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    Michael Hiltzik: By embracing anti-Fauci and QAnon conspiracies, Musk tests how low Twitter can sink

    People trying to track the intellectual and moral deterioration of Twitter under its new owner, Elon Musk, have gotten a few more data points to work with in recent days. On Sunday, Musk signed on to the right wing's campaigns against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the highly respected infectious disease expert whose role in the battle against the HIV and COVID-19 viruses may have saved hundreds of ...
    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Dec 15, 2022 6 minutes
    This illustration photo taken on Aug. 5, 2022, shows a cellphone displaying a photo of Elon Musk placed on a computer monitor filled with Twitter logos in Washington, D.C..

    People trying to track the intellectual and moral deterioration of Twitter under its new owner, Elon Musk, have gotten a few more data points to work with in recent days.

    On Sunday, Musk signed on to the right wing's campaigns against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the highly respected infectious disease expert whose role in the battle against the HIV and COVID-19 viruses may have saved hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of lives.

    "My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci," Musk tweeted Sunday.

    When former astronaut Scott Kelly (the twin brother of Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona) upbraided Musk for not only attacking a "dedicated public servant" but mocking the practice among LGBTQ individuals and others of posting their preferred pronouns online and in emails, Musk doubled down.

    "Forcing your pronouns upon others when they didn't ask...is neither good nor kind to anyone," he tweeted back. "As for Fauci, he lied to Congress and funded gain-of-function research that killed millions of people."

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