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As a Christian, one of the things I find hardest about this new incarnation of Twitter is that it seems to bring out the worst in us as Christians. A big reason for this is tied to the concept of "freedom of speech." 🧵
Tom Bacon
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Tom Bacon
@TomABacon
A lifelong fan of superhero comics and films, with a love of in-depth analysis! You can now check out my writing at ComicBook.com.
- As a Brit, I've been watching the American election results with sorrow for my American friends. Some are comparing it to the Brexit vote here, imagining if we'd voted for Brexit twice. But here's the thing... in a sense, we did. And here are some lessons from it. 🧵
- For days, I've wondered why the PM was so slow to call in the army to deal with these riots. Today, I've come to understand why; he knows what the far right is attempting to do. 🧵
- Elon Musk is a fascinatingly odd character. He's set himself on a collision course with the U.K. government, I think because he genuinely believes he's bigger than a country's democratically elected government. 🧵
- No, @OliverDowden, there's nothing undemocratic about political parties cooperating. Remember 2010, when Cameron entered into a coalition govt? Or 2017, when Theresa May needed the DUP to stay in power? Or 2019, when Johnson struck a deal with Farage?
- In case you're wondering about the weird hysteria gripping the British right at the moment: -->The Labour government has yet to pass a single piece of legislation, because Parliament is in recess -->The sentencing guidelines for rioters haven't been changed since the election
- Replying to @TomABacon and @elonmuskTwitter is an international platform. The law in one country is different to the law in another; indeed, the will of the people in one country is different to the will of the people in another. I strongly suspect you're going to wind up regretting this acquisition.
- So, I've just spent a bit of time looking into the debate on IHT and farming. I... got a shock. First, a note: I have a friend who runs a family farm. In his view, the whole thing is a something and nothing. 🧵
- Replying to @elonmuskThere are several problems with your argument, I'm afraid. Firstly, political processes take time, and the technology of social media is always changing and adapting - meaning the law is playing catch-up, and the will of the people is usually ahead of it. Secondly... which law?
- If you're going to understand Donald Trump's economic and industrial policy, I think there's one word you have to get: Grievance. 🧵
- Replying to @TomABaconStarmer, however, is keen to tell a different story: of a minority of thugs who are causing criminal damage, and who wind up in prison, paying the price for their criminality. It helps, of course, that his story is true. /3
- Replying to @TomABaconI don't envy the PM right now. I don't even know if his choices are right. But I think I'm beginning to get it. I pray for him to have wisdom, and to be making the right calls. /end
- Replying to @OliverDowdenHeh. Nice try, but everybody remembers the deal between the Conservatives and Nigel Farage in the 2019 election. If you consider this undemocratic, then what does that make the majority your party won back then?
- Replying to @TomABaconStarmer knows there are outsiders desperate to bolster the lie - people like Elon Musk, who prattle on about civil war. We fool ourselves into thinking Musk doesn't know what he's talking about, but he does. He wants to push the lie. /4