My reflexive reaction kicked-in by your 3rd paragraph. I commend myself for having resisted the regular temptation to join the sniping on Twitter --- by never opening an account. Despite the troubling sense that I'd become more misanthropic and was thereby missing out on discourse, I nonetheless highly recommend it as a strategy for increasing detachment from the loony worlds of corporate totalitarianism and identity politics. And especially from folks who can't debate an issue without ad hominem rubbish.
My reflexive reaction kicked-in by your 3rd paragraph. I commend myself for having resisted the regular temptation to join the sniping on Twitter --- by never opening an account. Despite the troubling sense that I'd become more misanthropic and was thereby missing out on discourse, I nonetheless highly recommend it as a strategy for increasing detachment from the loony worlds of corporate totalitarianism and identity politics. And especially from folks who can't debate an issue without ad hominem rubbish.