Late Nite Neal
I’ve been working through an internal struggle since McCain introduced us to Palin. I don’t like being political in my public life because politics is so personal and I don’t want to risk alienating folks who disagree or don’t enjoy rational, political discourse. With Palin, I’m all-in at least one more time. If she disappoints me by using power to restrict liberty, I will go back to ignoring politics.
Twitter serves as an amazing pressure valve, but it’s much less satisfying that I would like because someone might follow my tweets because of what we do professionally and have no interest in my late night ranting. This morning I woke up with a great idea. I created a different twitter account for “Neal After Dark.” The new Twitter account is where I’ll stand on the porch yelling at the kids to get off my proverbial lawn.
The idea of having place to blow off political steam, where people know what they’re getting if they follow that account seems kind of liberating.
The “After Dark” account is Twitter.com/lateniteneal. Follow at your own risk.
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I think lateniteneal is a pretty good idea. As your friend, I always want to hear from you, whether I agree with you or not, whether you’re ranting or totally coherent. Maybe ranting and coherent both, who knows? I’m sure there are people who would like to follow you on Twitter, but don’t necessarily want the after hours edition. Some of us want the whole big mess. It does sound freeing. Good plan.