Twitter Time Out

Huh!

It turns out if you respond to Ron Desantis’ Twitter ad (where he’s requesting support and money, of course) with a common phrase from my teenage days suggesting something anatomically improbable, you’ll get a “time out” and not be able to post on Twitter for a day or so.

HUH!!

First of all, isn’t that sort of thing protected political speech under the First Amendment? IANAL, but I watched a LOT of “Paper Chase” and I’m not sure John Houseman would have put up with any of this nonsense.

Secondly, my time out can’t even start until I “review and delete” the offending response? That feels way too much like an apology or an admission of guilt on my part, and that’s not happening! On the other hand, I am busier than god and I’ve got bigger fish to fry. That whole proverbial “hill you want to die on” thing…

Thirdly, I understand that while the suggested actions might be difficult for even a circus contortionist, the odds of good ol’ Ron being able to do them are, well, probably even worse than 🌟ME🌟 being able to do them. Still, the suggestion is hardly “abuse.” I like to think of it as good-hearted encouragement! Ron said he wanted 🌟ME🌟 on his team – don’t teammates encourage each other and urge each other to dream big?

(BTW, I saw someone I like on Twitter doing the “🌟ME🌟” thing today and while I suspect it paints a target on my back as an “olde,” I realized that A) I 🌟AM🌟 an “olde” and have been for quite a while, and B) I stopped giving a shit about the opinions of those who would diss me for being an “olde” back before most of them were born, so C) 🌟I’m🌟 going to keep doing it! It’s my name in the URL!)

But – I’ve digressed.

No, I’m not going to repeat the exact post, although you might still be able to see it on Twitter. I try to keep this site free of the worst of my extreme cussing, whereas Twitter is a PERFECT place for it. Especially since 2015 or so, if you catch the way I’ve drifted…

It’s weird – I get a time out for posting it, have to agree that it’s wrong and “delete” it, but it’s still up there so far as I can see. On the other hand, there are a LOT (or should that be “a 🌟LOT🌟”?) of really screwy things going on over at Twitter these days, so it may just be a screw up in their system. Who knows? Better yet, who cares?

I’ll be back to insulting fascists and blocking right-wing, guanopsychotic Nazis tomorrow. How long I’ll stay? Depends on whether or not they take the hint I was sending on the original note.

Just ’cause I was rude doesn’t mean I was wrong!