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elite educated generation of

artappraiser — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:40:15 +0000

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elite educated generation of childish snitches except for the conservative few:

Snitcheshttps://t.co/pRZzo0rtiU pic.twitter.com/KebfjJu9TQ
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) June 16, 2021

One time in college our class had a debate where one side was designated as representing Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the other one was the Muslim Brotherhood. I imagine today this would get the college to dispatch an anti-bias swat team
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) June 16, 2021

I can't even imagine reporting a professor for offending me. If they offended me I would just probably argue with them, like a normal person. Why am I calling in a hall monitor? I'm an adult.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) June 16, 2021

K-12 is a different story, there are different expectations, but college is all adults who choose to be there, come on.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) June 16, 2021

The goal is to have the Stasi recreated, is that it? After all, you've got to have someone to tattle to where that won't backfire.

291 answers so far to this

artappraiser — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 03:03:47 +0000

In reply to Why Matthew Yglesias Left Vox

291 answers so far to this question by a "liberal heterodox psychotherapist":

What was your woke breaking point?
— Seerut K. Chawla (@seerutkchawla) March 20, 2021

The Dexter Rule makes it into

artappraiser — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 02:23:26 +0000

In reply to Yes to this. The almost

The Dexter Rule makes it into the Atlantic (in a very thoughtful piece calling for clemency for the sins of teenagers and the construction of new forms of racial identity beyond the black-white binary) https://t.co/L9OOz1rF2i pic.twitter.com/N9KIDLEqjt
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) March 20, 2021

and the construction of new forms of racial identity beyond the black-white binary

as in

No one ever taught me to "eat bitterness", that's a Chinese thing, I'm of Korean descent. First heard the term in my 30's, found it strange....
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) March 20, 2021

Yes to this. The almost

artappraiser — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 23:55:03 +0000

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Yes to this. The almost sociopathic desire for retribution and punishment that drives the mob will burn itself out. In part, because it's intellectually ridiculous. But intellectually ridiculous ideas can last for a long time. https://t.co/bUE59IECWT
— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) March 19, 2021

I’ve worked with @alexi for four years. I know her well and can say this unequivocally: The idea she is racist is absurd. Where the hell are we as an industry if we cannot accept a person’s sincere and repeated apologies for tweets when they were a teenager? https://t.co/b8OKIGlUo8
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) March 18, 2021

They insist "cancel culture isn't real," despite months of evidence to the contrary. One of the worst things I've seen on this site is the smear campaign against @jessesingal, lobbing pretty serious accusations but all without a shred of evidence https://t.co/af2dVpWdDw
— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) March 19, 2021

Burn itself out? Its a new morality, not just new *bad* ideas. Children are being socialized to believe this really is the way that discourse should proceed. Minimum 3 generations before this silly shit is long gone
— BR (@TheMalaclypse) March 19, 2021

I totally get what you're

artappraiser — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:23:18 +0000

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I totally get what you're saying. How does one learn to be a grownup during the teen years without role play and then adjusting messaging from feedback? O.I.C., the alternate is: follow a hard set of rules to a T and never learn to nuance anything between human beings. And we wonder why there are such things as "incels".

Hey, kids - if you're 17 -

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:32:07 +0000

In reply to Interesting case, seems that

Hey, kids - if you're 17 - DONT FUCKING DO ANYTHING. JUST SIT THERE. No, DONT EVEN THINK THAT EITHER. AND FOR FUCKS SAKES DONT LEAVE NOTES. TWITTER. NOTHING. JUST DON'T.
(but act natural - these are the best days of your life. We're so proud to watch you grow into adulthood. Where you can take a blade and knife anyone who crossed you in the previous years, or just because. Now get cracking - there's work to be done. Enjoy - and smile!

I see only now that Yglesias

artappraiser — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:02:05 +0000

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I see only now that Yglesias himself noticed the story and has tweeted a comment on it:

Hail the glorious victory of antiracism. https://t.co/tPpfAXIpJA
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 18, 2021

Interesting case, seems that

artappraiser — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:53:04 +0000

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Interesting case, seems that now millennials in media have started eating their own, too, if you weren't pure woke a decade ago as a teenager, no job for you:

NEW: Alexi McCammond has parted ways with Teen Vogue just two weeks after being appointed the new editor in chief, amid a wave of internal and external concerns over past racist and homophobic tweets https://t.co/ryabnReKki
— Katie Robertson (@katie_robertson) March 18, 2021

You mean I should have

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:59:00 +0000

In reply to I just posted it because it

You mean I *should* have included the sarcasm/humor emoji?
(breakdown: 1 small detail invalidates the whole thing, preferably something that can't really be debated, + "I quote Cicero, therefore I'm superior in all facets, you ignorant muppets")

I just posted it because it

artappraiser — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:28:47 +0000

In reply to There's a prob in paragraph 2

I just posted it because it struck me that I have never seen him express being that fed up, really, never, since when he was a college kid blogging. (Not that I'm an expert at his writing, skipped a lot of years along the way.) He's ranting, and he does not rant! Maybe cause a big change in his attitude--HEY YOU KIDS, GET OFF MY LAWN..