It is true that I, a liberal, have cheered as private actors have taken steps to advance liberal causes.
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1349006411167129600
A lot of people went to dress this up in fussy proceduralism but it doesn’t make sense.
I cheer when citizens volunteer to help candidates who I support but I boo when they volunteer to help candidates who are bad — you need need a neutral view on “is it good to volunteer?”
I cheer when citizens volunteer to help candidates who I support but I boo when they volunteer to help candidates who are bad — you need need a neutral view on “is it good to volunteer?”
A few months ago we had a story about Facebook tweaking its algorithm to hurt Mother Jones and help Ben Shapiro.
That was bad, because Mother Jones is way better than Shapiro. People who work there should feel a profound sense of shame and do better. But hurting Trump is good.
That was bad, because Mother Jones is way better than Shapiro. People who work there should feel a profound sense of shame and do better. But hurting Trump is good.
This what I referred to yesterday as “lawyer brain.”
Amazon Web Services is not an appeals court, there is no setting or precedents. Private actors just make first order decisions and should be encouraged to make good ones rather than bad ones.
Amazon Web Services is not an appeals court, there is no setting or precedents. Private actors just make first order decisions and should be encouraged to make good ones rather than bad ones.
https://twitter.com/tallfatperson/status/1349335319682887681
What would be dumb would be for liberals to decide that they have won permanent new friends in corporate America.
Tim Cook did multiple rounds of pro-Trump propaganda. Facebook hired a GOP operative to set its editorial policies. These things come and go. But ride when you can.
Tim Cook did multiple rounds of pro-Trump propaganda. Facebook hired a GOP operative to set its editorial policies. These things come and go. But ride when you can.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
