Almost a defense of Twitter
Responding to this article in today’s NYT https://nyti.ms/2SaLIzW#permid=30305697
I have over 200K Twitter followers. I am a journalist who no longer does journalism. But I recognize it as the important and skilled profession it can be.The ills which this ill-conceived article heaps on Twitter are bred by a much wider change which would require more than a comment to describe. But two related points must be made. First Twitter is what exists and is thus a battleground between those of us who are fighting for liberal, progressive views and an opposition that has every right to the same freedoms we possess. Second, Twitter will never satisfy the needs of the marginalized. I feel marginalized every day because my views are not garnering massive numbers of retweets. I am not alone. If the thousands of folk who have good values and are working for tolerance, helpfulness and democracy were at least given a fairer shake, life would improve. Even with the odds against us, we are winning massively and will win eventually where it counts, at the ballot box. I am very sad to see Twitter made a scapegoat. It is easy to do. And it is both untrue and lazy thinking.
