Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️

Learning what I can so I can teach what I can.
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He/him or they/them

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

My gender is Link from Breath of the Wild mixed with the carpenters from Ocarina of Time.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Jordan Foreign Minister: “Netanyahu said 🇮🇱 is surrounded by those who want to destroy it… We the Muslim Arab Committee, 57 countries, are willing to guarantee their security in the context of Israel ending the occupation & allowing a Palestinian state.”

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@pattyb4c @JuddLegum It's possible your algorithm is only showing you these views. My algorithm is showing me the opposite, and most non-algorgithmic info I've sought out seems to confirm that Biden is not who most Democrats want.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but it may be worth digging deeper.

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@scotty_sloan @sltrib Would catering to their audience mean censoring the news to ignore the controversies the SALT LAKE based Church is getting into around the world? They already left out a lot of info that makes the church look worse.
What do you think newspapers are for if not the news?

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@cummins_lisa @sltrib The article wasn't bitter at all. It reported on actual issues in a fairly unbiased way. It even was pretty soft on the church, as it left out some of the more corrupt tactics they've been using to influence city councils.

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@Dandletonian @sltrib There's a lot more to this story than the tribune reported. Trust me, this was tame. It's not a NIMBY situation.

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@jordan3putt @sltrib I don't understand. What about the article is parody?

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@IdleGlands @sltrib Further still, outside Utah this is making news that draws negative criticism of the church, something it seems like pro-LDS people would want to be aware of. But if you prefer media that censors problematic press about the church and silences non-lds viewpoints...well, yikes.

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@IdleGlands @sltrib Did you read the article? Have you been following this issue? It's causing a lot of problems for both LDS and non-LDS people in these communities, and not all members have been thrilled about what is happening. It's not anti-lds to report on what is occuring.

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@jaredadairbell @sltrib Did you read the article?

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@rottengirl @AislygnEliyan @finngalkn Cisgender men are raped too. Why are you erasing their struggles by claiming people are only raped because of their body parts? Why is it so difficult for you to conceptualize the reality of other people's lived experiences?

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@rottengirl @LizMckennl @inthec9ulds @finngalkn Why are you the authority on what is reality? Your comments seem fairly out of touch with scientific reality, social reality of this century, the reality of gender constructs varying by culture, etc.
So why do get to speak authoritatively about what "reality" people are facing?

[Joseph's Technicolor Memecoat (Follow Elsewhere) @JosephsMemecoat]

mama kudos foreseeing that, for dreaming

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@C2R9S @sltrib What is "indecent material"? How is it defined and who gets to define it?

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@yamihere333 @_Drew_2_U @elonmusk Dude, your tweet is demonstrating how effective scapegoating is. Politicians and the media distract us from the real problems caused by the corporations and oligarchs that run our country by blaming those problems on a vulnerable population.
And you bought in.

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@VoteTrevorLee @jkimballcook I do think a larger portion of them left the church a bit after graduating though, I think easier access to information that often leads people to question and leave the church has probably made that happening quietly while people are still students more common.

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@VoteTrevorLee @jkimballcook I've known quite a few progressives and exmos who attended BYU in the 80s and 90s, they just didn't have social media platforms at the time. BYU also used to enact a lot more student purges to weed out more dissidents before they graduate.

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@sltrib Everyone saying "so what" or "it's a private institution" should remember other people live in Provo/Utah, and this speech has always been a call to action against people of differing beliefs.

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@sltrib I remember when he first gave the talk both myself and other queer people started being threatened with "musket fire" on Twitter and other online spaces where queer folk and latter day saints come in contact. As a queer person who lives somewhat near BYU, I'm concerned.

[Peter Daou @peterdaou]

🧵 ON NYC SUBWAY BAG CHECKS

I'm from a family of lifelong New Yorkers. I went to NYU in the 80s and have spent more than 35 years in Manhattan since then. And let me say this:

National Guard bag checks have NOTHING to do with subway safety. This is about conditioning the public to accept brazen violations of civil liberties and rights.

Instead of criminalizing poverty, homelessness, and mental health, we could use the billions spent on military/cops to help people and improve quality of life for everyone.

Even for those who believe in policing, you could simply have safety officers in subway cars, rather than deploying the National Guard to violate Fourth Amendment rights.

[Taylor Jack Nelson 🧚‍♂️ @tayjack86]

@flippersrevenge @SethMacFarlane What a fun straw man you have created in your head to justify the horrors of our present reality.