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Violence....lies....fraud.....the aMAGAcan way

Second 'We Build The Wall' fraud trial ends in conviction

 

Social media is a net negative on society. The internet's been around a while. We didn't have this proliferation of nutjobs until social media exploded.

 

Agreed. By way of example, I often bring up a really good friend of mine. He was more right wing and very pro-Rush and O’Reilly. But you could have a conversation with him and find some common ground. Those days got less and less frequent and by 2020, he was a raving loon. Everything was pedophiles and stolen elections and Hunter Biden. I blocked him on social media but others in our group sometimes screenshot for me what he says. If he was at January 6th, I wouldn’t have been shocked.

 

I’ve been trying (though not with 100 percent consistency) not to click on tweets since Cartoon Villain Billionaire Guy closed the deal on Twitter. I have no illusion my act will turn the moral tide; just a personal decision.

Shit is hard to quit. It really is a compact way to summarize an event in a way other than what comes across an AP wire feed. Already I know there are good sized chunks of the conversation on this thread I’m missing.

 

It's still invaluable as a news feed. I don't tweet that often anyway.

 

Look in the mirror....

'Vicious, biased': Trump assails judge in NY fraud lawsuit

 

I haven’t sent a tweet in years, and that was mostly as part of a freelance gig. It has incredible value as a news feed, which is what makes this so infuriating. I’m hoping this whole stunt goes supernova and collapses under its own weight Ye-style but if not I can’t promise I’ll have the fortitude to stick it out. Not judging anyone who stays on there, especially for professional reasons.

 

Oh, don't kid yourself, there were plenty of nutjobs around.

 

Maybe. But not this many. And they weren't able to gather en masse, or have their message amplified. Like I said, net negative.

Having to make actual phone calls or texts to relatives and friends would be worth it for social media to have never existed in the first place.

 

Indeed. There have always been nut jobs. Before Twitter et al, they didn't have a vehicle with which to express their angst in the heat of the moment. They just yelled things at the wall or to their buddies in a bar. Now the audience can be millions thanks to a few subsequent clicks.

 

LOL. Prisoners are going to enjoy that Grade F meat and delicious Malk.