Two More Celebrities Get Scared Off Twitter By Musk: ‘Cesspool of Racism, Anti-Semitism, Disinformation’

Chalk up two more celebrities with skins thin enough that they can’t handle exposure to opinions that might in some way differ from theirs.

Actually, that’s not quite fair. It’s not fair to Jim Carrey, because he didn’t exactly say why he was leaving 🐦Twitter, although my assumption above seems reasonable.

I’d prefer to give Carrey the benefit of the doubt, honestly, because he was so entertaining in both “Liar, Liar” and “Bruce Almighty.” I’ve seen little of his other work, and liked none of it, but those two films were worth watching, and still are.

Unlike Carrey’s 🐦Twitter feed, which was posted on only 25 times in 2022, and mostly with nothing worth seeing. One exception:

I expect that Carrey and I interpret those hearings from different worldviews, but I can’t in good conscience say that there’s a word in that 🐦Tweet with which I disagree.

I also owe an apology regarding the second Celebrity