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Journalist Glenn Greenwald slammed people on Twitter who were engaging
on Wednesday in what he described as �smug football-spiking glee� in
response to Rep.-elect Luke Letlow�s (R-LA) death from COVID-19.

Greenwald was responding to a tweet from Daily Beast editor Molly
Jong-Fast, who posted a video of Letlow urging the economy to reopen in October. �He died of coronavirus yesterday at 41 years old,� she said
simply in response to the video.

�The smug football-spiking glee over Luke Letlow�s death at 41 is one
of the most repulsive things I�ve seen on this site,� Greenwald wrote. �Celebrating death is repugnant in all cases but he wasn�t a COVID
denier. Urging that the costs of isolation & economic ruin be
considered isn�t denialism[.]�

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1344281938413158400

�Many deaths are caused by careless choices: people don�t eat well;
they don�t exercise; they smoke, drink or take drugs; they don�t have
safe sex; they drive when tired. But we still mourn their deaths as
tragic, not giggle that they got what they deserved � except
sociopaths,� Greenwald continued.

Greenwald went on to offer the example of Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA),
who tested positive for COVID-19 after rallying for Democratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in Atlanta. �Do you think
that�s karmic justice, that if he dies it�s just [desserts]?� he asked.

�Basic human decency isn�t that hard,� Greenwald added.

Greenwald was met with pushback, including from Fast, who said,
�Personally as someone who is 42, the idea of dying at 41 really scares
me. This is not about dunking this about fear.�

Responding to a user who called his death �a lesson for people not
taking the virus seriously,� Greenwald maintained Letlow did take it
seriously and often wore masks.

https://twitter.com/theculkineffect/status/1344282938222010372

Replies to Fast�s initial tweet were replete with mean-spirited
condemnation toward Letlow, which Greenwald drew upon to make his point
to political scientist Ian Bremmer that Fast�s followers understood her implication �perfectly well.�

�Read the comments underneath the tweet,� he urged. �Her message was
clear: she chose a video where he said that economic shutdown is
causing great harm to imply he was a COVID denier. Same here � their
followers all got the message loud and clear[.]� He also linked to a
similar tweet from Vox journalist Aaron Rupar.

�I�m not cherry-picking: here are the first five responses,� Greenwald
said. �Most are like this or worse. Same with Aaron�s tweets. Everyone
knows the point conveyed[.]� The tweets he featured included sentiments
such as �Natural selection. He literally murdered himself,� �This guy
literally drank the Kool Aid and died,� and �It appears he didn�t take
COVID seriously and it had the last laugh!�

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1344288603577458690

�People do a lot for re-tweets and social media attention. It�s like
crack. And it�s even worse when one�s brain sits in a partisan oven all
day. I don�t exempt myself. Twitter fosters the worst in human nature.
People got the exact message she (and Aaron) purposely conveyed,�
Greenwald added.

Related: Leftists Blame Trump For Herman Cain�s Death

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