The World As I Know It

                                                Source: Georgia Governor's Office On March 25 th Georgia’s Governor, Brian Kemp, signed sweeping legislation aimed at disenfranchising black and brown voters in the state. In signing this misbegotten bill into law, he effectively resurrected the rotting, diseased corpse of Jim Crow. He signed this legislation with a group of white lawmakers surrounding him, in front of a painting fraught with blatantly obvious symbolism. A painting of the Callaway Plantation, where more than 300 slaves were forced to labor in producing the wealth and power these men seek to maintain…at any cost (Wicker, 2021) . As Kemp was signing the bill, Rep. Park Cannon, was knocking at the door in an effort to gain entry to this private livestream of the signing of this pernicious legislation....

  I think we all know, by this point, Twitter's system for reporting violations of its TOS is irreparably broken...burnt...fucked...fried. I've used the system myself to report offenders who have a demonstrable record of hate-filled, racist, misogynistic posts or make clear, unambiguous threats against others. And holding these individuals accountable for their actions is a good thing. At least until they open up an alt account and start all over again.  What I have never done, is report an individual for posting something I disagree with as a "gotcha!" for posting a tweet which is utterly innocuous, but disagreeable to me. Yet this abuse of Twitter's system for reporting TOS violations is being used by right wing trolls, trumpists and other misanthropes to punish those they disagree with...on a daily basis.  The other day, I posted this to Twitter in response to a tweet by some one I follow: Similar observations have been made by others far more qualified than I ...