Thread by @mattblaze

For what it's worth, I try really hard to engage productively here, but, probably owing to the nature of the work I do, I'm on the receiving end of a pretty constant barrage of trolls, aggressive attacks, and often bizarrely unreasonable demands here. 1/

Mostly I ignore them. Sometimes I don't, and that's probably not always for the best, but it helps keep me sane and engaged here. I'm genuinely sorry if I'm not always as even tempered as you'd like to think I should be, but I am who I am. 2/

So, yes, I should probably be bigger than I sometimes am. But I'm also only human. As I recent said to someone who's obviously very upset with me: 3/

Anyway, please understand I'm not an automaton, your support staff, or a celebrity publicist, or whatever model you have for what I should be. I'm a professor, trying to engage with others on topics of public and personal interest. And an imperfect human being. Thanks. 4/4