No True Scotsman Libertarian, And Other Random Tweets

Reason commenters make up a very small percentage of our readership, and are largely people who hate everyone on staff and all of our work, on any subject. They’re in now way representative of “libertarian audiences” overall pic.twitter.com/FgpY9Dn2dQ

— Elizabeth Nolan Brown (@ENBrown) December 9, 2022

Meanwhile, back at the Twitter Files Beat:

it's almost like they're ignoring it because it's not news! pic.twitter.com/Moa9AkZLDq

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 9, 2022

Maybe that's because the "Twitter Files" just look like this:

   

Just highlighting that if you were, you know, paying attention to all this stuff, this was all well known. (Check the date). https://t.co/AncDH6wGCZ

— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick) December 9, 2022

This is actually a good thing. Transparent. Actionable. https://t.co/NSjMaAKBnO

— Popehat (@Popehat) December 9, 2022

Pro tip: when an attorney says something you want to do is "actionable," that is not a good thing. 

I’m pretty sure shadowbanning is only a fear if your whole schtick is to insinuate yourself into the lives of people trying their best to ignore you.

— RSchooley@socel.net (@Rschooley) December 9, 2022

JMM (God love him) has a seven tweet thread taking the Weiss report Very Seriously and considering Very Carefully the ramifications of Twitter trying to moderate content on its website (I also moderate content here. It's what websites do.). I went with Schooley's take instead.

You're welcome. 

And since Trump has wound himself around the Twitter Files:

I am adding to my list to Santa Claus 🎅 https://t.co/DKRfq1FifY

— Katie S. Phang (@KatiePhang) December 9, 2022