“People are always criticizing Twitter. "Twitter is crazy!" they say. I think that's misguided. Twitter is simply an avenue -- there are many -- by which people reveal who they are.”

—  Jay Nordlinger

Twitter post https://twitter.com/jaynordlinger/status/1037393063616937984 (5 September 2018)
2010s

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