#Legitimacy

Mike Sacks

MikeSacksEsq

Because I reject Gorsuch's dependence of a rigid Scalian textualism, and believe Scalia himself would have written a dissent even more wild than Alito's, I think the best and most

Balsam

M_Balsam

Jan 3 will mark 1st anniversary of #Suleimani & Mohandis assassination. Few thoughts on its implications on Iraq and the protest movement away from US & Iran: 1. While it

Wole Oluyemi

WoleOluyemiCo

Criminals are getting more innovative. They try to cover up their illicit schemes with structures that confer legitimacy on their dark sides. If you help them to build such structures,

Spodumene

spodumened

it's incredibly bleak how many vaguely obscure, published writers cut their teeth on trying to take down fanfiction, an endeavor that actively ensures you a dearth of future readers who

Jordan L. Perkins

jordanlperkins

reminding u that, by asking what ppl in the ideal speech situation, or the original position, or whatever Kant-brained thought experiment you prefer, would do, you can fully step outside

dork ambient

Nullthread

A lot of the times I feel like people are pantomiming protest - which is honestly good practice but let's not kid ourselves that anything that looks like a protest

Elliot Olds

elliot_olds

1/ My new essay on the long run effect of tech progress on the distribution of power: https://elliotolds.com/technologyandpowerIs the West on an inevitable path toward Chinese-style authoritarianism? Or can the

Aiman Rizvi

Aimanfrizvi

Three years ago, @ZainabHusainn and I took on the task of investigating the two finger test. The work we produced: https://m.facebook.com/SochVideos/videos/194254094498082/ resulted in a petition being filed against the practice.

local witch frand

kingdomofwench

With all the calls for "unity" and all that, I have rt'd a couple pithy and true responss already, but I want to talk about it in a little more

Waqas Mirza

waqasahmi

Some thoughts on the perennial debate we seem to have any time a white guy tries to blow shit up:It is true that the term "terrorism" is racially discriminatory in

John DelVento

delventotime

The Christians were not marrying 4 wives and cutting people’s hands off 600 years before Islam. These are Arab ideas that somehow ended up in the new religion. And they

Chris Mosser 🇺🇸

ChrisMosser

Thread.The events of Wednesday need to be understood for what they are: more than a mindless riot, more than a cartoonish display of boorish tantrum, more than a butt-dumb lashing-out

I Am Disabled.

thespinsterymc

To my fellow Jews and other non-Christians: Christianity is a colonial ideology, period. It is designed to defend, protect, and justify colonial oppression. No amount of arguing with bigots on

Sharkie

1PolicyWonk

THREADWhat are the underlying factors driving Kenya’s invitation of Muse Bihi, Pres of SL, viewed by many as naked interference in Somalia’s internal affairs, particularly at a time tensions bw

Constantino Xavier

ConstantinoX

How to build a public policy research career in India? What to do, what to avoid?Yesterday we welcomed a new group of awesome interns to Brookings India.I shared a few

Cailin Munroe

hellomunroe

If you question the legitimacy of a victim’s story, but don’t question the behaviour of the abuser, it’s quite clear that you support the abuser’s actions. Instead of: “why did

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