tweets seven years ago, and you're playing my hometown in April. Hook an old friend up with a ticket, why don't you?

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

Don't have a horse in whatever specific discourse this is referencing, but agree with the strategy. If you disagree with something online, I think often times the only practical thing to do about it is ignore it

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

Was having this conversation with some family the other day. I understand the feeling that half the country is uniquely and irredeemably facisct, racist, and misogynistic, but if that's the conclusion you go with, you might as well call this whole society a wrap.

[roshan @rhymewithocean]

@_grendan it's been really weird the past few days to see many people's aversion to synthesizing "lots of americans are fascists" and "inflation + covid welfare rollbacks negatively impacted people who might have otherwise voted against trump." seems like it's pretty clearly both!

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

I'm horrified that so many people gave up on "less harm." It sucks.
Maybe too optimistic - I think that if they viewed the choice as "improve things for everyone" or "harm my enemies" they would choose improvement. Self interest can still be a useful tool for universal justice

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

I love Elie Mystal's writing so much, anyone reading this should stop and go read him instead.
I do slightly disagree with this take though. I think people WILL vote and HAVE voted for harm reduction, in previous elections and smaller ones all over this year, the problem imo...

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

People will vote for the party that appears to be harming their enemies. They'll vote for the party that seems to be directly helping their interests.

They will NOT vote for the party who is promising to do *less harm* to them than the other guys or the state of nature.

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

The problem is that less harm is still harm.
My takeaway is people have reached a point where they view the choice as "get harmed less" or "get harmed the same but harm your enemies harder," and they're sick of getting harmed and feeling vindictive, so they're choosing the latter

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

God I'm posting on twitter, someone stop me. I swear I'll uninstall and stop interacting after like two more days of unhealthily imbibing Discourse

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

I think that trying to reach them is some of the most important work men can do right now. We can and should look to women for guidance, but I think it's really on us to help these boys see the wonderful things offered by solidarity, empathy, and feminist ideals.

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

Hard as it might be, we do need to be sympathetic to right leaning men. And by "we," I mean specifically left leaning men. For a long time I've looked at things this way: since the right isn't coming after me directly, part of my allyship should be about trying to talk to them...

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

Unfortunately, I definitely haven't done enough. I've got a little brother who's definitely started the slide into the grifter-sphere, and I wish I'd had a better sense of how to intervene earlier. I still don't know the best way to go about reaching these boys, but...

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

@Dicention @That_GuyMike @Provokethoughtz My guy, the post is specifically talking about billion dollar companies

[Gabran Gray @GabranGray]

I knew that mf was cruising for a post-rally Runza the second he said JD Vance would call that shit a hot pocket

[Aaron Pellish @aaronpellish]

After his Nebraska rally, @Tim_Walz picked up a $600+ order worth of food at this Runza, a regional fast food chain.

“They probably ordered everything on the menu,” an employee told me.

At the rally, Walz swiped at JD Vance by saying he’d call a Runza sandwich “a Hot Pocket.”

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

Joe Biden's Court Reform Plan is a moderate, incremental, common sense set of proposals.

And when the Supreme Court rejects these proposals, maybe people will be ready for the one reform that can bring SCOTUS to heel.

My latest in @thenation
https://t.co/FyiHSCPBRw