I think everything is political, even code.... But the conversation Twitter fosters is not useful. I see people jumping on others for small mistakes or imagined slights, searching for inconsistencies ("On March 3 you said this about apples, on March 7 you said this about oranges -- why don't you have a CONSISTENT STANCE ON FRUITS YOU HYPOCRITE"), etc. And yes, it's so easy to comment from the sidelines; I see people sitting comfortably in Minneapolis or Miami criticizing a journalist tweeting about the refugee situation in Moldova.

Folks try to have nuanced discussion on Twitter but it's not possible when it's so reactionary and atomized. I no longer tweet either. I go on Twitter to find interesting people to follow in other forums, not to talk to anyone. I am a silent tweeter, heh.