Gregg GonsalvesIf you know my history, you know I grew up as part of ACT UP, the AIDS activist group in the 80s and 90s. I've protested every President, multiple drug companies, and federal officials. 1/
But we NEVER rained down threats on anyone. Now Elon Musk on the bird site is tweeting out "prosecute/Fauci." 2/
This is an 81 year old scientist and physician. He and his family have had death threats for close to three years and needed Secret Service protection. 3/
I don't care what you think of the man, but the idea that Elon Musk, thug and right wing oligarch can amp up hate directed towards one man is evil. It just is. 4/
Put that into the context of the racist, antisemitic, homophobic hate unleashed on Twitter over the past few months and you can see that Elon Musk loves this, this monetizing of hate, it arouses him, it gets him going. 5/
From Trump to Musk, and the lesser demagogues like DeSantis, we're in deep trouble in this country. What is being unleashed is not going to end well. 6/
We all need to push back on all of this before it's too late. end/
Kim Scheinberg@gregggonsalves
And let me state more clearly that I share every bit of your rage. Please don't think for a moment that I am minimizing how infuriating and sickening it all is.
When I read M Scott Peck's _People of the Lie_ years and years ago, I hated all the religious allegory, and the whole concept of evil seemed laughable to my atheist self. But these last few years, I've had to reconsider my feelings about the existence of irredeemable monsters.
@kims I am a devout atheist too! But evil--based on an ethical framework untied from religion, can exist and has throughout history.
Peter Butler@kims @gregggonsalves Nobody is evil, but there are certainly evil actions. That post was evil.