It's kind of a perfect analogy, in that personal responsibility also has nothing to do with how close the nearest fire hydrant is.

@rollingstone.com Your headline should read "Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Packed an Arena...."

I mean one would think this would remain top-of-mind at all times...

Have finally discovered @michaelhobbes.bsky.social's love language and it is diss poetry

Bridgewater, NJ

His answer is horrible but seriously why does anyone ever ask him this question.

I teach critical reading/writing in first-year composition and this is a super common and surprisingly difficult-to-fix mistake. I think it's a problem with separating an "is" explanation from a "should be" argument.

This sounds so much like @michaelhobbes.bsky.social that I'm skeptical this is actually a different person

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

A true worrier. Indeed.

Oh I think it can be very persuasive. As someone who teaches writing, I think his point is that persuasion absent evidence is manipulation, not argumentation. I took his point to be that an argument can be compelling and also BS at the same time.

Yes! Should be applied to other issues as well. Good-faith efforts of all kinds are too often getting blamed for the very existence of bad-faith liars and cons.

"They're breaking the government so they can steal from it. I want the government to protect taxpayers and consumers instead" is neither a hard, nor complex, message.

It's totally fine not to be talking about the price of eggs right now.