Enough with the Twitter apocalypse already

We all do it, to varying degrees. We all attempt to craft a world around us that is sane, entertaining and supportive, isolating us from the dull, negative and destructive.

So we select the books and magazines we prefer, the films we enjoy, the people whose company we find enlightening, informative and amusing. And, income permitting, the places we live and the countries we visit.

That doesn’t mean, however, we avoid a broader reality. It might be nice to pretend, for example, that the ABC doesn’t exist, but that doesn’t stop the ABC receiving our taxes. And we can sweep past any mention of those teal “independents”, but there they are in Canberra, being ridiculous. Also, it wasn’t exactly easy dodging two years of Covid hysteria.

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