Recently I was listening to the Embrace the Void podcast episode “Tolerate Me Bro!” about Popper’s paradox of tolerance. Hosts Aaron Rabi and GW were talking about how this paradox plays out in the context of platforming or deplatforming speakers, which is to say, the decisions that providers of platforms (talk show hosts, […]
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This morning Roxane Gay tweeted “It is interesting to note the difference in support for the kids in FL versus the kids in Black Lives Matter. I say that with full admiration for the kids in FL, to survive such a trauma and fight for everyone to be safer. But that’s also […]
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I got– and am still getting– a lot of feedback on my Facebook post of Ijeoma Oluo’s tweet about how her niece who “dumps any dude the moment he tries to make her feel less than she is in any way.” Most of it by far is from women, tagging […]
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