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If you read a textbook-style account of conflicts centering around the Protestant Reformation(s), it'll probably focus on theological disputes: justification by faith, the lay chalice, baptism, the meaning of "hoc

A note on liberal democracy and counter-majoritarianism. ☑︎ The main purpose of counter-majoritarian checks, such as veto points, is to preserve the rights of subpopulations: to guard against the 'tyranny

'Sure, he made a hash of things, but he saves us from liberal delusions' You've got to admire the single-minded devotion to rehabilitating Trump–and those who served in his administration–by

There's so much that one could say about the piece , but I have things to do and obligations to keep, so y'all only getting a short thread.ht

Have you read the @ForeignPolicy article but would like to dive further into the colorful world of Gorka's dissertation? Would you like to know more about the scholarly chops of

I hope this exchange helps those who don't grok the distinction to get it, including Matt. This is one of those areas where social identity really does produce differential experience,

1. Here’s my problem. I don’t want to be sucked into arguments with random and semi-random twitter accounts who claim to be on the left arguing about sitting 2020 out

Keeping Poe’s Law relevant, one tweet at a time.https://twitter.com/bigmeaninternet/status/1246817447509987334 Honestly I’ve read this thread like 20 times and I still can’t tell if he’s serious or not. https://twitter.com/bigmeaninternet/status/1247

The pattern of attacks on Biden that we’re seeing on leftist Twitter look very similar to those against HRC, down to spread of the #DemExit slogan & the acid-trip