Back in the day you griped to your family at the dinner table, or your friends at the poker table or knitting circle or whatever the hell it is that you do. That was about the extent of your voice. The dedicated would write letters to the editor and sometimes they'd get published, sometimes people would respond weeks later. The truly dedicated stood on busy street corners shouting insanity. The point is that ones voice only extended about as far as someone could hear you, and for good reason. Most people are morons. He'll, 21% of the population are functionally illiterate, these people shouldn't be heard. Twitter though man, anybody with a computer can hide behind their keyboard and spout off things that if said to someone's face would end with that person getting punched in the face. People have forgotten the true consequences of running their mouths. Now its all about getting people fired, doxxing, death threats. Fuck Twitter.
Yeah I felt like I ranted long enough, but thats what I meant. They used to be limited to a relatively small social circle, poker tabke, knitting circle. Half the people there probably would argue with them and it was all good. Now these people get 5000 other people who think just like they do and they feel powerful, smart, well-informed. Echo chambers.
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (Proverbs 12:6)
“But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:36–37)
Back in the day you griped to your family at the dinner table, or your friends at the poker table or knitting circle or whatever the hell it is that you do. That was about the extent of your voice. The dedicated would write letters to the editor and sometimes they'd get published, sometimes people would respond weeks later. The truly dedicated stood on busy street corners shouting insanity. The point is that ones voice only extended about as far as someone could hear you, and for good reason. Most people are morons. He'll, 21% of the population are functionally illiterate, these people shouldn't be heard. Twitter though man, anybody with a computer can hide behind their keyboard and spout off things that if said to someone's face would end with that person getting punched in the face. People have forgotten the true consequences of running their mouths. Now its all about getting people fired, doxxing, death threats. Fuck Twitter.
The problem isn't that they spout off said things, the problem is that people believe them and repeat like morons.
Yeah I felt like I ranted long enough, but thats what I meant. They used to be limited to a relatively small social circle, poker tabke, knitting circle. Half the people there probably would argue with them and it was all good. Now these people get 5000 other people who think just like they do and they feel powerful, smart, well-informed. Echo chambers.
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (Proverbs 12:6)
“But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:36–37)
I believe this also applies to texts and tweets.