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EiC @AmReformer | Dir. Scholarly Initiatives @Hale_Institute @NewSaintAndrews | alum @RutgersLaw @WestminsterTS | fellow @CraigCenter1643 | op-eds @WNGdotorg
Oct 24, 2021 14 tweets 3 min read
“When the Christian faith is politicized, churches become repositories not of grace but of grievances, places where tribal identities are reinforced”

1) the latter 2 clauses is what many demonized here would say they’re combating (ie woke stuff)
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… 2) idk what politicization means at this pt; in one respect Christianity is inherently political 🤷
3) was waiting for the sociologist to weigh in. Didn’t disappoint
4) Also was waiting for this boilerplate line: “Then came Donald Trump.”
Oct 23, 2021 17 tweets 5 min read
Prob poor form to insist on disagreement where my interlocutor @josh_hammer finds none but for the sake of clarity, here goes:
🧵 First, tbc, we agree on the aim, the substantive ends in view. The question, as Josh rightly pts out, is one of structure/federalism vis a vis original pub meaning/intent/function
Jun 25, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
A very important point re CRT’s insulation from early critique: Yep. We see this now, no?
Jun 23, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
“Criticizing classical music as ‘white supremacist’ is a *super* fringe view. Stop freaking out! No one is talking about that!”

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newyorker.com/magazine/2020/… nytimes.com/2021/02/14/art…
Mar 14, 2020 34 tweets 11 min read
#Thread If you thought “critical social justice” (as @ConceptualJames calls it) was going to take a break during (or better yet, become a fatality of) the #coronavirus #COVIDー19 outbreak, think again: At @Independent after arguing that gender specific vaccines are needed, the author expresses skepticism that this will happen because,

“To date, our understanding of health has developed through a male lens, based on studies of men, carried out by men.”independent.co.uk/voices/coronav…
May 1, 2019 27 tweets 8 min read
Per the thread last night on @joecarter 's article, for the sake of centralization/ease of access, this thread will compile the references to "cultural Marxism" from Marxist or Critical Theorists (or credible historians) in academic sources The goal is not to rub salt in the wounds or "win" the argument but simply consolidate the sources I've mentioned in @joecarter 's thread and @DennyBurk 's thread for the sake of clarity of discussion