Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social

Scholar of racism and class struggle, triathlete, and Badger.

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

@NASorg Why do the folks who want to use the law to regulate academic speech say I have “gall” to suggest that ideas should be sorted out in the marketplace of ideas?Because they don’t like my ideas and their laws are stupid and failing, just like MAGA.

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

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Here is my latest on MAGA’s crusade to make us all dumber.

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

Its an honor to be attacked by the National Assoc. of Scholars. Their version of "scholarship" is to ban anything outside of their rightwing views. Dent couldn't find anything untrue in my book so all he does is whine that I don't celebrate the USA enough. https://t.co/vq2kT6O3nH

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

Messer-Kruse talks about his book, The Patriots' Dilemma https://t.co/9Bffjfkpb5 via @YouTube

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

NBC News silent on most significant finding in own survey: that a whopping 69% "strongly agree" that in the US "wealthy people can often avoid consequences that ordinary people would face for the same actions." Instead spooning out civics propaganda.
https://t.co/5cedA8gC9Q

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

Conservatives claim to believe in meritocracy and responsibility but when they fail their powerful buddies always bail them out.

University of Iowa's struggling Center for Intellectual Freedom faces required expansion due to law https://t.co/UoNMlTrgkR via @@YahooNews

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

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[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

To conservatives trying to take over higher ed with a Trojan Horse of civics. Stop claiming the Founders supported your agenda. Civics as a concept was not widespread till the 1820s. The term ‘civics’ was not coined till 1885. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

What began as a review of Wood's well-written and deeply researched book turned into a critique of the pervasive hagiography of 18c abolitionist studies. It has long confused antislavery and anti-racism and been blind to its pervasive white supremacy.

https://t.co/veYu7Fw7VI

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

Expanding Congress will repair much of the damage the Court has done this year. My latest:
https://t.co/IUab8y6AZu

[LSU Press @lsupress]

Three LSUP books were reviewed in the latest issue of the @AmHistReview:
1. "Green and Blue," by Damian Shiels
2. “Thoroughbred Nation,” by Natalie A. Zacek
3. “Slavery’s Fugitives and the Making of the United States Constitution," by Timothy Messer-Kruse https://t.co/VO1k3sboF3

[The Steamboat Institute @Steamboat_Inst]

Is social media a driving force behind polarization?

Catch this clip of Timothy Messer-Kruse at our debate at Pepperdine, which asked: “Is the failure of civic education the primary cause of ideological partisanship in society?”

Watch the full video here: https://t.co/j2a1vGG8hy

#SocialMedia #Polarization #CivicEducation #FreeSpeech #Debate #PublicPolicy #PoliticalDiscourse

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

Here is my analysis of the latest crop of MAGA laws designed to force teachers to teach 'patriotic history' or in the technical language of academia, 'crap'.
https://t.co/2vCfoK8sn3

[Jon Taylor @ProfJonTaylor]

Civics Is a Cause, Not an Academic Discipline -- @TMesserKruse @chronicle https://t.co/k7JfvlFUm0

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

My latest essay in the Chronicle Review.

https://t.co/AiaTPeYPik

[The Steamboat Institute @Steamboat_Inst]

"When they're told that government works in a certain way, but they don't see it working that way in their communities, that cognitive disconnect creates resistance."

Catch this moment of @TMesserKruse at our Pepperdine Campus Liberty Tour debate, which explored the question: “Is the failure of civic education the primary cause of ideological partisanship in society?”

Watch the full debate here: https://t.co/de7CdJWJdf

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[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

Thursday's great civics debate ranged across political science, social theory, history, and constitutionalism. Josh Dunn is a true scholar and a nice guy. But I quibble with Josh being declared the winner, as I pulled more undecideds to my view. https://t.co/uhJLFI4KFh

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

Thursdays great civics debate ranged across political science, social theory, history, and constitutionalism. My opponent, Josh Dunn is a true scholar and a nice guy. But I quibble with Josh being declared the winner, as I pulled more undecided to my view. https://t.co/uhJLFI4KFh

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

This debate will also be livestreamed and archived on YouTube. Here is the link to the livestream: https://t.co/QgAIh1M0Uc

[The Steamboat Institute @Steamboat_Inst]

We are very much looking forward to our Campus Liberty Tour debate happening THIS WEEK at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California!

📅 Date: Thursday, March 19th
📍 Location: Wilburn Auditorium, Pepperdine
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM PT; meet & greet with the speakers (and free food! 🍽️) to follow!

Resolution: “Be it resolved, the failure of civic education in schools is the primary cause of ideological partisanship in society today.”

👍 Affirmative: @professordunn, Professor and Executive Director of the Institute of American Civics at the University of Tennessee

👎 Negative: @TMesserKruse, Professor in the School of Cultural and Critical Studies at Bowling Green State University in Ohio

🎤 Moderator: @KayleeDMcGhee, Steamboat Institute Tony Blankley Fellow

Thank you @PepperdineSPP for helping make this event possible!

This is going to be a high-energy debate on a very relevant and timely topic - the state of civic education today. Don’t miss this event! Register to join us for FREE here: https://t.co/fElLK3L19F

Not in SoCal? You can also watch this debate LIVE from anywhere in the world via our YouTube livestream: https://t.co/qe3um2WgXA 🌎

We can’t wait to see you there!

#CampusLibertyTour #FreeSpeech #CivicEducation #Debate #Pepperdine #MalibuEvents #StudentEvents #PublicPolicy #CivilDiscourse #EducationMatters #LiveDebate

[Timothy Messer-Kruse @profmk.bsky.social @TMesserKruse]

My latest.
https://t.co/VVl8PquYCH