Angel Eduardo @StrangelEdweird Twitter profile

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Angel Eduardo

25 days

Abbott and UT Austin’s egregious response to peaceful protest and protected speech on campus doesn’t just violate Texas state law. It also violates the First Amendment rights of college students and faculty. My latest for @TheFIREorg :

Texas tramples First Amendment rights with police crackdown of pro-Palestinian protests

More than 50 arrested after state police storm protestors at University of Texas at Austin.

www.thefire.org

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Angel Eduardo

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2 years

😂😂😂 (Sound on)

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“Jolene” is fundamentally a song about insecurity. Changing the lyrics from “I’m begging of you, please don’t take my man” to “I’m warning you, don’t come for my man” spoils the song. It also betrays an even deeper insecurity—the kind you don’t have the artistic guts to expose.

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@DrIbram @darth_leveon @MD_Ed_Memes Hi, I’m not racist. I’ll give you a moment to collect the bits of your mind that just exploded every which way. This idea is ludicrous. Are babies either racist or antiracist? At what point does that happen? Immediately postpartum or sometime on the way home from the hospital?

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Angel Eduardo

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2 years

Here’s a land acknowledgment for you: There isn’t a single patch of dirt on this Earth that hasn’t been soaked in blood—and it’s either on all of our hands, or none. Let’s all be humbled and heartened by that fact, and try moving forward together.

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2 months

@magnusfiennes I think you’ve misread my tweet.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 months

And before anyone comes at me—I think Beyoncé is very talented. She’s an excellent singer and performer. I just think she’s lacking as an artist, and apart from “Lemonade” I don’t think she ever really has any *soul* the way, say, Adele or Jennifer Hudson consistently do.

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Angel Eduardo

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3 years

@thomaschattwill I am a 36-year-old American descendent of Caribbean slaves, and I have been “free” my entire life. There is plenty of work ahead of us, but it is an affront to those who fought and died to secure the progress we enjoy today, to turn around and pretend it never happened.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

We are living in an Onion article.

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@NPR

2 years

Some white people may choose 👍 because it feels neutral — but some academics argue opting out of 👍🏻 signals a lack of awareness about white privilege, akin to society associating whiteness with being raceless.

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1 month

...who's going to tell him?

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4 years

@DrIbram @darth_leveon @MD_Ed_Memes And if it isn’t instant—if you see it in your heart to grant babies a few moments of peace before this nonsense ideology kicks in—then what are babies BEFORE they become either racist or antiracist?

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

I'm often accused of being "white." I call it the One-Thought Rule: stand athwart the orthodoxy, and your very being will be called into question. Well, my being doesn't belong to you, and you can't take it away from me. My latest for @Newsweek :

Stop Calling Me 'White' For Having the Wrong Opinions

Growing up, I was often accused of being "white." It was intended as a pejorative, one that sought to deny me my identity based on my cultural preferences.

www.newsweek.com

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

I'd like to state for the record that tagging someone's employer because they said something you disagree with or dislike in an attempt to get them fired or in trouble is a terrible thing to do, and we shouldn't do it.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

1 year

From Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming to R.L. Stine and Agatha Christie, the rising trend of editing and rewriting authors’ books — especially without their consent — should alarm us all. My latest for @TheFIREorg :

Why ‘sensitivity readers’ are bad for free speech, art, and culture

The publishing industry’s increasing appetite for “sensitivity readings” is terrible for free expression in the arts and our discourse.

www.thefire.org

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 months

@ViolinsOnTV88 Yes, but in the context of the song, one is open and vulnerable (the original) and the other is closed off and pretending not to be vulnerable. In my opinion it’s not as good and spoils the point of the song.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

I’ll take “The Difference Between ‘Words are Violence’ and *Actual Violence* for 200, Alex.”

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@StrangelEdweird

2 months

@LuzMiz9 I never said it was. Both versions exist, and I have my opinions about them. At no point does anybody's universe collapse as a result. We're all good.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

“Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak because a baby can't chew it.”

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

Can you think of a single time in your life when you were persuaded through mockery, belligerence, and condescension? I’d wager that you can’t. And yet it’s the strategy many of us adopt in our attempts to persuade others on the most consequential topics of our time. Why?

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

Most Spanish speakers think "Latinx" is gross. So why are we witnessing the ascendancy of a term loathed by 40% of the population it's purported to describe? Because its use has nothing to do with them to begin with. My latest for @NewsweekOpinion :

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

1 month

@ada_akpala In the case of Shakespeare I don’t think it matters who plays whom unless you’re looking to make the story period accurate. Plays like Romeo & Juliet are designed to be iterated and adapted in myriad ways. This casting doesn’t bother me. Nor did this one:

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

It's easy to miss because at this point we've been desensitized to phrases like "white privilege" or "black bodies," but when you're hit with one you don't see as often, you can more clearly see how gross this language is.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

If your first thought upon seeing this is to dismiss it based on who is sharing it, or to scoff it away by saying “That’s not CRT,” then you’re contributing to the problem. Listen to this man. This is really happening. Call it whatever you want. It must be addressed honestly.

James Lindsay, full varsity

@ConceptualJames

3 years

Amazing parent testimony on Critical Race Theory in our schools.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

"What's truly remarkable about King's imagined future is that it isn't just an America where so-called racial groups have equal rights and access to opportunities; it's one where the 'racial point of view' itself has dissolved." Great work by @ZaidJilani .

Dr. King Sought an End to 'the Racial Point of View.' Stop Betraying Him.

At a time when so many people – politicians, media outlets, well-heeled foundations, and a phalanx of corporate diversity consultants – are intent on reifying and reinforcing racial categories, we...

www.newsweek.com

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

I still love both Chris Rock and Will Smith. I don't care whether Chris' joke was funny or insensitive. I don't think Smith or Pinkett need have liked it or laughed at it. I have only one opinion on this whole fiasco: Physical violence in response to words is wrong.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

1 year

It’s difficult to overstate my admiration for Frederick Douglass. He had every right to be bitter and vengeful, but he was hopeful instead. Now that is true power.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

4 years

@DrIbram @darth_leveon @MD_Ed_Memes What even is this, man? I can’t see how you honestly think this worldview actually does anyone any good, given how obviously nonsensical, tautological, and divisive it reveals itself to be under the tiniest bit of logical scrutiny. Or is logic also racist?

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

1 year

I'm thrilled to announce my new role as Senior Writer & Editor at @TheFIREorg . FIRE's mission and principled approach to promoting free speech, free expression, and free inquiry has always been an inspiration. It's an honor to now join their ranks.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 months

@and_furiouser Yeah, take whatever liberty you like! But this one is wack, in my opinion.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

1 year

"Let me decide what I am offended by and what I’m not offended by. I would be against reading any book from any era that says ‘abridged due to modern sensitivities.'" @tomhanks expressing a sentiment that should be banal, but these days counts as wisdom.

Tom Hanks discusses cancel culture: 'Let me decide what I am offended by'

Tom Hanks spoke about cancel culture and censoring books in a new interview. The actor is "against" reading a book that has been changed to fit modern times.

www.foxnews.com

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

Saying The Beatles are overrated is like saying the wheel is overrated.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

Sometimes you come across something so totally wrong-headed and unproductive that all reasonable and honest people—no matter their team or tribe or politics or ideological leanings—can find common ground in condemning it as such. This is one of them.

Statement Regarding the Ongoing Trial of Jussie Smollett - Black Lives Matter

As abolitionists, we approach situations of injustice with love and align ourselves with our community. Because we got us. So let's be clear: we love everybody in our community. It's not about a...

blacklivesmatter.com

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

Irony was pronounced dead today, September 23, 2021, at 4:38 p.m. EST.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

4 years

@DrIbram @darth_leveon @MD_Ed_Memes To pretend that there is only one possible explanation for disparity in a world as complex as ours is the height of arrogance and betrays a colossal misunderstanding of that complexity. It’s impossible for a thinking person to take this worldview of yours seriously.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

So friggin’ cool to see the lovely @cvaldary getting some well-deserved attention on @RealTimers ! Go Chloé!!!

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

10 months

Man, does this quote resonate.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

4 years

@DrIbram @darth_leveon @MD_Ed_Memes Racism is a real problem. Inequality is a real problem. These problems require real solutions, and real solutions are difficult, complicated, and nuanced. Conversation is our only route toward those solutions, and I see nonsense like what you’re peddling as conversation cancer.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

Holy shit, @bungarsargon . This is some seriously fearless writing. Nearly every line is a potential pull quote, so I won't bother trying to choose one here. Brava. 🔥🔥🔥

Elites who defended Smollett threaten black lives : BATYA UNGAR-SARGON

Despite the fiction scripted by Smollett and his defenders, the threat to many black lives doesn't come from MAGA-hat wearing white supremacists, it comes apathetic liberal elites.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

For all you #FAIRperspectives fans, @MsMelChen and I finally met in real life!

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Angel Eduardo

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2 months

@prisma_croutons Exactly.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

The thing is, we *need* @DaveChappelle and people like him to do what they're doing. And if they make you angry or upset, you need them even more than the rest of us do.

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Angel Eduardo

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6 years

@DAvallone @dylanbrody This is incredibly disingenuous. I’ve witnessed, on more than one occasion, practicing Jews—and even descendants of holocaust survivors, being called nazis over simple, innocuous disagreements. Asking for clarification in this age of nonsense is not tantamount to guilt. Grow up.

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Angel Eduardo

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1 year

It's a bizarre position to find yourself in, where people hate you for refusing to hate the people they hate.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

@nhannahjones You and I have gone back and forth before, Ms. Jones, and unfortunately in every single case you seemed unable to grasp the actual point I'm making. I encourage people to engage with what I'm actually trying to say, if they're so inclined. Cheers.

Stop Calling Me 'White' For Having the Wrong Opinions

Growing up, I was often accused of being "white." It was intended as a pejorative, one that sought to deny me my identity based on my cultural preferences.

www.newsweek.com

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

1 year

Racialize everything. Everything.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

1 year

George Carlin once said, “Have you ever noticed that anyone driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone driving faster than you is a maniac?” That’s how people are with everything.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

“It is a strange kind of antiracism that requires all of us to make believe that Black people cannot understand the simple distinction between an epithet and a citation of one.” Smart points from ⁦ @JohnHMcWhorter ⁩.

Opinion | The New N-Word Standard Isn’t Progress (Published 2022)

It’s time to reclaim the use/mention distinction.

www.nytimes.com

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Angel Eduardo

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2 months

@angle3246 Assuming these are serious questions, yes, of course I’ve met them, and I’ve seen them struggle with the exact same feelings as everyone else on Earth because they’re human beings.

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Angel Eduardo

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4 years

@DrIbram @darth_leveon @MD_Ed_Memes Your racist/antiracist binary is not only ridiculous, it’s hateful—you must realize that. You are condemning people by forcing them into a logic game they can’t win. “Have you stopped beating your wife?” It’s also dogmatic. “You either renounce, or are in league with, Satan.”

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Angel Eduardo

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2 years

If you’re convinced that your family members are wrong about important issues, or that their beliefs and behaviors are perpetuating harm in the world… Don’t give up on them. Love them. Talk to them. Listen. Have compassion. And be humble. You may be the one who’s mistaken.

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Angel Eduardo

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2 years

Love this.

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Angel Eduardo

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2 years

"Most people think there are a lot of bad people running around in the world. There aren't a lot of bad people, there are a lot of bad ideas, and bad ideas are worse than bad people because bad ideas are contagious—bad ideas get good people to do horrible things."

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Angel Eduardo

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2 months

@Monkyjamm 🤣 Ok

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2 years

I don't know who this guy is, but I like this clip.

Gifdsports

@gifdsports

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Mike McDaniel on people talking about his racial background "It's been very odd...I identify as a human being and my dad's black"

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Angel Eduardo

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8 months

I committed to never lying (literally ever) over ten years ago now. If my experience is any indication, I believe that if we all just stopped lying—cold turkey—things would get a whole lot worse for a little while, and then a whole lot better for the rest of our lives.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

So this just happened... My first piece for @Newsweek !

Why Calling Merit Racist Erases People of Color

Calling merit racist and lowering the standard for people who have been fighting like hell for centuries to be seen as equal only siphons their misery off into a new well.

www.newsweek.com

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Angel Eduardo

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1 year

Perhaps we—all of us, together, regardless of our melanin content—can take this opportunity to *unite* in our acknowledgement of a serious problem in *how police officers are hired, trained, and held accountable* so that we—all of us, together—can enact much needed reform.

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Angel Eduardo

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2 years

"One can talk about rap being a black thing, or the hora being a Jewish thing, or kaiju movies being a Japanese thing, and so on—but the relationships are that of association, not ownership." Beautiful work by Franklin Einspruch.

"Cultural appropriation" isn't real. It's just culture

Culture doesn’t belong to you; you belong to a culture. What does not belong to you cannot be “taken.”

news.fairforall.org

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Angel Eduardo

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4 years

@DrIbram @darth_leveon @MD_Ed_Memes Finally, I’m sure you mean well, Dr. Kendi. I do not doubt your intentions, and I respect them, but this whole thing is a crock. I’m sorry. No one is beneath dignity, and so to you, all due respect. But no idea is above scrutiny, and so to your idea, a swift and merciful death.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

Cancel Culture Catch-22: If we don’t hear about cancelations because the victims don’t have platforms, they suffer alone and we’re told cancel culture doesn’t exist. If we intentionally find and highlight cancelations, then the victims have platforms and aren’t really canceled.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 months

Great job running through the gauntlet, @coldxman !

Jules Terpak

@julesterpak

2 months

• @coldxman 's appearance on The View "There's no evidence that I've been co-opted by anyone. I have an independent podcast, I work for CNN as an analyst, I write for The Free Press, I'm independent in all of these endeavors and no one is paying me to say what I'm saying"

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

Imagine saying "Black, Latino, Latina, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, Tribal, and students of color can't meet high school reading, writing, and math standards—and so we're getting rid of the standards." And imagine thinking this *benefits* those students.

Tom Bevan

@TomBevanRCP

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OR Governor signed law suspending the state's proficiency standards for reading, writing and math in the name of "equity."

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Angel Eduardo

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1 year

Fascinating that some "speech is violence" advocates resort to or support *physical* violence in response to speech. Given their perspective, you'd think that merely hurling invective in return would be sufficient—but apparently even for them there's a relevant distinction.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

The most alarming thing about this entire case shouldn’t be the verdict. It should be the wildly and persistently inaccurate reporting and discussion about what actually happened. Great work by @jessesingal :

The Rittenhouse Verdict Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise

Rittenhouse was no hero. But the failure of the media helps explain why so many people expected him to be convicted.

www.persuasion.community

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

I feel like there are a few minor differences between NFL training camps and CHATTEL FUCKING SLAVERY that are worth mentioning, if we’re going to run with this comparison. Just a few.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

11 months

Anyone applauding this Supreme Court decision on the basis of merit who isn’t also decrying legacy admissions seems logically and ethically inconsistent to me, at best.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

Christopher Hitchens' wit, bravery, eloquence, and erudition was simply unmatched. The fact that he hasn't been around to comment on the events of the last ten years is an incalculable intellectual loss for us all, whether we recognize it or not. #Hitch

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

Hey @nhannahjones , a sincere proposal: What if you use your own considerable platform to get @DerekjAndersen and @BevyHQ to rehire Ms. Sarley, given that we agree her termination was excessive and unethical? We can create a kind of…culture around undoing this sort of thing.

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@nhannahjones

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@ijbailey Yeah. This didn’t sit right with me and does not seem like an ethical use of one’s platform.

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Angel Eduardo

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2 months

@G_itsVictoria A person with their own perspective.

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Angel Eduardo

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8 months

Delighting in someone's death is not just morally repugnant, it's psychologically corrosive. It's a dehumanization of the other and of the self. And in a sense, it's two people who have died.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

“When was the first time you saw yourself represented in media?” I was three years old, saw this guy, and identified deeply with who he was as a person and everything he stood for. Feel free to join me in not giving shallow and superficial responses to this question.

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Angel Eduardo

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29 days

Contrary to what many students—and embarrassingly often, grown adults—argue, violence, heckling, and shutdowns of events are not free speech, but its hideous and counterproductive opposite. @glukianoff and I wrote this about Berkeley. It applies to all.

If Berkeley Wants to Protect Free Speech, It Will Expel Its Rioters

Campuses must have the highest tolerance for expression, but no tolerance at all for violence like that exhibited by an anti-Israel mob this week.

www.thefp.com

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

This made me laugh, and think of you, @NaoimhGheilt .

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

For @fairforall_org , I argue that while many people share Frederick Douglass' famous #4thOfJuly speech, too few seem to grasp what was motivating it: Hope. Douglass didn't intend to merely praise America, but he didn't mean to merely lambast it either.

Frederick Douglass didn't hate America, and neither should you

Every year on Independence Day, activists across the political spectrum share Douglass' 4th of July speech, and I fear too few of them truly grasp its content.

news.fairforall.org

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@StrangelEdweird

3 years

This is an unfathomable and frankly flabbergasting level of gaslighting and performative obtuseness. I'm actually impressed. I had no clue this was possible.

Cenk Uygur

@cenkuygur

3 years

Dear white people: You did not do slavery, you did not do Jim Crow and you are not a Confederate General. So, why are you taking it personally? People not connected to those evils of the past do not feel a need to defend them. You reveal yourselves when you think it's about you.

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@StrangelEdweird

2 years

Just listened to this, and despite my strong disagreements with many people Rogan has on his show, I find his statements here unimpeachable.

Joe Rogan

@joerogan

2 years

My thoughts on the controversy with @spotify

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3 years

"You can’t endorse spasms of directionless violence and then complain when some of it plays out in a way that you hadn’t intended. This seems totally obvious to me, and yet so many out there want to both condone riots and condemn their chaotic outcomes."

When You Condone Chaos, You Condone the Consequences of Chaos

it's our old friend, the inevitable consequences of our own beliefs

freddiedeboer.substack.com

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9 months

FOR SHAME

Fat Bottomed Girls cut from Queen’s greatest hits to appease younger audience

Suggestive 1978 hit single considered by Universal Music Group to be too raunchy

www.telegraph.co.uk

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2 years

"There have been nearly 3000 Gods so far but only yours actually exists. The others are silly made up nonsense. But not yours. Yours is real." @rickygervais

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

Every flight I’ve ever been on, we land and the Fasten Seat Belt light turns off, everyone starts scrambling to grab their shit and get ready to…stand in the aisle for ten minutes before the door opens.

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@StrangelEdweird

3 years

@hakeemjefferson Imagine if a group of people decided to label some of the worst human behavior and ideas imaginable “Hakeeming.” They tell you it’s not about the name Hakeem, but of course people named Hakeem are particularly susceptible. Imagine how people might misuse or misinterpret that.

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Angel Eduardo

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1 year

Amazing how The Twitter Files confirm everything everybody already thought, no matter what it is they already thought.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

Everyone thinks #MLK would be on their side. Too few of us ask ourselves, "What about my rhetoric, methods, and ideas toward my opponents might Dr. King implore me to change?" Instead of playing political football, maybe we should each spend #MLKDay answering that question.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

I can't believe it needs to be said that individual Russian people should not be made avatars of, or held responsible for, the actions of the Russian government...but it does?

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Angel Eduardo

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1 year

“To advocate for color-blindness is not to pretend you don’t notice color. It is to endorse a principle: we should strive to treat people without regard to race, in our public policy and our private lives.” 🔥 by ⁦ @coldxman ⁩ for ⁦ @TheFP ⁩.

Actually, Color Blindness Isn’t Racist

Why have today’s most celebrated intellectuals ignored the historical record to recast it as a reactionary idea? Coleman Hughes explains.

www.thefp.com

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

To the anti-racist with a hammer, every problem looks like white supremacy. - Twitter Proverb

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@StrangelEdweird

1 year

Linguistic Parasitism [ling-wiss-tick • para-sit-ism] noun Infusing a word or phrase with new meaning while taking advantage of its commonly understood meaning to illicit the desired response. E.g.: “Racism,” “Nazi,” “Groomer,” “Pornography,” “Diversity,” etc.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

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@billburr Next time Nia brings up the double standard, show her this. http://t.co/FHHkmMByFd

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

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Dear “white people,” No, we don’t.

❤️ Umair

@umairh

3 years

"Dear white people: we minorities live in fear of you. In a certain kind of terror, in fact. A fear that follows us everywhere, and watches our every word, action, and expression."

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

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The idea of categorizing entire groups of people as "yellow" or "black" or "brown" or even "white" is disgusting and dehumanizing, and rather than dismantle these frameworks—as the enterprise of social justice was ostensibly created to do—it merely inverts and reifies them.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

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Congrats and cheers to Mr. Kendi. Cancer is horrible. I don't care who you are or how much we disagree, we are human beings first and I'm very glad to hear he's survived this ordeal.

Ibram X. Kendi

@ibramxk

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In 2018, I was diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer. Only 14 percent of people receiving my diagnosis are likely to be alive five years later. Today, I can officially say I am a cancer survivor. 1/3

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

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Dancing on someone’s grave is always shitty. If the departed had few (or no) redeeming qualities, delighting in their death puts you on their level. If they were generally decent but flawed, or misguided about this or that, your behavior puts you beneath them. 7 feet under.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

1 year

Beware of anyone who tells you that all our problems stem from a single source—especially if that source is a particular group of people we should fight and hate. People who do that are the reason we're in this mess. They're out to destroy America and they need to be stopped.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

4 years

@thomaschattwill I’ve noticed that people who have actually been through serious shit recognize that there is no real currency in remaining a victim. The true value is in overcoming.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

More like the ANTI-DEFINITION LEAGUE, am I right?

Malibu Stacy

@CentristStacy

2 years

Apparently the ADL has cycled through three definitions of "racism" on its website recently, and the current definition is listed as an "interim definition." This is seriously like a Monty Python sketch.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

1 year

STOP FUCKING CENSORING BOOKS

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

@thomaschattwill

The American Dream is Real. I'm Living Proof | Center for Inquiry

No amount of study or assimilation or Japanophilia will ever make you Japanese—but one idea can make you American. That is the power of ideas and the boundless potential of a nation founded upon...

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

2 years

Shots fired.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

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@Viata1364 Your opinion wasn’t asked for either, and yet here you are. I’m very happy for Dolly and Beyoncé. I’m glad they’re happy with it. That has no bearing on my own opinion, which I’m just as free to have as you are. Have a lovely evening!

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

3 years

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion doesn’t need to Divide, Essentialize, and Instigate.

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Angel Eduardo

@StrangelEdweird

4 years

@wholesomeNYY @jjax3 @meganonealll @beeeaanz Twitter should give out some kind of badge for productive and non-hostile exchanges like this one. Since they don't, I give you an A+ myself (even though it's pretty much worthless)!

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