Rodney Mancuso

I enjoy books. History. Books about history. Jumping into discussions despite lacking the tools to do so properly and appearing ridiculous. Normal things.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@kyk1opes @Authw8 Depends what you mean. We all smuggle our worldviews into everything we do. We can't even avoid it by using machines to write for us; that output is formed by human worldviews too. Ofc that doesn't excuse e.g. outright propagandizing, cherry-picking sources, etc.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@Authw8 @kyk1opes And, obviously, to everyone in general because a massive engine of knowledge production will not just stop temporarily but be badly broken because some of its output is offensive and incomprehensible to a quarter of the population.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@Authw8 @kyk1opes Yes, and that is an enormous problem. For academia because they're being dismantled, and for conservatives because they will not enjoy the "find out" phase of tearing up this particular fence of Chesterton's regardless of how satisfying it may feel to own the libs for a while.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@Authw8 @kyk1opes Conservatives are fond of pointing out that life is, as a rule, unfair. One can complain about the injustice of it all or, given the ability and interest, engage and do the work you wish others had done. A difficult path to suggest with academia imploding, of course.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@Authw8 @kyk1opes Learning to "crack the codes" of other worldviews is not a bad thing! It will improve your own thinking, your understanding of your own ideas, and your ability to express and defend them.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@Authw8 @kyk1opes Some of his conclusions are informed by his political views. Figuring that out requires following his argument closely, but it's not like he tries to disguise anything. Even (especially?) if you disagree, his work invites the sort of interpretive discussion that moves history.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@Authw8 It's generally not difficult at all to tell by the end of the introduction whether you think the author's methodology, priors, biases etc. are so obnoxious that you wouldn't enjoy the book.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@Authw8 If you're just reading history for fun, you are certainly not reading the most avant-garde theoretically informed stuff, or the nitty gritty monographs only trying to talk to other historians. The rest should be easily accessible to a typical college-educated adult.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@Rothmus At first I thought they may have used a single country's number, perhaps the USA. But no - that's 252-305k. The Dutch are 475-554k. Did they just make up a figure, cite a reliable source in the fine print, and assume nobody would check? (500+ retweets - I guess they're right.)

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@Rothmus Where did this meme's creator get the figure for enslaved African? The 400k figure doesn't even reach the total for the Dutch alone. Here's a link directly to estimates from the cited source:
https://t.co/AuCA6ptZv8
They total 10-12 million.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@lymanstoneky @CharlesFLehman At least some stops do (e.g. Grand), although they're not very difficult to circumvent. The ticket kiosk is hard to miss.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@LeahLibresco @lymanstoneky @matthew_loftus @matthewschmitz 1. It is amusing that the development Lyman laments can probably be laid at Luther's feet, ultimately.
2. Augustine is a better counterexample, I think.
3. Y'all are arguing over a false binary.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@michaelbd Agreed; although it is trendy right now, the expression has been commonplace for a long time. We don't want Bill & Ted (or do we?), but it's odd to be upset over informalities like "dad." The self-consciously antiquated language of older translations would make an awful movie.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@Ed_Realist @CrazyCatComrade Has that changed in the past 25 years? I certainly took AP classes for credit; $100 for 3 hours is an absolute steal compared to what universities charge. It's the opposite of a paywall.

[Antigone Journal @AntigoneJournal]

Time for the Antigone Spring Books Give-away! 40+ books and pamphlets on offer worldwide. Just repost this message and follow us, and on Sunday 3 names will be drawn. 1st chooses 20 things, 2nd 12, 3rd gets the rest. We'll add details of the items over coming days. Good luck all!

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@CaliforniaKati3 @ericmmatheny @The_FJC I moved to East St. Louis last year. The urban decay is real, but my neighbors are kind and friendly. Still alive. No nervous breakdowns in my car yet. Not sure why you'd imagine yourself in danger just driving through.

[Rodney Mancuso @armancuso]

@alexanderrusso @Ed_Realist Whenever you add variation & accommodation you increase instructor work load, at least if you do it right. It can be as simple as giving someone a pencil and paper to solve problems instead of a screen, but often is not, especially when designing around technology.