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Paragraph from his World War II Column regarding the bedbug situation

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Bret Stephens, a New York Times columnist, primarily writes articles regarding foreign policy and domestic politics. He is a very active writer in the New York Times and writes about the occurring events in politics. Unlike the other columnists, Bret Stephens is not fond of social media anymore after he disabled his Twitter account in August of 2019. There are many surrounding articles that revolve around an amusing situation in which explains the reasoning behind his abandoning: Dave Karpf called Stephens a "bedbug" and deeply offended Stephens, thus, more people started to mock Stephens throughout all social media platforms. Although Stephens was very foolish to react this way, it does not define his writing skills because social media and writing columns are very different from one another. Being abstinent from social media is a very positive aspect of Stephens' life because it enables him to remain active in writing more columns. Social media can be a dark place, especially for a place where people are constantly debating over political issues. For Stephens, abstinence of social media has built him more as a person to write more effective columns about today's politics without receiving negative commentary from any reader. Therefore, Stephens' ability to rise from social media has made him rise as a columnist.