One of the things that blows friends of mine out of the water was that, until the mid 90s (so roughly early 20s), I was a pretty staunch Republican (complete with inappropriate but definitely not illegal behavior). I had some liberal leanings, but truly nothing like this. And if the shit I did back then was in any way still documented, it would not be good.
There's a longer story to tell about digital natives, pioneers, and immigrants, but I'll save that for another day and thread. On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 2:53 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 12:45 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I know many of you aren't fans of Aaron Sorkin, but there's a great line >> from "The Social Network" that applies here: >> >> "The internet isn’t written in pencil Mark, it’s written in ink." >> >> Yes, you can delete tweets, or IG posts, or blogs, but there's always the >> Wayback Machine, and you never know who from your past has grabbed >> incriminating screenshots to drop at JUST the right moment. Once you put it >> out into the world, it's REALLY tough to walk it back. > > > The other point I’d add is that Twitter isn’t a chronicle of events from > the days of Martin Luther King Jr or even the Nixon or Reagan eras. It’s > not as if sexism or racism were only recently deemed inappropriate (insert > sad Trump commentary here). I’m not one to use the slang definition of > “woke,” but any adult who wasn’t “woke” to this sort of stuff in the last > decade is frankly going out of his or her way to stay asleep. > > I’ve said and written a lot of things I regret... some of it here in this > group. But I don’t post anything on the internet unless I’m prepared to > have it exist for the next millennium. > > > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e83a21b0-b02e-42b4-bf71-63cfea7f703fo%40googlegroups.com >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AOA%3D1v9jgmAqA%3D6pGNvx17mjxicY0VLszPq_uNU6FL4w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AOA%3D1v9jgmAqA%3D6pGNvx17mjxicY0VLszPq_uNU6FL4w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BdxnnxZrV2H3eE5D5ymER3H%3Dd4djHB%3DsE8BwCxoJbO5HQ%40mail.gmail.com.
