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Sure, and that was the misstep here. He clearly wasn't threatening to kill anyone, it was misinterpreted, he thought people would get a reference that they clearly did not. He's apologized, it's time to move on. There's better things to spend our outrage budget on IMO than someone who cares a little too much about city politics and has probably learned not to overestimate his audience's knowledge of Tupac.

>>arctic+(OP)
I’m not sure who is supposed to “move on”.

It’s an election year. People will use the tweet as they see fit. Voters will ultimately decide whether it matters or not concerning candidates who have received money from Tan. But I don’t think this is the last we’ll hear about it.

>>arctic+(OP)
They were probably waiting for him to slip up and say something like this.

This is a touch paranoid.

it was misinterpreted, he thought people would get a reference that they clearly did not

As a general matter, people should spend more time saying what they mean instead of engaging in meta-discourse of quoting cool references to each other for vibes. It's an unhealthy way to communicate; online discourse is totally irony-poisoned and (imho) this is partly why there's such a breakdown of social trust.

And really, don't you think throwing out lines like 'die slow motherfuckers' in public for cool points is a little...juvenile?