“In general: why has the movement for social justice unfolded in such a way that its most passionate members have forbidden complexity, nuance, internal criticism, and conditional support? [...] Why do people insist we all be loyal soldiers at precisely the time we need robust internal debate the…”Tagged: Politics, News, Social Justice, Debate
“It is stunning how bad you all are at actually working political questions out. It is stunning how weak you all are. It is stunning how lazy you are about advancing your own political views. It is stunning how little you care about winning.”Tagged: No-Platforming, Free Speech
“All of you pro-campus censorship "leftists" are phonies with no consistent left-wing principles. It's a fake debate, it's fugazi. It's yet another ostensibly left position that exists to advance the personal brand of people with no political center whatsoever.”Tagged: No-Platforming, Free Speech
“So articulate a principle, and lay out a feasible, constructive, positive vision for who can say what, when, on campus, that does not result in even further defunding and politicized assaults on our public universities. Then we could have a debate. Or else stop pretending that you actually care…”Tagged: Free Speech, Censorship, No-Platforming
“The purpose of actual moral discourse is to present people with a set of alternative behaviors they can perform to avoid doing harm. The purpose of bogus moral grandstanding is to align yourself with people in your broad social circle, to advance your personal brand and demonstrate to others that…”Tagged: Free Speech, Censorship, No-Platforming
“Academic freedom and free expression on campus are a good example of this condition. I am a staunch defender of these things — not in spite of the fact that I am a leftist, but because I am a leftist, as support for civil liberties is a time-honored and existential facet of American socialism. But…”Tagged: Free Speech, Censorship, No-Platforming
“If Jill Filipovic wrote that exact tweet every lefty on here would be dragging her for days. That's a fact. This is what I hate about this whole irony/weird left culture on here: no principle is more important than being cool with the people in it.”Tagged: Leftists, Twitter
“I don't agree with the Google memo; I don't think it's really a free speech issue because he solicited it and directed it specifically to and at the people he worked with; I don't agree that there are sex differences in academic or professional interests. But repeated claims that no credible…”Tagged: google memo, Sexism, gender, Free Speech
“The number of people who were calling for police abolition last week and now want to hand the cops the power to regulate speech is wild. They're all the same cops, you guys. Your good intentions do not magically create non-racist, non-corrupt police and prosecutors.”Tagged: Charlottesville, Free Speech, Hate Speech