Emil O W Kirkegaard

Weird, I wonder why he did that. Kind of weird to see a "free speech" type afraid of their own words.

Tweets not always deleted for regret, but can be done to avoid future use against oneself (offense archaeology). Some people use tools that delete every tweet more than 14 days old for instance.

It's a little weird to be afraid of one's own words, but okay. I thought he was being rude, but nothing to be worried about future Twitter archaeologists seeing.

14 days won't cut it now with archive and screen shots. Best to think hard before tweeting.

Most people don't bother to screenshot or archive stuff, so deleting old ('old') tweets is usually enough if one isn't a high profile target (like a politician) where people archive everything at once.

I did look over the Murderist argument you sent. It is long and wandering, but what you are basically saying is we are assuming you are "racist by motive." I don't know enuf about it to refute, but I see the issue at least.

Your tweet on Black Americans not knowing who the president is tho--I mean, that's just not even remotely related to your research. So, maybe you do need to take a look at all this and think about it. That's just not right, Emil. There's really no getting around it.

I don't recall the context of the tweet. But if you look at surveys of political ignorance, then rates are high all around. I was able to find a survey now of that specific claim and it was wrong (everybody basically knew who Trump was). So what?