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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Nov 2021

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Kyle Griffin

      While the majority of right-wing attacks on Fauci have been spurious, it's a mistake for him to say "I represent science." Science is a process, not a person. As a process, it tends to be haphazard and make its share of mistakes & requires public scrutiny. Covid has shown that.https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1465304537468653572 …

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      Kyle GriffinVerified account @kylegriffin1
      Dr. Fauci on criticism from Republicans to CBS: "They're really criticizing science, because I represent science. That's dangerous. To me, that's more dangerous than the slings and the arrows that get thrown at me … I'm going to be saving lives and they're going to be lying."
      90 replies 49 retweets 526 likes
    2. Greg Sargent‏Verified account @ThePlumLineGS 29 Nov 2021
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      Doesn't he mean, "I represent science *to them*?" Seems obvious from the context.

      17 replies 4 retweets 272 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 29 Nov 2021
      Replying to @ThePlumLineGS

      He perhaps should have said that explicitly -- and in any case would have been better to use his platform to explain that science is never embodied by one person so both scapegoating and celebrating him as a representative of science harms public understanding.

      9:44 AM - 29 Nov 2021
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        2. Doctor E. N. Sunbeam‏ @TremendousBacon 29 Nov 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @ThePlumLineGS

          And here we are with the 'I didn't understand what he was saying and now I have to defend my ridiculous interpretation and lecture him anyway'. Dude, you're better than this.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Stable Genius Kay‏ @KayInMD 29 Nov 2021
          Replying to @TremendousBacon @HeerJeet @ThePlumLineGS

          Yeah, actually @HeerJeet is not better than this.

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        1. RomanX‏ @RomanX1976 29 Nov 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @ThePlumLineGS

          I suspect that is easier to do, when you aren't personally on the receiving death threats. Not that I am defending the sloppy syntax, just it is more important to call out your first point (science as a process) in general.

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        1. Steve Shepherd‏ @shepherdwong 29 Nov 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @ThePlumLineGS

          Seems like quite a trip to where average American's understanding or concern for empiricism or the scientific method would be impacted by this. You can't harm something that doesn't exist.

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        2. Greg Sargent‏Verified account @ThePlumLineGS 29 Nov 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Yeah, that would be a good argument for him to make -- agree there

          1 reply 1 retweet 15 likes
        3. Welcome to Castle Rackrent  🌻 🌻 🌻‏ @Shawn00Guerra 29 Nov 2021
          Replying to @ThePlumLineGS @HeerJeet

          He’s a doctor, you guys, not a language person (or an excellent journalist!)

          0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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        1. dacid pleatherman  ✨ 🐒‏ @ShrimpMeatMom 29 Nov 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @ThePlumLineGS

          The people he’s speaking about would just argue against that in bad faith too though.

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        1. blobert.‏ @blobert 29 Nov 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @ThePlumLineGS

          You can stop now.

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        1. ChiNurse‏ @ChiNurse 29 Nov 2021
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        2. Mind Virus Woke‏ @breakaway2day 29 Nov 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet @ThePlumLineGS

          Fauci really needs to take the spotlight off of himself instances like this because when he makes 1 tiny slip up he is used as the supreme and only authority by the right wing which is way off base. There's a world wide collection of scientists doing this work and it's better...

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        3. Mind Virus Woke‏ @breakaway2day 29 Nov 2021
          Replying to @breakaway2day @HeerJeet @ThePlumLineGS

          if the right can see that they're dismissing and belittling all of the work done by so many instead of painting it as just 1 person as if he has the last say or has ultimate authority.

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