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I didn't see any of the tweets so I can't say for sure, that's just my read on the situation judging by the reactions. That's why I said "probably."

If you find a definition of merit that everyone can agree on, please let us know, because that would be news to me. In my experience in the US at least, most people seem to object to there being a central organization that decides who has merit and who doesn't.