There are a lot of things on Twitter that even as a Twitchy editor, I donāt get. Take, for example, The Church of Satan Twitter where Satanists claim they donāt worship Satan. No really, they say he doesnāt exist.
And of course, that other Twitter that shall not be named where people talk about a certain procedure young men have at birth.
Trust me, you do not want to debate either of those groups.
And while Elie Mystal is not quite as insane as the āthere is no Satan but we worship Satanā people who named their church after a dude they donāt believe in, heās out there.
So I tried to engage him ā¦ you know, talk about why he thinks the Rittenhouse case is racist and that if āwhite gunman Kyle Rittenhourse walks free, it foreshadows a dark cycleā.
Take a watch:
Yeah, still donāt get it.
So I reached out ā¦
See? Iām being helpful, not snarking, totally nice, and stuff?
Unlike my usual self, see?
It took so much effort, just so you all know.
So I responded:
And his reply?
*sigh*
Yeah, I really didnāt get very far here, but I kept trying because Iām stubborn like that.
Yes, he totally ignored my question about looking at things in only one way.
In his case, the āeverything is racistā way.
Ok, so at this point, I was pretty sure it was a lesson in futility, but I tried some humor and then a little reality.
And then he got all fussy with me.
Being who I am, I couldnāt let Elie have the last word so I did respond ā¦
But as you likely knew before you even got this far, VIP member, it didnāt work out so hot.
There is no dialogue with someone who is so wrapped up in their own belief system that they are incapable of seeing the world around them in any other light. No matter what I said, no matter what point I brought up to negate his original argument, he was determined to make this about racism.
Yay Twitter.
Yay 2021.
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I TRIED to talk to Elie Mystal and figure out why he thinks a white guy shooting other white guys is RACIST but it didn’t go so hot …
