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9 Sep, 3 tweets, 1 min read
Loomis seems to revel in the notion that such lives are now inconsequential and can be taken for purely tactical reason. It is the liberating element decoupling from the confines of morality: Loomis and others can assume a license for violence, even murder.jonathanturley.org/2020/09/09/i-s…
...Loomis insisted that any problem in gunning down right-wing counterprotesters was tactical not moral.There are Rhode Island students who Loomis would also declare “fascists.” Their lives would be equally fungible and worthless under this view.
...Professor Loomis has now responded and I have added it to the blog column. Loomis continues his signature style of hurling insults rather than addressing the underlying issues addressed in the blog.

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