While Hillary“Delete Your Account”Clinton might have a nuanced , albeit cringeworthy , reason of how to utilize social media , the same can not be said for her hubby Bill . The New York Timesreportsthat at a public appearing earlier this week in North Carolina , the former chairperson speculated about the reason no one likes him any longer :
“ We live in a Snapchat - Twitter world , ” Mr. Clinton bemoan , tilting his read/write head theatrically — a septuagenarian embracing his age , X after reveling in saxophone cool .
“ It ’s so much easier , ” he aver , “ just to discredit people and call them names . ”
Let ’s unpack this for a bit : Bill Clinton is mad about our “ Snapchat - Twitter humankind ” because now everyone has a public program to criticize masses . But this is exactly what makes societal media so over-the-top : The blistering take economic system , whether you like it or not , is far more democratic than it was back when Clinton reveled in his “ saxophone cool . ”
But moreover , while many social media companies provide a political program for name - calling and discredit citizenry , Snapchat is n’t anyone ’s go - to app for talk government , unless you consider posting gobs of banal selfies to be an inherentlypoliticalact . But sure , ol’ septuagenarian Clinton , find fault it on the apps !
[ H / TFarhad Manjoo ]
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