As a very active social media presence, Stephen King has a certain set of tropes that he tends to adhere to on the Twitter circuit. Not to say he’s predictable, but you can largely predict what he’s going to do whenever he hops onto the bird app to share his latest inner monologue with the world.
It’s either going to be the hearty recommendation of a film or television project, a scathing takedown of Donald Trump and the rest of his Republican cohorts who voice sentiments the author refuses to agree with, or a generally random aside that comes straight from his brain in completely unfiltered fashion.
However, a new contender recently entered the arena, and his name is Dan Bongino. Having initially caught King’s attention when he urged the exceedingly wealthy and phenomenally successful author to “get a job,” the two have been bickering back-and-forth ever since.
The latest twist in the tale saw Bongino rail against sex education in schools, and his repeated – and completely oblivious – use of certain terminology caught King’s eye, allowing him to swoop in with a borderline murderous takedown.
The easiest way for Bongino to vanish into the ether of irrelevance would be for King to just start ignoring him completely, but that doesn’t seem to be on the cards. On the plus side, the entertainment value is off the charts, with the conservative commentator regularly having his ass handed to him on a silver-tongued platter by the leegendary purveyor of all things spooky.
Published: Jun 6, 2023 02:08 am