Thread by @TheRickWilson

1/ The reaction to the Castro tweets identifying Trump donors is interesting to me. when I came out against Trump, his political allies and his pet media organs when after me, my family, and my company and clients.

We've lived with three years of death threats and harassment.

2/ Do I wish that on people? No. It is awful.

Trust me, when Trump's people turned the mob loose on me and my family, it was a nightmare for my children.

Me? Whatever. I'm in the arena. Bring your shit on. I'll carve your eyes out and roll them like dice.

3/ I have no truck for Castro, but what he did is no longer unprecedented. I promise you, not a single Republican was opposed Trump doesn't have a story about harassment, abuse, intimidation, threats.

What's happening on the right viz this smells a bit like working the refs.

4/ The whole "fuck your feelings" and "punch back twice as hard" snowflake melter crowd sure seems to forget how Donald Trump personally targets Americans for more harassment and abuse that a nothingburger like Castro could muster in a decade.

5/ They also seem to be ignoring an interesting conservative underpinning to this question.

Being afraid of exposure because you support Donald Trump financially is a market signal to others. Market actions have market consequences.

6/ And no, you tendentious Trump fucks... I'm not talking about threats or violence or abuse. those are always inexcusable... though you certainly made a fucking ton of excuses for them when the abuse was going against Trump's opponents.

7/ Information is fungible. Donor records are symmetrical information.

No one has an advantage or disadvantage in accessing them.

Donating money over the reporting limit is an entry into the political arena. If that has market consequences for you, oh well.

8/ the easiest thing in the world these days for Trump types is to stoke their sense of grievance and persecution, begging for a permission slip to excuse them from the standards and judgement of society Trump seems to enjoy.

9/ it's a paradox, isn't it? on the one hand you're the revolutionaries burning down The old Washington and draining the swamp. You are the bold dick swinging MAGAS! So brave! So tough! Testosterone! You're soaking in it!

On the other...

10/ If you're scared those big liberal meanies will make your life unhappy if they discover you write checks President Shithole Caravan the Kid Cager, maybe take up a different hobby.

So endeth the lesson.