Jeremy Schneider [@J_Schneider]. Please know, if you’re someone who brings a book to the bar… nobody likes you. February 2022. URL: https://twitter.com/J_Schneider/status/1490416476569968643 (visited on 2023-12-10).
I think this is an interesting case of public shaming because, in his apology thread, he explains some of the reasoning behind why he said what he said. He mentions how someone he knew told him he would bring a book to the bar to pick up girls, a performative act that doesn't illustrate who that person really is and shows how the book becomes a prop in that instance. I think, while the original tweet obviously is exaggerated and oversimplified, there are cases where someone reading a book in a bar, to pick up girls for example, would be seen as scummy by a large majority of people.