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    1. PoliMath‏ @politicalmath 7 May 2020

      Confession: It's going to be a little while before I think I can really be back here. My optimism is deeply shaken. I really thought that 2 months of me really trying to be non-partisan and focusing on data and being open and kind would buy me something.

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    2. PoliMath‏ @politicalmath 7 May 2020

      It didn't. Being kind and trying to avoid partisan squabbles and being honest and encouraging generosity and grace about what we know or don't know did not buy me any grace or kindness with these people.

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      PoliMath‏ @politicalmath 7 May 2020

      I've reached out, privately and publicly, to people who decided to screen-cap out-of-context tweets and the use them to try to nuke me. The thing I don't get is *why*. I'm not even that conservative. I don't get *why* I'm even on their radar.

      9:22 PM - 7 May 2020
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        2. PoliMath‏ @politicalmath 7 May 2020

          Take @RadioFreeTom, whom I'm tagging here b/c I've reached out to him to beg him to do nothing more than give the links to my tweets instead of screencapping them. Just... let his readers make their own decisions. Nothing. No response.

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        3. PoliMath‏ @politicalmath 7 May 2020

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          I don't hate Tom! I bought his book! Twice! I have the Kindle and paperback! I've tweeted generously about him and even interviewed him on a podcast. How does this man have a beef against me?https://twitter.com/politicalmath/status/937375008577372160 …

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          Why is everyone so angry at @RadioFreeTom today* . * whom I like even though we frequently disagree
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        4. PoliMath‏ @politicalmath 7 May 2020

          I don't get it. I know a lot of my followers are going to say "well obviously it's because you're on the wrong side" but it's not even that! I'm barely a conservative, with opinions too complex to really squeeze into an ideology. I don't get how I have become a target.

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        5. PoliMath‏ @politicalmath 7 May 2020

          I'm on a hiatus. I'll be back eventually, but the thing I loved doing these last few months is trying to puzzle through this horrible thing that has happened & try to help people sort through it with honesty and grace. Apparently we're not allowed to do that.

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        6. PoliMath‏ @politicalmath 7 May 2020

          I do want to make one final note: I have had some generous, kind, wonderful left-ish and liberal friends reach out, some of whom I didn't even know followed me. Some great encouragement has found me from all over the political spectrum. Thank you so much for that.

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        1. Max‏ @MaxNordau 7 May 2020
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          Altruistic sadism

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        1. Swank Sinatra‏ @SwankierSinatra 7 May 2020
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          Because you have nearly 40,000 followers and you had the audacity to disagree with them? It wouldn’t matter if you weren’t conservative at all. Do you repeat information that may contradict any accepted stance of the left? Then you’re a target. They even do it to each other. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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        1. hipcheck  🇹🇼‏ @hipchecked 7 May 2020
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          Lesson #1 - they aren’t rational, they aren’t measured, and essentially the social media gestapo willing to go to any length to suppress a message or messenger that goes against them. They will never stop.

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        2. Ryan Moulton  💉 💉 🥳‏ @moultano 7 May 2020
          Replying to @politicalmath

          FWIW, I have no idea what your politics are, and followed you recently because the stuff you were posting about COVID seemed interesting. So it is appreciated. I think you just ended up as Twitter's "main character" for a day.

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        3. Ryan Moulton  💉 💉 🥳‏ @moultano 7 May 2020
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          It's the eye of sauron, and every so often it looks at *you*. It's mostly random.

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