So this is an interesting thread on leaving Twitter, Black Twitter, and #racism.
@LiberalLibrarian
Oh boy. Strongly disagree with Tim Wise. Holy hell.
Twitter isn’t America. It’s a privately owned entity. Owned by a mothereffin’ boy monster that may boot you out on a whim.
How can smart people get this so wrong?
They see the fight for human dignity, human rights, as the same fight to keep a Hell Scape alive & profitable?
I read it as-
“The warden gives me a bullhorn and yard access so I can inform other prisoners just how awful they are.”
…but the gate is unlocked
@Anouk @LiberalLibrarian I can't see the link right now as I block off most social media for part of the workday, but I'll comment anyway. I have found that cishet white men, even those we might otherwise like and admire, simply do not understand how awful and toxic Twitter has been toward the rest of us and how many of us were already at our breaking point with it.
@CheekyGinger @Anouk @LiberalLibrarian
People who have a stake in the Bird, like a large follower base, are reluctant to give it up, and are far too apt to equate their personal good with the public good.
@DavidSalo @CheekyGinger @Anouk @LiberalLibrarian I understand that entirely. It's a huge investment of personal time that is banked in it and one assumes that in the tens thousands of posts one has contributed thoughts of value: for historic record, for the benefit of any who may still view or review them etc..