#Discourse

imo online "right wing" discourse went to shit when people switched from talking about Western Marxism (which is responsible for pretty much all postwar social degradation, Critical Theory, etc) to
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The replies to this tweet/op-ed are full of people reminding David Lammy about the shocking abuse of the Bengalis by Churchill, and reminding us of some of his greatest, racist
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Towards the end of this interview, Biden talks about "amelioration of the immigration situation", which means "letting Soviet Jews go."Many of them, who owe their current US citizenship to Biden,
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Everything the “Q-slur” crowd says about why we shouldn’t use the word “queer” can also be said about “gay”. Gay is just as much a slur as queer is. It
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#NickHytner & #KristinScottThomas. Thank you for your well-intentioned comments about the crisis facing the arts but once again hearing about the West End, ballet, opera and the big theatres makes
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I know I’m late but this Jeffrey Epstein doc is NUTSSSSSSS!! This doc clearly shows that white supremacy does not only impact Black people or communities of color. ‘Saving face’
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We’re doing social model discourse tonight so here’s some stuff to know:a) the social model, as originally formulated, explicitly defined disability as the oppression that is experienced by those whose
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The discourse on voting reminds me of a fascinating board game about, uh, sheep farming during flood season, called Lowlands.https://youtu.be/UGjBrQk4ekw And as a Gamer, I'm entitled to talk about its political
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There's gonna be a lot of tut-tutting from Conservative Twitter today. A lot of faux-offended jackoffs pretending to shatter their monocles and bemoan the state of discourse, "so much for
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@nytimes, you keep making the same mistake, + you refuse to correct, no matter how many times I write the editors:You can’t compare test positivity to confirmed cases per population.
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Someone tell Black Americans that it is okay, they should stop coming to my page to rant. I apologize for calling out their hypocrisy. We are brothers and sisters and
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I think @BlakeProf's point is well-taken. But it gets at a deep problem with public discourse around law.@jdmortenson and I have heard privately that we have shaken some originalists from
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Let’s talk about “dunking” (a thread, non-basketball edition): So Twitter's a weird app where folks give their 2¢ on things and if your opinion is bad enough, your take will
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TW: sexual assault, rape, pedophilia, abuseI keep seeing a lot about the Ted Bundy discourse on my TL. Being an avid true crime fan, I've run into a lot of
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Some thoughts on Twitter's ban of Donald Trump:1) We should concern ourselves about the precedent this sets for other users, especially depending on the platform's explanation.2) But I think there
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Seeing a lot of "He deserved a free holiday after all he's done for the NHS, it was probably the last trip he'll ever go on at his age! I
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