I just had an interesting experience with Twitter this morning. A financial writer who I read each week, followed me on Twitter some time ago. I was quite chuffed, as I respect him as a writer, but certainly do not agree with everything he has to say, particularly in regards to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. But hey, I accept not everyone has the same perspective I do. I actually cherish that.
Anyway, this morning, he tweeted an article from the Daily Beast stating that journalism was under attack from Trump etc. Now, I follow the media fairly closely and have written articles critical of the ABC (Australia's ABC) especially in relation to its one-sided coverage of the Syrian conflict.
So, today, I simply retweeted this finance writer's tweet commenting that journalists have been lying to us since before Trump even became a presidential candidate. It was not a personal attack, I was simply stating (what I believe) to be a fact. It was a comment on the current poor state of journalism.
Result. He instantly blocked me. Why? For expressing a differing opinion. There was no malice in my tweet. I was not critical of the writer in any way. I was just stating what I believe to be true.
Here is my response to the original tweet which was a play on words of the original tweet:
"We'll look back at this time as the time journalists were at their most delusional. They have been lying to us long before Trump's candidacy."
I guess in this world of social media trolling and climate of extreme political and idealogical partisanship, it's not always easy to determine what will trigger someone. Even a professional communicator.
I hear ya brother. There is this elitist attitude that if you are not in a certain camp you must be wrong. It’s gotten to a point where it’s just annoying. I can’t watch more than five minutes of Main Street media without crawling in my skin.
True. And the funny thing about this guy is that he has a subscription investment newsletter and so he is even willing to sacrifice subscribers, or potential subscribers, by engaging in petty blocking.
I do believe however, that 2018 will be a watershed year for the MSM as many of the "truths" they have been peddling will be proven to be wrong...and many of the so-called "conspiracies" they have so pompously dismissed will be proven to be true.
We will have to wait and see, but I think 2018 is going to be an interesting year.
That's too bad. If I were him I'd stop that. Super important in my opinion to not be stuck in a vacuum, feel kinda sorry for him but, at the same time, I don't.
Sad truth today that it's far easier to block and ignore than having a solid argument about something.
@atnicholson (52) hopefully peace be with our families all and life in this nature all fine well .. :)