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27 Sep, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Immediately firing Emma Sarley was a big mistake for two reasons, 1) Video footage is unclear and often misleading, 2) Frederick Joseph is actually a known fabulist, previously involved in an Airbnb hoax involving Satanism. Yes. Let me explain. reason.com/2021/09/27/fre…
Kudos to my colleague @lizzywol for pointing this out.
The story is that Joseph previously tried to claim the property owner at the Airbnb he rented was conducting Satanist rituals, possibly sacrifices, and he was unsafe as a black man, and deserved a refund.
There was a great debunking of this by Vice's @annamerlan (Yes, that Anna Merlan—small world!) vice.com/en/article/m7j…
This is a person who has a clear record of exaggerating stories with the aim of viral victimhood fame via a racial lens. Should make everyone at least a little skeptical of his claims. reason.com/2021/09/27/fre…
And then beyond that, it's never wise to take short, often misleading viral video clips and go full cancelation over them. Have we not learned this lesson after Covington, et al?

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15 Sep
Okay, this is kind of important. The problem with AOC and the met gala wasn't the eat-the-rich dress, it's that the ruling class does not have to obey the pandemic restrictions they've forced on everyone else! reason.com/2021/09/15/met…
I understand that AOC can party with the wealthy while simultaneously advocating for higher taxes. Fine. But why does she get to do it maskless? No one else is allowed this privilege.
She said she is supporting keeping the museum open to the public. But when the public visits the museum, they are required to mask up and socially distance. 2-year-olds have to do this, AOC, Billie Eilish and Timothe Chalamet do not.
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6 Sep
I'm writing about that whole ivermectin-overdoses-crowding-hospitals thing, and boy oh boy did the media screw up with this one.
My report: reason.com/2021/09/06/ive…
A local news channel wrote a story saying ivermectin overdoses were straining Oklahoma hospitals, and then Rolling Stone, Newsweek, and others re-wrote it with no additional reporting. It was substantially wrong. Here's what happened.
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18 Aug
This has to be one of the most irresponsible New York Times articles in the paper's history. It casts doubt on booster shots, quoting an epidemiologist who says wearing masks forever is a better health intervention. reason.com/2021/08/18/cov…
Apoorva Mandavilli's pandemic articles have been among the most fear-driven and pro-restriction coverage anywhere in the media. Here she quotes an epidemiologist saying that there's not a huge need for booster shots, because why not just wear masks and avoid social gatherings?
This is ludicrous. Most normal people who are not NYT reporters or epidemiologists actually like to see faces and go to the bar! Getting a a shot once or twice a year is easier than eschewing basic human contact indefinitely.
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1 Aug
An update to this story! Not only did Muriel Bowser party maskless mere hours before the mask mandate went into effect....
She officiated a maskless wedding after it went into effect! My friend @TianaTheFirst has the story washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/dc-may…
Muriel Bowswer should resign immediately.
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20 Jul
Biden wants to get rid of Section 230 in order to force Facebook to censor more covid "misinformation." I hope this FINALLY disabuses Republicans of the notion that scrapping Section 230 would be good for conservative speech online.
reason.com/2021/07/20/fac…
I have been saying this forever. Conservatives are basically like

Step 1) Abolish Section 230
Step 2) ????
Step 3) Profit

It doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
Democrats have a much smarter approach, in a tactical sense.

Step 1) Abolish Section 230
Step 2) Increased liability forces Facebook to purge a lot more content, much of it rightwing
Step 3) Profit
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8 Jul
The Capitol Police are opening up offices in the states, and will become an intelligence gathering agency like the FBI and NSA. This is a nightmare scenario, one that civil libertarians of all stripes should oppose.
reason.com/2021/07/08/the…
Sadly, several members of the squad—including AOC—dodged the opportunity to kill House funding for this, reports @ggreenwald greenwald.substack.com/p/the-capitol-…
What happened on January 6th was an odious spectacle. We should condemn the rioters and the ex-president who encouraged them. This does not mean the Capitol Police should be transformed into yet another domestic surveillance agency. reason.com/2021/07/08/the…
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