Thursday, December 11, 2008

Are There Any Conservatives on Twitter?

In a hundred and forty characters or less?

Good question.

I got involved with Twitter through my wife and I have seen no signs of the right anywhere. Although there is every possibility I have not run across any, I think the way Twitter is set up goes against the conservative mindset.
Consider this. When you are used to everything being handed to you, and everything has to be immediate, you simply "flock" to where that instant gratification can be met. Hence, the limited words mean less time to wait for that next fix. Don't get me wrong. As a business tool, it is superb for throwing out ideas, getting instant feedback and turning a product/service people want or need with a more reliable expectation of outcome.

Now, getting back to my original point, the conservative mind is alright with delayed gratification. We believe patience is a virtue and practice it stolidly while the left simply can't wait for the next messiah to darken their doorway. Also, the right believes that with patience comes true gratification. A bottle of wine, aged steak, many good things take time, and sometimes it takes more than 140 to say what needs to be said.

If I have offended, good. Take it personally. Toughen up that thin skin and think about why it offends. I bet it will take more that 140 to get something cohesive and coherent out of you.

To all of the conservatives on twitter, I want the three of you to DM me so I can follow and vice versa. :P
http://twitter.com/R_U_Right

Note:
I actually like Twitter, just musing about the makeup of it.

1 comment:

  1. Visited your site after you followed my twitter (http://twitter.com/arra).

    In response to your post, please go visit: http://www.topconservativesontwitter.org/
    There are 1122 Conservative Twitters on the list. Join the list!

    Then visit http://twittgroups.com/ and go to the follown groups and join:
    http://twittgroups.com/group/tcon/
    http://twittgroups.com/group/tcot
    http://twittgroups.com/group/conservativegop

    Dr. Bill Smith. Editor ARRA News Service
    http://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.com/

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