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13 May, 5 tweets, 1 min read
People don't seem to understand that you can AND SHOULD stand with innocents under fire no matter what you think of their government.
And if you're going to respond to this by posting a video of something you're mad at the IDF for doing, YOU are the problem
And if you're going to respond to this by talking about how Hamas deserves it YOU are the problem
I don't give a shit what you think of Bibi, of the IDF, of zionism. Israeli civilians are under fire. Israeli children are dying. Shut the fuck up and stand with them
I don't give a shit what you think of hamas, of Palestinian claims, of terrorism. Palestinian civilians are under fire. Palestinian children are dying. Shut the fuck up and stand with them

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28 Apr
So let's talk about this Idaho law, because this is not at all a fair description of it. Not even in the stretchiest sense.

In fact, the law is ... not terrible. It won't actually do what it's intended to do (bar schools from exploring & teaching critical race theory). Read it
Here's the full text, it's really short
Note: Nothing in there, AT ALL, about "no teaching that past racism or sexism is responsible for anything"

Let's take it section by section
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13 Apr
Did Chauvin's defense attorney just elicit testimony from his own expert that a suspect who is prone and face down on the ground is LESS of a threat than in any other position?
Claims keeping him on the ground is "not a use of force" and was just "keeping him under control" ... holy shit.
Backed away from this on cross as though shot out of a cannon: If Floyd was feeling pain as a result of it, then it's a use of force
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24 Mar
He does.

But there's also a whole history of women being believed when they falsely accuse Black men of misconduct that also exists, and needs to be reckoned with as well. Bottom line - let the process play out. But it does not look good for him.
When the first accusation came out, I suggested people ought to hold their opinions for more info. With the sheer number of accusations, in similar situations, and with at least some corroborating details of him actually communicating with them ... I lean toward "it's true"
I mean, it's either that or Watson has the remarkable bad luck of having randomly selected evil people willing to lie about him for money as his non-team-provided masseurs. Which would be weird. So my #Jets should stay away. But ...
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23 Mar
It's worth unpacking *EXACTLY* how screwed up Beinart's perspective here is.

He is a proponent of a "one state solution" - the end of Israel as a Jewish state. 1
He was invited to give a talk in a lecture series typically sponsored by the local Jewish federation and other strong supporters of the 2 state solution. Without notice to those entities, VCU simply listed them as sponsors. Of a talk whose views they oppose. 2
Unsurprisingly, they reached out to VCU and said "we don't support this person's views and don't want to be associated with them. We won't be sponsoring his speech unless a contrary view is presented. Take us off the list." 3
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17 Mar
Thoughts on this Deshaun Watson news:

1) there are competing historical injustices betting evoked here - women's accusations betting dismissed out of hand, and women's accusations against Black men being accepted without question. Don't fall into either of those categories
2) If true, this would be VASTLY out of Watson's publicly known character. So what? Pretty sure almost none of you following me know him personally, and even if we did, too many people have secrets for that to mean anything beyond "it would be really disappointing if true"
3) none of us have any obligation at all to have an opinion on this, especially not until the details are known. Not one way or the other. If you're leaping to crucify him, what's wrong with you? To absolve him, same deal.
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11 Mar
Republican legislatures are passing doomed and unconstitutional "anti-censorship" legislation aimed at banning social media companies from prohibiting Nazis or advocates for lowering the age of consent to 7 from posting on their sites. Idaho is the latest

legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/upl…
Republicans, to literal Nazis: "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help"
Republicans: such assholes we're afraid nobody will listen to us unless the government forces them to
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