Elon Musk went out of his way to give some of the #TwitterFiles leaks to Bari Weiss, a run-of-the-mill midwit liberal “centrist” from the “Intellectual Dark (Dork?) Web.” She repaid him by virtue signaling on Twitter over Elon’s recent bans of doxing journalists.

It all started after Twitter users nagged Bari Weiss over her connection to the Twitter Files once Elon Musk started banning doxers.

You know who lost the most credibility based on Twitter’s suspensions today? @mtaibbi and @bariweiss. They were conned by @elonmusk. Their fake expose and breathless “Twitter Files” simply showed that Twitter, as a business, can basically do whatever it wants in terms of speech. https://t.co/tbRDNIOCLO

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 16, 2022

Because apparently people can’t say “no” nowadays, Bari obliged the nagging mob and lobbed a signal of her virtue in Elon’s general direction.

The old regime at Twitter governed by its own whims and biases and it sure looks like the new regime has the same problem. I oppose it in both cases. And I think those journalists who were reporting on a story of public importance should be reinstated.

— Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) December 16, 2022

She then invited us all to read something, we don’t know what, we’re definitely not bothering to read this:

I don't need to dwell on how mesmerizing it is to watch those journalists who defended—even celebrated!—Twitter's bans under the old regime under the guise of "safety" now call it censorship, and say it infringes on freedom of expression. It did then as it does now.

— Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) December 16, 2022

Apparently there is a demand out there for listening to Bari Weiss have a “deeper conversation”?

For a deeper conversation about this important issue, listen to today’s episode of @thehonestlypod with @RoKhanna: https://t.co/R1VSC8p66A

— Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) December 16, 2022

Perhaps stunned at the ingratitude on display, Elon Musk had to weigh in:

What should the consequence of doxxing someone’s real-time, exact location be? Assume your child is at that location, as mine was.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022

Elon doubled down.

Bari, this is a real question, not rhetorical. What is your opinion?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022

We can’t say we blame him. But it was really the next Tweet that cut deep to the bone:

Rather than rigorously pursuing truth, you are virtue-signaling to show that you are “good” in the eyes of media elite to keep one foot in both worlds

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2022

Sean Connery-style brutality.

That about perfectly sums up the entity that is Bari Weiss in 280 characters or less. But the whole “IDW” can also be described that way. The IDW can most charitably be described as “baby food” for people still attached to Regime narratives. Uncharitably, it could also accurately be described as thin, virtue-signaling gruel.

Bari has yet to respond on Twitter.

Our own Darren Beattie was all over this exchange.

This is what Elon gets for Rogan-brained decision to boost her in the first place

The good thing is Elon is very smart and can pivot and calibrate quickly https://t.co/n5UR22ns2v

— Darren J. Beattie ? (@DarrenJBeattie) December 16, 2022

Darren was never too enthused about Bari in the first place.

Matt Taibbi, OK I can live with that.

But Bari Weiss… give me a fucking break

— Darren J. Beattie ? (@DarrenJBeattie) December 4, 2022

To be clear, he’s had Bari’s number for quite some time. See this:

Regime trying so hard to shove Bari Weiss down your throat as an acceptable "opposition"

The Bari Weiss op almost as aggressive as the Pete Davidson or Enes Kanter op… almost

— Darren J. Beattie ? (@DarrenJBeattie) January 22, 2022

Also:

That Bari Weiss is even a thing simply underscores how desperate and scared people are

They'll run and cling to any remotely "anti-woke" Schelling Point that seems safe

— Darren J. Beattie ? (@DarrenJBeattie) November 8, 2021

Those who want to actually accomplish anything useful in reconstructing this regime in the current age will someday realize they have to get out of the kiddie pool and start swimming with the sharks.

As for Bari, this exchange could end being good for her in the longterm.