I'm sad and annoyed that my community is humiliating and ridiculing someone who has a deficient understanding of econometrics and was not modest about it. This is not the #EconTwitter I know and love.
A rope: 1/n
A rope: 1/n
I can understand that it's frustrating for @Jabaluck and colleagues to pull of an amazing study and then have to deal with confident but wrong takes. I also understand getting impatient with them and clapping back a little at some point. But: 2/n 
1. Losing our patience is not something to be proud of. *We are teachers.* We shouldn't kick down to people who don't get it. Even if they're obstinate about it: Others are watching. Humiliating people is distasteful, ineffective, and a partial mission failure. 3/n
2. Crucially, while even the best of us can have such moments, the rest of us should not celebrate this and add to the humiliation. We came across here as arrogant, gate-keeping tribalists with sneering disdain for the unenlightened. *This is why people dislike economists!* 4/n
3. What angers me is that this damages the larger mission. People: If we behave like this, others don't want to work with us! We cannot complain that policy isn't evidence-based, and at the same time display such rudeness and cruelty. 5/n
4. In the concrete case, with some empathy and willingness to understand the intended meaning, productive corrections without condescension were possible. Here are some nice examples. 6/n
I'll conclude by saying that the mask RCT by @Jabaluck, @mushfiq_econ, and others is one of the most impressive and inspiring pieces of research I've ever seen. Thanks to them, both for the huge public health contribution, and for modeling what amazing science can look like. 7/7
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