MMFA's Oliver Willis picks political fight with Weekly Standard's Jay Cost — and loses badly

Friendly advice to Media Matters’ Oliver Willis: Don’t pick a fight you can’t win.

If only we’d been able to catch him sooner, he could’ve avoided completely humiliating himself like this:

.@JayCostTWS with a tweet storm on the frustration for Nevertrumpers to be tarred with the same brush as trump https://t.co/PLOK5HPmPJ

— Greg Dworkin (@DemFromCT) August 26, 2016

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/769234049860833281

The Weekly Standard’s Jay Cost wasn’t about to let Willis get away with that:

https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/769241864348336128

https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/769242259212660737

https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/769243308862439424

https://twitter.com/CTBellows/status/769242767822249984

https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/769243568229711873

Hey, it is easy!

Where did you denounce his appeal and support as primarily racist?

— No other terms (@ix_sir) August 26, 2016

https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/769244284516233216

@owillis Jay, I respect and value your insight, but I do think there's a need for some Sykes-like self-evaluation, here.

— Tim Quirk (@tbquirk) August 26, 2016

https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/769246262566744064

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/769247935129419776

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/769248362214416384

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Wait a second … what was that about “white power”?

https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/769242521553829889

https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/769254007617486848

Ooooooof.

https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/769249427416580096

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/769249661362249728

basically @JayCostTWS is saying that he's a special snowflake, and that you disturb him in his safe space by writing about him.

— Fred. (@freeloosedirt) August 26, 2016

https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/769251240320626688

.@JayCostTWS It's *almost* as if @owillis is both 1) stereotyping and 2) aiming his fire at someone who utterly fails to fit the stereotype.

— Patterico (@Patterico) August 26, 2016

Seriously, Oliver. Next time, just quit while you’re behind.

https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/769252325789732864