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A thread. A few valid universally sensible decorum points here by @MichelleRempel but come on, clean up your own house to start. It is easy to blame a social media platform, but any person of influence needs to hold followers to account. #cdnpoli https://theline.substack.com/p/michelle-rempel-garner-think-parler?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter
1. Pardon the pun but how you garner audience is equally culpable in the dialogue. Trump thrived on his MAGA idiots, raising conspiracy and misinformation belief by being the architect of disinformation. It proved to be effective politicing but it targets those who are malleable.
2. In your article you write that "as a conservative you believe societies are more than a random set of individuals interacting with another set of random individuals", but how do YOU encourage your audience to diversify their understanding of others? Do you promote the middle?
3. One look at your Instagram @MichelleRempel shows an audience of intolerance, skeptical conspiracy believers, some teetering on radicalism with advocacy for violence. You could say that you can't control who follows you, but we both know that's not true.
4. If anyone watches your livestreams they'd see the vitriolic comments, you know the audience you have.
Sure, there's politics but the extremism is bubbling, you want to hold SM to accountant but do you shoulder responsiblity or is it just easier to blame Trudeau or the CBC?
Sure, there's politics but the extremism is bubbling, you want to hold SM to accountant but do you shoulder responsiblity or is it just easier to blame Trudeau or the CBC?
5. You write "Twitter enables violence." I agree, and I'm entirely in your court with holding to account those who advocate for violence on any social media platform. But to that point "Guns enable violence." - shouldn't you be equally taking to task a need for gun control?
6. In closing, you write "For all of the reasons above, it’s probably time we exercise our right to free speech and do the same with Twitter." Okay, I'm going to continue to use my Charter provided Freedoms of Expression to use Twitter as a platform of awareness & education...
7. ...but I'm curious how you will move forward using Social Media after this position you've taken.
By deleting your accounts?
Removing followers?
Disavowing comments that are toxic?
More livestreams?
Calling more reporters vulchers?
Because you do follow this IG account.
By deleting your accounts?
Removing followers?
Disavowing comments that are toxic?
More livestreams?
Calling more reporters vulchers?
Because you do follow this IG account.
