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Clay Shirky opposes acts of political principle and conscience – except when they support Trump
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Clay Shirky opposes acts of political principle and conscience – except when they support Trump

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Carl Beijer
Oct 17, 2016
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A while back, Clay Shirky wrote a piece arguing that There’s No Such Thing As A Protest Vote, where he rehearsed the familiar liberal argument that we should judge protest voting based on its practical outcomes – not on abstract principles or appeals to conscience:

People who believe in protest votes do so because they confuse sending a message with rece…

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