Some stories take on a life of their own, and Peanut the Squirrel’s and Fred the Raccoon’s certainly did that.
I have a very small Twitter account–around 4000 followers–and a typical post I put up gets around 500 or fewer views. Let’s just say I am no Ben Shapiro or Elon Musk when it comes to followers.
Yet I tweeted about Peanut and this happened.
Why does the Peanut the Squirrel story matter? It demonstrates the reality of government. Petty bureaucrats can, at a whim, terrorize people. Nobody was being hurt, good things were being done, but some petty rule was broken. They mobilized goons and destroyed something good. https://t.co/uT8cIaU9Qd
— David Strom (@DavidStrom) November 2, 2024
As I write this, the tweet has nearly a million views, and I expect it the final total to be at least 50% greater. It has been retweeted eight and a half thousand…
