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#OKSoLetsTalkAbout debate, the #MarketplaceOfIdeas, why offering a platform to #Nazis is #NeverTheMove, why someone at The @NewYorker should be fired and all that. (1/)
Let’s start by talking about what debate – real, honest-to-Gods-debate – even is. (2/)
In debate, one starts with a debatable topic: a proposition that can be resolved for or against. Something on which reasonable people disagree. (3/)
1. I don’t think Ezra Klein’s advice to #NeverTweet is particularly helpful, so here’s some advice for how to lessen the chances your tweets will be taken out of context. Remember that communication is a two-way street.
2. You REALLY shouldn’t feed the trolls, but if you do, make sure you screenshot & archive their tweet via archive.is so there’s a record of what exactly you’re responding to. Include the screenshot & archive.is link when you respond.
3. Learn to thread properly. If your thoughts are part of a thread, don’t tweet them individually.
- Reply to each tweet consecutively (Don’t reply only to the first tweet. I made this mistake in the beginning).
- Number your tweets
- Reply to each tweet consecutively (Don’t reply only to the first tweet. I made this mistake in the beginning).
- Number your tweets
Benefits of having three kids #1:
Absolutely noone (family & others) gives unprompted parenting advice anymore (probably because they gave up).
Absolutely noone (family & others) gives unprompted parenting advice anymore (probably because they gave up).
Benefits of having three kids #2:
Being able to say (in theory) things like: “well, *some* of my kids play Golf”
Being able to say (in theory) things like: “well, *some* of my kids play Golf”
Benefits of having three kids #3:
Being able to switch from man to zone defense at home.
Being able to switch from man to zone defense at home.
