Trump’s Twitter problem -- and ours

This makes me wonder: Are we better off knowing people’s dark, deep-seated thoughts? I suspect we are.

Over at The Week, Damon Linker just wrote a piece titled: “Twitter Is Destroying America.” He makes valid points about the downside of this social media platform, but on the positive side of the ledger, perhaps Twitter is an antidote to political correctness? The fear is that P.C. is going to squelch debate and silence controversial views. With Twitter, that’s no longer a problem. Twitter reveals things that might otherwise be concealed, and while that certainly comes with a cost, maybe we’re better off knowing the truth.

Twitter tells us what people really believe. This is a disservice to tweeters, but it is arguably a service to the American public.