Politics in the social media age has turned to crap. And we all know how a pandemic made social media a virtual loony bin. So why would war in the social media age be any different ?
Speaking of which , on Saturday , Jesse Kelly made this astute observation on Twitter :
Ukraine is quickly becoming like COVID was in the very beginning in that you can see it destroy people’s minds in real time.
You can tell this is happening because they get angry with you if you don’t match their emotional state. Just like the initial covid panic.
I really am fascinated by this. I’m sure some smart head doctor can tell me what this is and why some people do it.
Why do some people allow themselves to be so consumed by the news cycle, they’ll actually ostracize friends and family over it ? I think it’s so bizarre.
Twitter is not the place to go for a measured , reasonable exchange of ideas. It never was.
But in wartime , the lunatics that inhabit Twitter get extra crazy.
And the funny thing is , the people who are cranking the nuttiness over Ukraine to Spinal Tap Eleventy-zillion aren’t just random nobody’s with seven followers. It’s coming from blue-check journalists and pundits , not to mention elected members of Congress.
The social media age has turned far too many Americans into neurotic , easily panicked , narcissistic sheep.
They’re like a school of terrified fish moving in one mass every time a bigger fish swims by …
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