Two questions every writer must ask themselves multiple times in their career are:
— Jaye Wells (@jayewells) August 31, 2020
1. What are you trying to prove?
2. To whom?
I asked myself these questions recently and didn't like my answers. Time to change some things.
If you think looting is bad wait until I tell you about civil forfeiture
— Shane (@shaneferro) August 30, 2020
People say Trump is a grifter. And he is. But I don’t really think that’s how he got votes.
— EveryoneGetsHatEventually (@Popehat) August 29, 2020
If David Duke tells me that a Klan shirt is 100% cotton when it’s a poly blend, and I buy the shirt, the primary reason I’m wearing a Klan shirt is not that David Duke is a grifter.
This is how MLK was depicted in 1967 to scare white Americans, in case there’s any confusion about what the strategy is. pic.twitter.com/bzHU1IDQVE
— Peter Kagan (@PeterKagan) August 28, 2020
Avoid the vague "officer-involved" for shootings and other cases involving police. Be specific about what happened. If police use the term, ask: How was the officer or officers involved? Who did the shooting? If the information is not available or not provided, spell that out.
— APStylebook (@APStylebook) August 25, 2020
