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In all seriousness, my greatest fear is how much damage Trump could do in the event of a pandemic.
Mark
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Mark
@markofbrooklyn
“Just a kid from Brooklyn.”
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Joined March 2012
- Elon Musk’s views on free speech remind me of a story from a few decades back. Holocaust deniers began targeting college newspapers, asking the editors to publish their articles. If the editors refused, the deniers argued, they would be complicit in suppressing free speech 1/x
- Replying to @markofbrooklynMusk is as naïve as those young editors, he still doesn’t understand the difference. And, like many, he fails to appreciate the importance of gate keepers. That's what readers are paying for—quality, curated content. 5/x
- Replying to @markofbrooklynBut, of course, the editors failed to understand that while the 1st Amendment guarantees the right to express ideas without govt interference, it does not OBLIGE anyone to share those ideas in their own publishing platforms. Editors have a different job than ACLU lawyers. 4/x
- Trump’s defeat hit Newt hard. He had been expecting another four years living in Rome, on the taxpayers’ dime, while his wife continued to serve as MAGA ambassador to the Vatican.
- Replying to @markofbrooklynThe deniers deliberately selected college editors, of course, because they were easy targets: young, idealistic, inexperienced journalists brimming with dedication to free speech and doing the right thing, even if it’s unpopular. 3/x
- Replying to @markofbrooklynThe strategy worked. Some college newspapers published the articles, often accompanied by a statement that although they didn’t agree with the content, Holocaust deniers had a "constitutional right" to express their views. 2/x
- My dude, the company that manufactures Ivermectin says that it doesn’t cure Covid.You leftists try telling the families who had to bury loved ones bc Fauci said Ivermectin didn't work on Covid that he's a good guy
- Luke Bryan, four years ago, posted a message about the sanctity of voting. Now he’s endorsing a governor who is literally arresting citizens to intimidate minority voters. farcethemusic.com/2018/11/luke-b…
- Trump will regret the day he chose to fuck around with those ruthless badasses at the [checks notes] National Archives.
- Turley wrote a piece for WaPo in 2014, declaring that it was a myth that an impeachable offense must involve a violation of criminal law: washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-…
- Replying to @mtgreeneeAs I recall, you had no respect for Congress and the Office of the President when you repeatedly heckled President Biden during his SOTU address.
- GOP: “These mathematical models predicting the spread of COVID are useless!” Also, the GOP: “This statistical model that I found on Facebook proves that Trump won Pennsylvania!”
