Comments on: Today’s blacklisted American: Liberal fired for posting stupid tweet

By: Edward

Edward — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 17:12:59 +0000

Chemist wrote: “What he wrote was a call to violence.”

That conditional “If” clinches it. There is no possibility that Wilkinson was pointing out that a lack of violence proves that BiteMe* is not a unifier after all, but is most definitely telling BiteMe* supporters to run out and wreak havoc across the nation, maybe even setting fire to court houses in Oregon, or something.

How does that song go? Something like “A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.”

By: Archibald Tuttle

Archibald Tuttle — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:20:21 +0000

@chemist I must disagree. It was fine satire if poor taste. I have great sympathy for those who felt undermined in this election, but that is how stuff happens in a rough and tumble close call. As Wilkinson fairly implies, the worst amongst them to lived down to Hilary Clinton’s label.

No, that doesn’t impeach(sorry) the other 70 million, but realistically it will subject them to various ribald memes. And pretending that such cynicism is serious is the kind of exaggerated absurdity where dissent from critical race theory brings out these kind of remarks e.g., “they’re going to put y’all back in chains”.

This is perhaps in better taste and actually the same humorous spirit that Wilkinson reduced to an edgier 52 characters :

“The Packers actually won the game against Tampa Bay!

But their victory was stolen from them. I demand a recount of the points scored — several times. There were too many errors that can’t be ignored.

The game was “rigged” and “fixed.” I’m going to ask the courts to change the final score. If they won’t, I’m asking the NFL commissioner to “find” more points for the Packers. Clearly the refs, announcers, fans and even cheerleaders are guilty of “collusion.”

https://madison.com/wsj/opinion/letters/overturn-tampa-bays-fake-win—-roger-johnson/article_21b91a30-c6f8-544b-9227-2407a88b02ef.html

although this sendup of claims of election irregularity tells more than it means to. A game turning on a close call leaves a bad taste. That doesn’t authorize a breakdown in civil norms except maybe after a soccer game across the pond.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfc-championship-2021-aaron-rodgers-says-late-game-dpi-penalty-in-loss-to-bucs-was-a-bad-call/

By: BSinSC

BSinSC — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:38:47 +0000

The left had been getting away with “it was a joke” for a long time and then twit began to censor “jokes” or even TRUTHS by others so when a leftist made his “joke” (that wasn’t really a joke!) and was called out by a significant number of others they had to make a move! This would NOT establish a precedent since twit has already shown it doesn’t matter who you are as long as you twit the left’s spew! The “Thing” tank had to fire him but I bet he resurfaces in another one just as liberal and anti-American!

By: Chemist

Chemist — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 14:46:07 +0000

Honestly, I’m having trouble dredging up any sympathy for poor Wilkinson.
What he wrote was a call to violence.
Every time a liberal gets caught showing their true, violent, colors – they claim “It was satire” or “Taken out of context”. And most of the time it works – they get a pass.
This time it didn’t and poor Wilkinson will have to find another company to pay him to write bad things about conservatives and republicans. I doubt he’ll be unemployed for long.

FWIW, I agree with Mr. Zimmerman – Twitter is a cesspool. It is best to be avoided.

By: Craken

Craken — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 13:56:20 +0000

Twitter is a self-revelation threat to most people. Only intelligent, disciplined people avoid self-harm-through-self-revelation on that platform. Intelligence is not enough. I remember a law prof back in March who was explaining that <500 people would die of Covid in America. Obviously, when he hears numbers, it's Greek to him. Self-revelation-through-no-self-awareness?
Examples who avoid this fate and offer value within their domains: Michael Pettis, Emil Kirkegaard, Robin Hanson, and the creative Zero HP Lovecraft

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:35:40 +0000

“What this story teaches more than anything is the wisdom of staying off Twitter. Its format encourages short, brainless, and snarky rudeness with little thought or content. ”

And I thought it was Trump..it was Twitter all along.

Push back deserved, but w/o emotion it should turn into a conversation.