I'm from the midwest. I usually get fucking pissed when people call them flyover states, caused major friction with a cofounder for years.
But seeing this mislabeled as "bias" has got to be the silliest and most hyperbolic over-reaction I've ever seen.
It's somebody being a minor asshole on Twitter. That is not bias of any substantial sort.
Feelings are important, but as somebody who does get his (overly sensitive) feelings hurt by that statement, I'm at least mature enough to place it in context.
We need to grow up as a society. There are faaaaaar worse actual biases on display everyday on Twitter, from people with far more power. We have a president who's threatening to use his own political bias to shut down or regulate companies based only in what he perceives as politics.
I am as annoyed by all the feelings getting hurt as you are, but this guy is directing a sizeable amount of money in some backward intra-nationalist way, which only slows down progress, even if it is 'only perception'. It is open bigotry plain and simple.
But seeing this mislabeled as "bias" has got to be the silliest and most hyperbolic over-reaction I've ever seen.
It's somebody being a minor asshole on Twitter. That is not bias of any substantial sort.
Feelings are important, but as somebody who does get his (overly sensitive) feelings hurt by that statement, I'm at least mature enough to place it in context.
We need to grow up as a society. There are faaaaaar worse actual biases on display everyday on Twitter, from people with far more power. We have a president who's threatening to use his own political bias to shut down or regulate companies based only in what he perceives as politics.