That tweet was crass, for sure. Surprisingly so for an adult who is also a professional, and what passes for a public intellectual in our sphere. On the other h

That tweet was crass, for sure. Surprisingly so for an adult who is also a professional, and what passes for a public intellectual in our sphere. On the other hand, I'm really not sure how you'd engage with someone holding a sign calling for decapitation. There aren't any points to discuss, really. Tangentially, this is why Twitter has never made sense to me at a structural level, as a place where people go to discuss things. This exact interaction seems typical of what the platform tends toward: take smart people, reward them for making off the cuff quips, watch them act stupid.