As Twitchy readers know, The New York Times had quite the hit piece on parents who have voiced their concern over mask and vaccine mandates. Self-described proud member of “Do-Something Twitter” (no, we don’t know what that means either) Will Stancil, having failed to get the memo on which words are unacceptable these days, had a few things to say about the replies to the column. He felt the need to drag Florida Governor Ron DeSantis into the mix, which did not go unnoticed by the Governor’s Press Secretary Christina Pushaw.
Replies to this are unbelievably insane. https://t.co/MZRO6edp52
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) August 2, 2022
Anti-vaccine, anti-mask, anti-closure privilege moms are the worst political creation of the pandemic. And it’s a group that includes a lot of our faves.
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) August 2, 2022
Symptoms of Privilege Momhood:
-“mom” in Twitter bio
-obviously wealthy
-years-long fixation with school closures and masking
-reports being “politically homeless”
-strangely curious about DeSantis and Libs of TikTokPrognosis:
-high likelihood of future fascist politics— Will Stancil (@whstancil) August 2, 2022
We’re not sure how having the word “mom” in your Twitter bio equates to privilege, let alone a likelihood of future fascist politics , but then again, we’re not insane.
My years-long "fixation" w school closures & masking is due to Do Something childless progs' obsession w muzzling & isolating *my children*!
"Mom" is in my bio because I gestated, gave birth to (without drugs) & raised 4 human beings who deserve life, liberty & pursuit of joy!
— Roxanne ❄️ Hoge (@RoxanneHoge) August 2, 2022
Will is apparently not a fan of how his tweets were received:
Yeah. We can't have reasonable people who've decided not to take the Covid shot have any type of audience on Twitter. @cliftonaduncan has had to step away from his acting career because he made a medical decision.
People like you disgust me.
— IntellectualDorkWeb (@Intel_Dork) August 2, 2022
You’re anti-vaxxer scum and so is he
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) August 2, 2022
Nothing much gets by DeSantis Press Secretary Christina Pushaw, and this little rant didn’t either.
And again, a lot of these people seem to have an affection for DeSantis. The anti-vax parents are functioning as an advance team for the DeSantis presidential campaign and, I suspect, will be a major backdoor to DeSantis support in a lot of affluent, nominally liberal circles
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) August 2, 2022
OR…
Maybe they just like DeSantis because he didn’t lock kids out of school for 18 months, fire people over shots and boosters, or force toddlers to cover their faces with dirty cloth for 2 years?
Nah can’t be that, they must be mIsiNfOrMeD
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) August 2, 2022
He started with a sweeping generalization, brought DeSantis into it for no reason, wished for death in prison on the Governor, and somehow still decided he was the victim:
Why’d you delete this Will? pic.twitter.com/rxoUXuBiy3
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) August 2, 2022
The spokeswoman for the governor of Florida tweeted at or about me, goading on the anti-vax mob, no fewer than EIGHTEEN TIMES pic.twitter.com/PreRyXZ7W3
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) August 2, 2022
As always, Pushaw had an answer:
Don't start none, won't be none
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) August 2, 2022
Don’t start none, won’t be none.
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