[pohl]

I'm still not sure. Billionaire titan buys what he has called "the public square". I think it's safe to assume that he's more interested in the effect that his speech can have, not whether he buys into the meaning of any given utterance.

[snoot]

You think he really doesn’t care about ‘woke activists’?

[pohl]

I do, but I thought the question was whether or not he believed that woke activists are the proper blame for an advertiser not buying his services.

I wouldn't be surprised if he knows that advertisers have other valid reasons for not wanting to place their brands on his site, but that he's playing to the far-right base anyway.

For example, he used the number "88" in a hostile back-and-forth with Alex Vindeman yesterday, a pretty clear dog whistle.

[snoot]

Agreed - He is what he appears to be. Although I think the kind of doublethink you suggest he’s engaged in has a way of becoming one’s actual beliefs.

[snoot]

Do you have a link to the “88” tweet?

[pohl]

I don't. I left Twitter yesterday. I did find a tweet with a purported screenshot, though.

https://twitter.com/JustSchmeltzer/status/159723568323130982...