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ive been pondering ODELL’s recent interview with Jack Dorsey, and something has been bothering me. Which is honestly kind of weird, because its just a podcast, and i normally wouldn’t care.

But i realized, Jack Dorsey’s unrepentant arrogance over banning the president of the US from Twitter really bothers me.

its the arrogance.

i believe in fresh starts, and letting the past go. reinvention and Grace.

but humility is a prerequisite, and enough bad shit went down under his leadership to merit some contemplation.

this isnt personal, and im not out to get anyone. just sharing how i feel.

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Good take

Did he address that specific ban?

I kinda feel like there should be a cost for doing something like that. Not money. Something he values more than money. Something that’s measured in a way that hits home. Eye for an eye type thing.

He did effect the outcome of a presidency after all.

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I’m with you. In the Bible story I see that God gives grace to the humble and law to the proud. I try to take the same approach towards people who I think have done bad things. Jack is still an arms length person for me.

I’d offer that I heard Jack say he was forced into the ban, in the way market dynamics force an outcome. Twitter was/is a for profit business that needs advertising revenue $ to exist and the implication was the advertisers required this action of the company or they would stop funding. Separately I’d add that any public/private business can take whatever actions it wants (ideally conforming to reasonable laws) so I find it a bit odd to imply that there’s some requirement that one of the executives who helped make those company decisions should be required to feel remorse / guilt /apologize if those decisions look bad in hindsight - even if that executive agreed the decision looked bad in hindsight which I’m guessing in this case is not true. These are hard decisions and Jack seems to be marching towards freedom and truth so I think cutting him some slack here is fair.

i have “cut him slack” as you say.

i’ve advocated for it in fact.

but consequences are coming for actions.