1.1 mil likes under "pregnant" Gates reminded me of the House of Cards line:

"When you're fresh meat, kill and throw them something fresher."

I think this captures average twitter well. It does not need much to be "controlled"

If posting funny (albeit mean-spirited) things to make people laugh constitutes control, then accusations of 'controlling people' seem a lot less serious. Every comedian is in the business of control by that measure.

It doesn't, that was my point. It's a gamble in front of a shouting crowd that is demanding an emotional release

> It does not need much to be "controlled"

So therefore "not controlled". That tweet was funny or at least mildly amusing. We can call any likes that any celebrity gets a "controlled mob", if we go with this line of thinking.

Don't forget his "FREE AMERICA NOW" phase in April 2020, getting hundreds of thousands of likes when he echoed right-wing anti-lockdown talking points. And when he claimed the US would likely be down to zero cases within a month in March 2020. Or him going after the British diver he referred to as "pedo guy". Or his stock market manipulation tweets.

I have a completely unbased hypothesis that having Aspergers matters when it comes to hostility in social context. IMO he clearly oversteps with insults

That is pretty insulting to those of us with autism who manage not to be giant tools. Probably because we weren't born rich & don't get to live consequence-free.