This is what Elon wants Twitter to be, a place where actual experts like this excellent historian is mercilessly harassed by hateful reactionaries for trying to talk about racism in a nuanced way. There is no reason to expect it will get any better with Elon at the helm.
https://twitter.com/nataliapetrzela/status/1609948620517969921
After a while I just got used to having to spend a significant amount of time blocking threatening or insulting a-holes every time a tweet went viral, esp. one that mentioned race, gender, or sexuality. Sometimes I just set my account to private mode to let the storm die down.
At this point I'm just done with it. Hateful reactionary a-holes have a right to say what they want (but not make death threats, to be clear), but I also have a right to take my attention and content elsewhere. Like Mastodon and Post, for now. #twexit
I do this not because I'm a snowflake who can't handle criticism. I do this because my time is too valuable to deal with the bad faith propagandists and truly ignorant dolts who Elon has amplified lately.
Worth noting that Don Jr. seems to have been a key figure behind the army of flying monkeys who went after that historian. Using media to distract and disrupt our public discourse has long been a central MAGA tactic that Elon appears to be on board with.
https://twitter.com/SethCotlar/status/1231015636714680321?s=20&t=NaCYueSWNpdMj4wZ4T0h5w
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