I’m about to post an encouragement to use Twitter as a way of getting real news about Democratic Party politicians — instead of screaming about how the Dems are doing nothing.<\/p>\n
Before I do, though, let me introduce you to one of the many delights you’ll find on Twitter. Indeed, I wouldn’t have known about how Alan Dershowitz says he’s being shunned on Martha’s Vineyard if it hadn’t been for Twitter.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n It’s finally made the New York Times but, hey, Twitter is so much richer in irony, in sarcasm, in LOL funnies. From the Times story:<\/p>\n \u201cI never thought I would see McCarthyism come to Martha\u2019s Vineyard, but I have,\u201d he wrote, of the elite island enclave off Cape Cod where he is a fixture.<\/em><\/p>\n Mr. Dershowitz, a self-professed \u201cliberal Democrat,\u201d said that friends on the Vineyard had snubbed him for publicly arguing against impeaching President Trump on television talk shows and in a forthcoming book.<\/em><\/p>\n Here are some responsive tweets:<\/p>\n \u201cIt is outrageous that people are now shunning Alan Dershowitz in their social lives,\u201d one Twitter user wrote<\/a>. \u201cReally, what the heck took so long?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n …One enterprising troll even set up a crowdfunding campaign<\/a> with a $5 million goal to \u201cbuy Alan some new friends.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n His name and the name of the resort were both trending on social media. There were jokes about fine \u201cVineyard whine.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n