Twitter will one day, turn me into a racist I swear.

Idk what it is about this app, It gave me a whiff of what it's like hating a certain group of people (not gonna mention which group).

And the weird thing is, Twitter content isn't anything worse than what I see regularly on 9GAG and Reddit. Not even close.

What sorcery does this app have? I might need to stay tf away from this app wtf.

youre on devRant. What is twitter installed for ?

I've said this a hundred times, but the issues is the "micro-blogging" format.

You can't discuss anything serious, like politics, in 280 chars or less. It forces people to take a topic that you can't do justice in an 80 page essay and condense it to the most knee-jerk reaction possible, with no space for caveats, sources or thoughts.

So what you get is someone trying to say something thoughtful just to find out they have to rewrite it to 280 chars, which means they will drop all the little inportant details and social ques, which will make it look like they are 20x the asshole, claiming everything as a fact, which will upset more people who are now subject to the same limitations and the cycle repeats ad-nauseam...

In short, you either just insult someone in 5 words or you sound like an asshole in 280. There's no other option. It's stupid and should be removed from the internet

@joewilliams007 I don't know what I do anymore man. For "influencer" stuff I suppose?

First of all, why does everyone assume it's white against black racism I was exposed to. When you hear racism and you automatically think white on black racism, maybe you're the racist here.

What don't you understand? It's baiting, out of context info that veers you towards a heavier and heavier hit of whatever got you interested. Perfect vehicle for outrage and conspiracy. Down the rabbit hole...

@retoor > "Racism got much worse last couple of years."

I disagree.

My dad grew up in a time where they chased blacks down in cars and routinely beat them up for no reason. My mother-in-law (in her 80s) still call them the n-word (and she says she's not racist). She'll say "I don't want to go to that part of St. Louis, its full of n.... and I'm not racist"

Because snowflakes are offended by words they read in a chat room isn't racism.

Morgan Freedman eloquently told a reporter if you want to stop racism, stop making everything about race.

@retoor > "I said last couple of years"

I don't think racism is any worse, I think the liberals/socialists/far-left has fired up their base as victims (again) and using race (again) to make themselves legitimate.

Before my far-right friends jump in and scream "YES!!", the same thing happens when I hear "Christians are under attack!" or "They want to cancel Christmas!!!"

When our local high school allows a LGTPZ-whatever parade down the halls during school and bans a student led prayer group in the lunch room *before* school, then I'll say we're under att...oh crap.

@Hazarth I think you hit it on the head. I’d also to add to the equation anonymity (or, near anonymity such that even if you know who you’re talking to, it’s unlikely you’ll ever meet them). People are less civil when there are no social consequences. Over the chasm that is social media, we’re basically pummeling each other with attack banners and thoughts grenades. There’s little incentive for negotiation or compromise.