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I wrote a year-end reflection on how @Adaripp and Black Panther transcended our toxic tribalism and my personal journey to understanding the life-affirming side to identity politics. playboy.com/read/black-pan…
"As we look back on 2018, it is easy to decry “identity politics” and lament our fractured culture and decide every part of it needs to be thrown by the wayside. But that’s not possible. We can’t wish away what is hardwired into us." playboy.com/read/black-pan…
"The deep-seated urge to root (or vote) for someone who looks like you, or went to your school, or believes in your God, or salutes the same flag, is never going away." So we must figure out how to channel it for good. playboy.com/read/black-pan…
And yes I did write about mending our culture rift for @Playboy, a periodical that I can honestly say I've been reading for the articles since I had to fake like I enjoyed the pictures in 1999. playboy.com/read/black-pan…
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“let everyone participate, good & bad” sounds nice & is getting some praise among conservative pundits but...

Reality is social media platforms w/o moderation would be unbearable wastelands of spam, scams, porn, bullying & targeted harassment. Oh and nazis. It’s not viable . 1/
Unmoderated social media is also not commercially viable. Look at how Craigslist tanked because of it.

These are corporations with a duty to their shareholders. They can’t let people leave bc of harassment and scams in service of some utopian speech ideal. 2/
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Yes I’m sure a government tribunal of unelected bureaucrats will really bring about a free speech utopia! 3/
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I’m sorry I said you were treasonous what I meant was that you are too stupid to know you were being treasonous. Please accept my apology.
“Is it too late Don to say sorry/cause I’m missing more than just your body/Ya I know that I let you down/Is it too late to say it’s Manafort now”
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@ScottPresler I'm with U, man. U can't ignore any voter be it black or white. But path 2 victory in 2020 is 2 solidify white vote & get single white college ed women 2 vote @GOP in larger numbers as well as "suburban GOP white voters"

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So, I've waded through the Evangelical Alliance's new pastoral "guidelines" for interacting with trans people (ughh, the things I do to expose #transphobic #ciswits to the world), and let's just say it's time to tear this particular sh*t-bag a new hole.

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“Identity politics” is a term largely indicative of a great deal of unseriousness.
When many people use the term “identity politics” they are assuming that issues that matter to them are just “politics,” but the issues that matter to people not like them are “identity politics.”
“This issue matters to this specific swath of people in a specific swath of the country!” Son, that’s identity politics.
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#10YearsOfLostInTheMovies begins right now - a 100-day trip through my archive leading to July 16, 2018, the 10th anniversary of my site. I will share 10 posts each day, moving chronologically from 2008 to the present. Hope this provides an interesting way to explore my work.
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