{"id":84086,"date":"2022-12-16T11:21:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T17:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=84086"},"modified":"2022-12-16T13:23:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T19:23:28","slug":"it-seems-appropriate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=84086","title":{"rendered":"It Seems Appropriate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This bit, from Thomas Sowell, seems appropriate&#8230;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.<\/p>&mdash; Thomas Sowell Quotes (@ThomasSowell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomasSowell\/status\/1597302878456381441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;in light of Big Media&#8217;s meltdown over a number of Twitter suspending the accounts of a number of &#8220;journalists&#8221; who were, by any rational definition, doxxing Elon Musk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And after two years of social media canceling those who said there are two genders, that masks are pointless, and even writing <em>satire <\/em>(the <em>Babylon Bee<\/em> just got reinstated recently)&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<em>suddenly we&#8217;re looking at a crisis!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Press advocates said the move sets a dangerous precedent and worried about future moves against journalists who cover the billionaire.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j27dtRbWy2\">https:\/\/t.co\/j27dtRbWy2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; MPR News (@MPRnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MPRnews\/status\/1603729154658156545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But don&#8217;t you <em>dare <\/em>claim that the media only cares about its own civil rights.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The funniest part?  Journos who <em>didn&#8217;t <\/em>get suspended, trying to grab their own little slice of victimhood:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don\u2019t know what happened here but if <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> doesn\u2019t fix this within the hour with an explanation by morning, I\u2019ll be on Capitol Hill tomorrow demanding that he be hauled in front of Congress. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8oTmLkbdzZ\">pic.twitter.com\/8oTmLkbdzZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jason Kint (@jason_kint) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jason_kint\/status\/1603557011114889216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a reason people trust used car salesmen more than journos these days.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This bit, from Thomas Sowell, seems appropriate&#8230;: &#8230;in light of Big Media&#8217;s meltdown over a number of Twitter suspending the accounts of a number of &#8220;journalists&#8221; who were, by any rational definition, doxxing Elon Musk. 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