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Angus Johnston @studentactivism
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Jordan Peterson looks at the sexual liberation of the last half century and sees failure and decline.
Imagine being nostalgic for the sexual repression and trauma and coercion of the 1950s.
Imagine saying so out loud.
God, get another couple of drinks in me and I will yell at you for hours about this pernicious preening doofus and his asinine myopic misconceptions of human sociality.
But now I'm going to go have dinner with my family.
Instead of yammering about Jordan Peterson I spent the evening watching Wait Until Dark with my dad, kids, and niece. Evil Alan Arkin > Evil Canadian Kermit.
The best way to watch Wait Until Dark is with a group of teen/tween girls, by the way. They alternate between shrieking in terror and screaming about what a butthead Audrey Hepburn's husband is. It's delicious.
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One more thing on youth voting: There are a lot of folks in my mentions saying kids aren’t cognitively developed enough to vote. But it’s not clear to me what that means.
At 12, the typical kid is more than able to meet baseline standards for voting—understanding what an election is, learning about candidates, managing the act of voting.
When we bar kids from making choices they’re not mature enough to make, it’s generally because we’re worried that they’ll do harm to themselves or others if allowed to choose.
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Just saw something on my feed that reminded me to remind you that if you’re a NYC (or vicinity) high school or middle school teacher and you’d like me to come talk to your students, all you have to do is say so and I’ll be there.
I've spoken with NYC middle school students about the history of youth activism, how they can make change themselves, whether we should lower the voting age—all sorts of stuff. And the conversations are always really lively.
And because it's so much fun, and because it's a subway ride away, and because I know that y'all don't have budgets for this stuff, I'm happy to do it for free. So shoot me a message if you want to set it up.
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Politico says Dems we’re “livid,” but quotes critics saying the comment was “not helpful” and not language I would use,” and saying “people should cool their jets.” “Livid” is a laughable overstatement.
No congressional Dem is going to praise that quote, but I’m not seeing anyone willing to criticize it in any but the most anodyne terms. If you’re going to do a reaction piece, that’s your story: “Dems shrug off Tlaib’s remarks.”
In addition to not being a lie, a “Dems to Tlaib: ‘Meh’” piece has the virtue of being at least vaguely counterintuitive.
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In 1981, the year Ronald Reagan became America's 40th President, 44.3 percent of the world lived in extreme poverty (i.e., less than $1.90 per person per day). Last year, it was 9.6 percent. That's a decline of 78 percent.
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Huge battle is coming.
The first target of the campaign against opponents will probably be the el #Lajat plateau , which threatens the supply line to the #SAA controlled #Dara city.
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So this Kanye story is about #housingsegregationineverything.
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There is no racial group as partisan as Black folks are in national elections; they/we are deeply Democratic.

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