Thread by @optimist_press

@mattyglesias If people are "sniping" you, it's probably because Liberal anti-science propaganda is only a pale shade morally less repugnant than fascist anti-science propaganda.

@mattyglesias "Allow me to repeat that in case you didn’t catch it the first time: the structure that HIV uses to evade the human immune system, COVID uses to evade humanity’s defense systems."

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@mattyglesias "COVID is a deadly, aerosolized pathogen that approaches an infection rate on par with measles that generates one new mutation per mammalian host every two weeks."

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@mattyglesias Politically, we're at odds, but Nature doesn't give a fuck about your politics. Go ahead. Test her. See if I care . . .

@mattyglesias Also, consider who you'll be spending time with in large gatherings: no one cool; a bunch of pencil pushing wine drinkers, fascist social darwinists and ingrates.

@mattyglesias I understand COVID puts a damper on everyone's life plans, but too bad. I read the record and follow the science because I value my life and life in general more than all the stuff we consume to fill the gaping hole that's been carved into our spiritual lives.

@mattyglesias I'd be completely unsurprised if a large number of Americans ignorantly place themselves and others in danger. It appears, lacking community or a common sense of purpose, that's their prerogative, but you'll be interacting with a well-defined subset of the population.

@mattyglesias What are you defending, @mattyglesias? Jalapeno poppers, late night drug binges, a plate of nachos, a steak done mid-rare, an all-night rager at a sold-out amphitheater? I was a bartender for 6 years, and a damn good one, but I won't do it any more because it's fucking unethical.

@mattyglesias Spare me your tears and laughter until after you've talked to every family member who has had a relative die from COVID19.

@mattyglesias Besides, your hospitality jobs were always a Liberal placeholder for our manufacturing and the unions that were taken from us, and if you want throw that back in my face, be sure not to do it in person.

@mattyglesias @threadreaderapp unroll please. Thank you.