Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies

Atheist, Hedonistic, Misanthrope

I'll fight for your right to speak so long as you will, in return, fight to allow me to challenge opinions on their merits.

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

Business idea: a comedy troupe called yt boys where a troupe of obviously mediocre white men explain jokes, with the explanations containing more layers of jokes. it will be called 'Whitesplainin'. #ytBoys #Whitesplainin #JustCancelMeAlready

[Jesse Singal @jessesingal]

this is like if a woman agrees to go on *a* date with you and you show up with a $500 bouquet of imported flowers. it's just a bit much is what i'm saying.

i'm maga now, because of this

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

@CopyOfOne2 @jessesingal Woosh

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

@das_187 The Red Balloon - Wikipedia https://t.co/hLuhmaCTcf

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

@das_187 Am I the only one thinking of that old French film?

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

@jbcinad @DavidAFrench The fact that you think imposing your will is an action worthy of respect demonstrates his point. You, like Trump, are a man baby.

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

@LoisPerry26 Oh no! People who believe in a collection of books (voted on to be Canon in the 4th century) were put in a place to hear words from a book written in the 7th century. You know, if you read all the various holy books, it might lead you to consider how unoriginal yours is.

[Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur]

A while back I put out these rules for the internet. 1. When we disagree, we fight. 2. We have a beer afterward. 3. When we agree, we unite. I got a lot of flack, surprisingly, for the line about the beer. People would ask, "Oh yeah, would you have a beer with Charlie Kirk?!"

Well, I did. And I'm glad I did, because now I won't get to. Yes, Charlie and I disagreed a lot and about really important things. But somehow we didn't lose our humanity. We were still fellow Americans.

We can all choose to hate each other now. That's a normal, human reaction. We can choose to blame each other, and I'm sure we will, endlessly. Or we can defy the voices of division in the country, and have a beer together. This time, in grief.

If you really want to strike back at whoever did this, listen to each other instead of hating one another. They want us to hate each other. Treating one another as brothers and sisters, as a united America, would be a historic act of defiance.

Since I'm on the left, I'll go first. For everyone on the right, and most especially the Kirk family, I am so sorry for your loss. I share your grief and I want you to know our hearts are with you!

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

@katrosenfield and you don't look a day over 22.

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

For anyone offended that #Trump said "fuck", I'll remind you of some internet ancient history.
Also, @timminchin is great, so if you don't know his work, here's a brief example.
https://t.co/ZkqTkQRg8m

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

https://t.co/WaxwnowUYy

We need to cultivate skepticism and rational criticism in our times of political extremism.

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

@RepKrajewski as one of your constituents, I disagree. There is no research demonstrating that GAC is helpful. I suggest that you widen your sources to the many people reporting on this, including https://t.co/ho37ah0Q8w

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

Hey, @realDonaldTrump
TACO

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

@gregoryeck **Insert 'always has been' meme here**

[Kmele 🖐 @kmele]

An explicitly illiberal project built on the delusion of achieving permanent political and ideological dominance.

Politicize everything. Deploy lawfare against your political rivals (and anyone standing too close to them). Purge dissent. Expand executive power, even at the expense of constitutional fidelity. And most importantly, assume (against all reason) that once seized, power will remain safely in your hands — and that if it somehow slips away, your enemies will suddenly rediscover restraint.

It’s an astoundingly shortsighted and tragically common form of self-deception: the belief that you can normalize abuses without eventually being consumed by them.

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The rhetoric is almost comically bellicose (the ⚔️ emoji radiates *scrawny theater kid who always dreamed of making the varsity football squad* energy), but bravado isn’t strength. And delusions of grandeur are not a strategy.

The Trump administration isn’t just embracing this approach — it’s already demonstrating how incoherent and self-defeating it is in practice.

These aren’t “new tactics.” It’s a clumsy retread of old, doomed ideas — the kind that leave you weaker than when you started.

“Get ready.”
Diabolically cringe.

Classical liberalism isn’t magic. It doesn’t defend or renew itself. Every generation must relearn why it matters — and fight to safeguard it against threats foreign and domestic, and perhaps especially domestic. Whatever its defects, I prefer classical liberalism to Rufo’s prescription. He is part of the problem. Been true for some time.

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

A new political secularism is required for a time where cultural and political tribes vie for authoritarian power.

If we are unable to rise in this moment of continued going low, then we may not like the consequences.

Let's learn from history once again
https://t.co/klfDmL9iMs

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

https://t.co/qTGlg0AS41

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

@zundz9229 @realseand you appear to be right. I cannot find any source for this quote, so it seems like a fabrication.

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

https://t.co/PjUlIZVhxQ

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

Any person who won't consider that they might be wrong are dangerous even if they are right.

[Unemployed Philosopher of Redundancy Studies @ShaunPhilly]

@AmirPars_ @bariweiss @bungarsargon @thehonestlypod A lot of the writers I follow (largely substack) have been talking about the so-called #WokeRight phenomenon, and I think that the fact that criticism (from all sides) of progressive #IdPol talking points has seemed to have "won" to some extent makes this possibly a factor here.