And I’ll say that I’ve historically found @dpakman to be a voice on the left that I recognize from an earlier/saner era. I haven’t checked in w/ him recently, but he has always been great when we’ve interacted 1-1. I’ve recommended him to many seeking adult progressive voices. 🙏

@martyrmade @dpakman I don’t want to speculate on why the tweet exists. But I’d bet it was a bad tweet that came from a strain of progressive thought I deal w often. It’s a pro gun-control view that views “thoughts and prayers” as a way of avoiding gun control. Not litigating that. But that’s my

Let me just also say that I personally don’t know how to grieve these massacres any more. I know they will keep coming. And as a dad, I can’t help but notice that massacres of kids in schools, houses of worship, orphanages, or any place that offers sanctuary just hit me harder.🤷‍♀️

So forgive my silence up until now on this. I don’t have any take at all; I’m emotional and out of ideas. And I just recognized that means it is not a good time for me to tweet. Thanks.

@Pr3s1dentElect @dpakman He has been very decent to me. Particular when we disagree.

@tarik_markovic Thanks Tarik.

@mrspiderrico @martyrmade @dpakman I know that view too. Thx.

Is that your image? That @dpakman “takes glee in the death of children”? The answer to your query is that I don’t run from those I admire when they misfire on a tweet. More importantly, I don’t know how to think about the string of mass school shootings. I’m out of ideas. You? https://t.co/eireHyljzH Quoted

@TjAllard Say more? What are you noticing?

As I have said in public, I find it EXTREMELY difficult to conceptualize multiple temporal dimensions. Just because I can see that they are there in my model, does not mean I am smart enough to understand their consequences. Sorry to disappoint. Try Itzhak Bars at USC? Be well.