@joerogan An alien mothership could land in NYC tomorrow and I would still believe that Bob Lazar was a lying piece of shit. Im certain that there is alien life out there, but there is way too much evidence against his specific claims.
@skylejoh@coldxman@CityJournal ?? The very first study listed in your article isnt even a study. It's just a chunk of data that tallies police shootings by race and if the suspect was armed. It literally does nothing to account for socioeconomic variables. That's literally what this guys op-ed is about lol
In @CityJournal, I sum up my view of the BLM movement: they're right about several important things, but wrong about the alleged problem of racist police shootings.
https://t.co/MywUAy3ZTm
If the crazy attempts to shame and fire people for signing this reasonably anodyne letter don't convince you that our current intellectual atmosphere is deeply unhealthy, then you're more invested in parroting the propagandistic line of the moment than in acknowledging the truth.
A lot of wonderful writers signed the letter. None of them could have come up with a more deliciously dark illustration of the way in which the fear of cancellation turns people into cowards, and how terrible this is for intellectual honesty, than this.
https://t.co/VhohFGkQLA
@BDaves777 @bassnectar Idk it's just a matter of opinion really. I've seen him plenty and was never impressed. To be fair, there are some monster tracks released by him, but I'm skeptical how much is him and not collaborators (shoutout Peekaboo)
@ladisylph Your comment would make sense if that was the definition of racism, but it's not. We can't adequately address the broader problems surrounding racism if people like you misrepresent what racism is
@JoeyWillig@michaelmasonsux Could it be that these people create throwaway accounts bc they want to give their opinion without an army of angry, doxing bassnectar fans coming at them?
@eccevox I think everyone wishes they had Sam's gift for eloquent deconstruction. I'd be curious to read your article when finished. I thought this pod was a breath of sanity
@lufufaru I don't believe that graph adjusts for poverty, crime rate, or likelihood of police interaction, which are all extremely relevant factors for supporting the claim that police are "out to kill" black people.
@ethaiREaLmd Also I clearly have no fucking clue how to use twitter to reply. This character count is going to be a deal breaker for me. Sorry for these scattershot reply sequences
@ethaiREaLmd Because of their skin color. Which to me is insane and unfortunately I've heard a lot of shit like this recently. What would your response be to my analogy of an oncologist or therapist not having personally experienced the exact life experience of their patients?