I've never liked the "grifter" identifier because it's a way to ignore what people are actually saying and instead focus on how they're a fraud or driven purely by financial means. The upside to that is you don't have to address the substance of the issue.
-
Show this thread
-
Replying to @mans0nlamps
Yes, it’s fascinating. Also, if your accepting money to share ideas is what you do, it isn’t really a grift. It might mean you are a commercial producer, that is your ideas are commercial in nature, but they can still be engaged with either on their merits or as product/content
2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @MoustacheClubUS
I get that people can be cynically motivated by money and have that drive their politics. But you can apply this to literally every journalist or online media personality! Which ones get that treatment seems to boil down to who you do/don't agree with.
1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
I agree. I never use the term and always caution against its use. It also makes everyone seem like an individual bad actor in what is instead a flawed marketplace of ideas structured around perverse incentives
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
