What the offline discourse class is talking about

Swing-state letter writers are not arguing about whether petty theft is a new kind of political protest.

Last August, I started my job at Slow Boring and, for occupational reasons, got on X. Nine months later, I have mostly succeeded in keeping up with discourse, but I have also succeeded in getting rage-baited by it.

After yesterday’s internet spiral about petty theft as political protest, I thought I would do something to bring myself back down to earth. …