Host of @TheDiscourseLab. USAF Veteran. @ColumbiaGS ‘25. I occasionally write about whatever’s on my mind on my Substack, "Allow Me to Elaborate."
Joined April 2020
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Clayton Smith retweeted
Glad @collegiatenet featured this episode. The vitriol Nikos and Christina faced for their article was absurd!
CU Sundialers Nikos Mohammadi and Christina Ma appeared on @TheDiscourseLab following their article on the Cornell 7, which has received international attention.
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Clayton Smith retweeted
That reporting relies on the “testimony” of disgruntled former staff members, many of whom have been subjected to tremendous peer pressure, and who are promoting misunderstandings — at best.
The Sundial managing board has done nothing wrong, and there will be no apology.
Independent magazines and newspapers on campus have an interesting and often controversial history. Here's @columbia with @Sundial_CU, courtesy of @ColumbiaSpec.
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Clayton Smith retweeted
The @Sundial_CU managing board makes all final editorial decisions. Nothing wrong was done, and there will be no apology.
Spectator’s reporting today relies on disgruntled former staff members, many of whom are under tremendous peer pressure, promoting misunderstandings at best.
Clayton Smith retweeted
Time and time again, the people have Iran have shown the world what courage looks like. The younger generations are going to continue that tradition.
#iran #courage #freedom #podcast #womanlifefreedom
Clayton Smith retweeted
Ambiguity and uncertainty are built into Iran's hijab laws intentionally. The point is to make women constantly afraid, so they fall in line.
#womanlifefreedom♥️🇮🇷✊🏻 #fear #iran #feminism #podcast
Clayton Smith retweeted
New episode with Yasmin Pacella out now!
Tune in to hear Yasmin's journey from Tehran's theater scene, to getting a PhD at The University of Miami, to working on her own neo-noir short film.
#iran #womanlifefreedom♥️🇮🇷✊🏻 #acting #art #podcast
From my recent guest article in @Sundial_CU.
The only way for CODA to get on the right track is for more courageous, more principled students to take the lead.
Clayton Smith retweeted
ICYMI, Clayton Smith — former @Sundial_CU senior editor and founder of the Columbia Open Discourse Alliance — on the sad evolution of his brainchild. It’s now an organization that condemns, ehem, yours truly, for perpetuating “rape culture.”
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Clayton Smith retweeted
How can America develop a healthier sexual culture? Do you think Nikos is on the right track?
#relationships #depravity #abstinence #podcast #hookupculture
And CODA was *supposed to be* the organization that facilitated those debates.
College is *supposed to be* a place where students debate controversial topics.
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Clayton Smith retweeted
Awesome to have Clay back in our pages.
On how the Columbia “Open Discourse” Alliance, which he founded, has betrayed its mission in condemning me and @Christina_ma4’s recent @Sundial_CU essay on the “Cornell 7” for “promot[ing] rape culture” & “work[ing] to silence survivors.”
My friends at @Sundial_CU invited me to write a guest essay about how The Columbia Open Discourse Alliance (CODA) has fallen well short of it's founding principles. (I should know, I founded it!).
sundial-cu.org/p/i-founded-c…
Clayton Smith retweeted
For many people, when they say “believe women” they mean “take everything women say on the subject of SA as gospel truth or we will crush your nuts with a brick”
Clayton Smith retweeted
I really hope to see more young men stand up for what they believe in.
It’s a mark of true masculinity to remain steadfast in one’s convictions. We must lead by example!
I have the utmost respect for @Nikos_Mohammadi for doing this with me.
"A lot of very left-leaning young women date very right-wing guys. I think its that... confidence and that conviction in their beliefs that makes a man masculine and attractive."
#conservative #liberal #dating #masculinity #podcast
Clayton Smith retweeted
I Founded CODA. It Has Betrayed Its Mission.
Former Sundial staff editor Clayton Smith returns to argue that the Columbia Open Discourse Alliance, which he founded, has abdicated its mission in condemning a recent Sundial essay on the “Cornell Seven.”
Link in comments.
My friends at @Sundial_CU invited me to write a guest essay about how The Columbia Open Discourse Alliance (CODA) has fallen well short of it's founding principles. (I should know, I founded it!).
sundial-cu.org/p/i-founded-c…
Clayton Smith retweeted
Do you go around demanding every single business in your town spell out how they benefit the community? Data centers spend money, employ people, and pay taxes (lots of taxes) just like any other business. Data center startups should be applauded, not relentlessly interrogated.
I read the article twice and still don't understand what the benefit is for the community.
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Clayton Smith retweeted
"A lot of very left-leaning young women date very right-wing guys. I think its that... confidence and that conviction in their beliefs that makes a man masculine and attractive."
#conservative #liberal #dating #masculinity #podcast
Clayton Smith retweeted
You come on the pod, then you get featured in the @WSJ. It’s called the TDL bump. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
.@WSJ reports on our essay on the “Cornell 7,” and the ensuing backlash at Columbia.
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.@WSJ reports on our essay on the “Cornell 7,” and the ensuing backlash at Columbia.
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