Dan Pfeiffer was responding to a Twitter discussion about political polarization and how the Internet and social media play a major factor.
He then tweeted: “Also a much n—– factor on the right.”
What Pfieffer was probably trying to tweet was the word “bigger” — but since “n—–” was already occupying his subconscious mind, that’s what came out. This is how the high-level correspondence began: 
But then the communication went into far left field when Pheiffer sent this:
Pfieffer immediately realized his error and deleted his Twitter post, but it was too late. Once released into the wild, a single tweet wreaked all kinds of havoc.
According to legendary psychologist Sigmund Freud, a Freudian slip is the verbalization of an unconscious thought. In other words, the verbalization of something we are subconsciously thinking, but it is against social mores to utter the thought.
What are your thoughts?
