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I was on Times Now<\/i> yesterday defending Shashi Tharoor in this ridiculous Twitter controversy, going over pretty much the same points I’d made in my post, “A Cattle-Class Country?”<\/a> The videos of that debate are embedded below the fold. I didn’t get too many chances to speak, but that’s okay, because Tom Vadakkan, the Congress spokesman, did—and he was hilarious. Check out this bit<\/a>, which comes in the third video clip below:<\/p>\n

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Let me tell you something: I did a little research after you phoned me, to find out what is the basic cause for this tweet business. Some of the survey reports that I received was Tweet is a very lonely man, and he needs counselling.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There was much else that was WTF about the discussion, and I leave you to discover the rest of that for yourself! (Videos below the fold.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was on Times Now<\/i> yesterday defending Shashi Tharoor in this ridiculous Twitter controversy, going over pretty much the same points I’d made in my post, “A Cattle-Class Country?”<\/a> The videos of that debate are embedded below the fold. I didn’t get too many chances to speak, but that’s okay, because Tom Vadakan, the Congress spokesman, did—and he was hilarious. Check out this bit, which comes in the third video clip below:<\/p>\n

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Let me tell you something: I did a little research after you phoned me, to find out what is the basic cause for this tweet business. Some of the survey reports that I received was Tweet is a very lonely man, and he needs counselling.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There was much else that was WTF about the discussion, and I leave you to discover the rest of that for yourself! 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