Skip to content
By using Twitter’s services you agree to our Cookies Use. We and our partners operate globally and use cookies, including for analytics, personalisation, and ads.
  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • About

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
mtracey's profile
Michael Tracey
Michael Tracey
Michael Tracey
Verified account
@mtracey

Tweets

Michael TraceyVerified account

@mtracey

Roving journalist, friend to all dogs mtracey@protonmail.com

NYC
patreon.com/mtracey
Joined March 2009

Tweets

  • © 2019 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Imprint
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 24 Jun 2018
    • Report Tweet

    Michael Tracey Retweeted Nate Silver

    The idea that there's any objective way to measure "civility" over time seems silly. It's always necessarily a cobbling together of anecdotes. In 1975 the president was shot at twice in less than one month. Why wasn't 1975 the lowpoint of American civilityhttps://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1010918506534178818 …

    Michael Tracey added,

    Nate SilverVerified account @NateSilver538
    It seems pretty obvious to me that the decline in "civility" is a downstream effect of the decline of trust in American political institutions. I doubt that it's a cause of much of anything.
    10:34 AM - 24 Jun 2018
    • 75 Retweets
    • 238 Likes
    • thotpoizn Chris Ntokos Ninma🌹 Dresden am-unabridged Chet Jenn Babiarz Ryan Huber 🇺🇸🎃Salosso🧙‍♂️🧛‍♂️Jin👻🇬🇧
    24 replies 75 retweets 238 likes
      1. Tony Hogrebe‏ @hogrebe_tony 24 Jun 2018
        • Report Tweet
        Replying to @mtracey

        Perhaps social media gives us a view into things that may have always been there and it’s just more visible now? The honest information is that society and freedom have been improving century by century, decade by decade, and year by year since the beginning of time.

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
        Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
        Undo
      1. Jeremy Granade‏ @GranadeJeremy 24 Jun 2018
        • Report Tweet
        Replying to @mtracey

        And in 1963 the president was murdered in broad daylight, his head blown off while he was sitting right next to his wife.

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
        Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
        Undo
      1. Peter McConeghy‏ @petersthoughts 24 Jun 2018
        • Report Tweet
        Replying to @mtracey

        Don't forget the bombings of the 70's. Leftist/Progressives were bombing and killing people every year in the 70's Remembering the Left-Wing Terrorism of the 1970s https://www.thenation.com/article/remembering-left-wing-terrorism-1970s/ …

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
        Undo
      1. Daily Planet‏ @Bsox327 24 Jun 2018
        • Report Tweet
        Replying to @mtracey

        The great arbiter, the press, has failed us. @NateSilver538

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
        Undo
      1. Anne Pickering‏ @CatchlightAnne 24 Jun 2018
        • Report Tweet
        Replying to @mtracey

        Because we couldn’t type in a response to an event and see immediately if our eviseral reaction was on point or severely off in 1975

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
        Undo
    1. This Tweet is unavailable.
      1. Robert Edwards‏ @edwro 24 Jun 2018
        • Report Tweet
        Replying to @mtracey

        1. False equivalence 2. Describing a thought with which one disagrees as “silly” is a red flag that one’s point is weak, not strong.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
        Undo
      1.  ⏳towhee ⏳#Tulsi2020 #Bernie2020 #Unity4J  ⏳‏ @amborin 24 Jun 2018
        • Report Tweet
        Replying to @mtracey

        Please read the works of Norbert Elias. Using archival data, he measured prevailing levels of civility. http://www.norberteliasfoundation.nl/docs/pdf/GoudsblomDiscontents.pdf …

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
        Undo
      1.  ⏳towhee ⏳#Tulsi2020 #Bernie2020 #Unity4J  ⏳‏ @amborin 24 Jun 2018
        • Report Tweet
        Replying to @mtracey

        https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/379701.The_Civilizing_Process …pic.twitter.com/z7aqCxRl3c

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
        Undo
      1. X on Earth‏ @XonEarth 24 Jun 2018
        • Report Tweet
        Replying to @mtracey

        Trump is the poster child for a lack of civility along with so many other GOP monsters and their endless supply of hate radio morons where Pence originated. We have the least civilized "Reality TV" prez and hate radio vice prez. What a horrid duo.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
        Undo
    2. This Tweet is unavailable.
      1. Trevor‏ @trevorf84 24 Jun 2018
        • Report Tweet
        Replying to @mtracey @thequestforever

        Let's be honest, for Jeb! flunkies like Tim, the blame always has and always will be placed on Trump...they are incapable of any other though-process at this point.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
        Undo
      1. Marsha Carol Smith  🇳🇴 ♊️ ♋️ ♓️ 🇩🇰‏ @CPHunter1971 25 Jun 2018
        • Report Tweet
        Replying to @mtracey

        I discovered a few years ago that Nate Silver is an idiot. Since then I pay zero attention to him and his company.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
        Undo
    3. This Tweet is unavailable.

    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.

      Promoted Tweet

      false

      • © 2019 Twitter
      • About
      • Help Center
      • Terms
      • Privacy policy
      • Imprint
      • Cookies
      • Ads info