Message from @picnicnapkin

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2018-08-02 18:16:11 UTC  

I actually think we should just take it at face value.

2018-08-02 18:17:29 UTC  

I don't think it IS our place to try to demand that they fire her, or anything of the sort.

2018-08-02 18:17:55 UTC  

It IS perfectly within our realm to discredit NYT and any reports that we find issue with.

2018-08-02 18:18:37 UTC  

Oh it's less about who they fire and more about them being consistent

2018-08-02 18:19:01 UTC  

Leftists gonna leftist. Leave Alinskyism to the guys who already have their hands dirty.

2018-08-02 18:19:09 UTC  

If NYT would fire a Richard Spencer, it shouldn't matter if they get an Asian equivalent. And they should be mocked for not sticking to it

2018-08-02 18:19:33 UTC  

Sure, that's valid.

2018-08-02 18:21:19 UTC  

But there's a difference in tactics between criticizing them to everyone else and directing the criticism at them expecting a change.

2018-08-02 18:21:40 UTC  

If they're going to behave like a joke, make them a joke. Make sure more people see it.

2018-08-02 18:22:04 UTC  

Another good way of putting it, don't interrupt your enemy when they make a mistake.

2018-08-02 18:22:42 UTC  

If you don't like the NYT or WaPo, as I don't, let them become more extreme.

2018-08-02 18:23:49 UTC  

Alinsky tactics does involve them becoming more extreme, provided they don't give up

2018-08-02 18:28:02 UTC  

NYT will hire racists as long as they are their kind of racists.

2018-08-02 18:30:46 UTC  

I'm coming of the stance you have to be hard on these kinds of things. We say what happened when *The Atlantic* tried to hire Kevin Williamson with the endorsement of Ta Nesti Coates no less.

I'm coming to think it may be the only way to really force the issue to a truce.

2018-08-02 18:32:34 UTC  

Underrated story.

https://www.weeklystandard.com/alice-b-lloyd/why-colleges-are-sticking-with-obama-era-title-ix-guidance

Everything you need to know is in the title. The DoE has rescinded the Title IX sexual assault guidance and the higher ed sector has essentially basically pledged over the last year to keep the Title IX procedures they developed for sexual assault. #Resist.

2018-08-02 18:33:20 UTC  

The survey the article is written on: http://www.abajournal.com/files/APCO_Title_IX_survey.pdf

2018-08-02 18:33:25 UTC  

^ more reliable.

2018-08-02 18:40:26 UTC  

I don't particularly care that the NYT hires racist writers. They should be able to hire whoever they want. It just discredits them even further

2018-08-02 18:44:21 UTC  

depends of what her job is. if she is just writing... maybe don't give her articles that involve certain people...

2018-08-02 19:05:03 UTC  

she's an editor. she reads other peoples writing and decides what stays in or goes out.

It's a step above a mere writer.

2018-08-02 19:07:47 UTC  

the line from NYT and herself was that she made these tweets in a trolling fashion (against people who were harassing her) and that she didn't mean it

2018-08-02 19:08:06 UTC  

believable / not believable?

2018-08-02 19:08:07 UTC  

Yeah, that's what I get from it too.

2018-08-02 19:08:34 UTC  

i agree that context matters, but when its someone the left doesnt like, context doesnt always apply. seems like a bit of a double standard

2018-08-02 19:09:49 UTC  

But as someone who holds the principle that context is important, do you think that sacrificing your principles to get a desired effect is good?

2018-08-02 19:09:57 UTC  

poor acosta

2018-08-02 19:10:41 UTC  

I see it as witting hypocrisy.

2018-08-02 19:11:02 UTC  

generally i would say no, one should avoid sacrificing their principles unless the circumstances are extreme

2018-08-02 19:11:10 UTC  

this i wouldnt count as extreme

2018-08-02 19:11:42 UTC  

I mean, there are plenty of right-leaning individuals willing to resort to Alinksy tactics.

2018-08-02 19:12:03 UTC  

I'm sort of okay with that, especially since they're people I don't associate myself with

2018-08-02 19:12:12 UTC  

link to alinsky explanation? not familiar

2018-08-02 19:12:13 UTC  

Alinsky isn't a bogeyman

2018-08-02 19:13:08 UTC  

Saul Alinsky?

2018-08-02 19:13:13 UTC  

Saul Alinsky is a socialist writer, and author of the book Rules for Radicals

2018-08-02 19:13:14 UTC  

Yes

2018-08-02 19:13:55 UTC  

It's not possible to win anymore without such tactics.

2018-08-02 19:14:07 UTC  

A lot of people treat it as some sort of cursed book. It's really mundane, but offers decent advice about changing the status quo

2018-08-02 19:14:19 UTC  

So you can either choose to use them and compete, or retain the moral high ground and lose.

2018-08-02 19:14:24 UTC  

Rules for Radicals is overrated imo.