> all political sides mainly use Twitter to dumb down discourse It's true that politicians and their followers have dumbed down discourse (and to a stunning de

> all political sides mainly use Twitter to dumb down discourse It's true that politicians and their followers have dumbed down discourse (and to a stunning degree) but ultimately it's the consumer of that discourse who needs to change and Twitter is not standing in the way of that. I don't "tweet" or follow Twitter much at all but I think it's fair to say that on any given day there is a lot of very useful, helpful, and positive banter going on there.