It has been a case of high drama on Xitter this past week in the wake of the election results, with a wave of announced departures that would rival LAX on Thanksgiving weekend. The reasons, quite frankly, are not important. Most of these dramatic exits have come with the expected, lengthy swan song detailing all of the reasons they are heading for the exit.
I have not indulged in any of these. They are always rather similar in nature; their exit messages are delivered with some level of indignation, and enough contempt and condescension to shame a theater critic watching an off-Broadway stage effort. They appear to harbor hopes of inspiring a crowd to follow them to greener platforms, or at the least, generate pleas for them to reconsider. It is shameless digital peacocking.
The first indicator I saw was from The Atlantic, where staff writer Charlie Warzel…
