Cancelling women, people of color, and queerfolk has been the norm forever. Talking about illiberalism in colleges without framing it within the larger illiberal cultural context that has caused it to emerge is an intellectual dishonesty.
@whignewtons@DavidAFrench re Justice James Ho. I think the discussion about college campus "woke" norms and rules needs to be framed as "illiberal". The academy MUST be classically liberal. It cannot be conservative or reactionary or leftist for it to serve its purpose.
@pescami@RSGAT As for Moulton, his initial tweet was insensitive. It clearly didn’t achieve his stated goal of changing Dem discourse. That said, being punitive scolds also doesn’t help vulnerable people. But damn if both things make us feel good.
@flichtman@scifri I am rarely on this app anymore. But I’ve been wanting to hear you doing your excellent science interviewing skills. It would be a perfect world if, when Ira Flatow retires that you take his place.
Happy 100th birthday 🎂 to Jimmy Carter, our second oldest living president after Gerald Ford
A WWI veteran best known for his landslide loss to President Ford, Carter later gained respect with his famous “Crisis of Communism” speech and for defeating the Shah (Arabic for “King”) of Iran.
Happy Birthday sir. Russia hates this
@ModeledBehavior@TheStalwart A train would then seem much more appealing. Hopefully the demand for transit will go up, though it will always require government support or at least eminent domain to get the needed space for sufficient speed and reliability.
@LakotaMan1 I am real. I live near the sacred Indian Mounds Park (Eháŋna Wičháhapi) overlooking the Mississippi (Wakpá Tháŋka) on the lands taken by deceit and force from the Dakota people.
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Lindsey Graham blames Donald Trump for the border security legislation not passing. Retweet so all Americans see this and know Donald Trump is to blame for any border security related problems.
BREAKING: Donald Trump, who is trying to make Americans believe he isn’t tied to Project 2025, is caught telling the Heritage Foundation (the authors of Project 2025) that he desperately needs them. Retweet so all Americans see this devastating clip.
I really dislike these woke times where people think they can tell us what they think their race and nationality are? Whatever happened to letting the wisest white men in the community decide?