Tweet says: “not all founders are rich kids.” Angry mob responds: - “many founders are rich” - “being rich helps you as a founder” - “being not rich makes it harder” All of which have nothing to do with the original tweet.https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1129897694984646657 …
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People too often only read what they want to hear.
A particularly gruesome (and yet surprisingly common) variant of which occurs when they want to hear something that makes them angry.
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The example provided is what people don’t find relevant to the statement. Airbnb founders didn’t look for employment which would let them pay rent l, doesn’t sound like an avg/poor kid behavior. If they took a chance vs working elsewhere, it was by choice, not forced upon them.
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The responses were nuanced critiques, not pitchforks, not demands for for deplatforming, not a twisting of your words, but an exploration of the nuance. Sometimes people just disagree with you, having nothing to do with PC or virtue signaling.
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I'm honestly shocked at both people's responses and the counter response.
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Maybe put it this way: you have to think it, before you do it. Too many people don’t dare to think that they could do it. We have to work on that!
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