One more thought: Watching the ease with which conservatives pretend to believe something they clearly cannot believe — that Acosta did anything wrong — should really be a moment to think about what other beliefs they only pretend to hold. I’d say quite a few!

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) November 8, 2018

I see the hill some are willing to die on is “no, I swear, the conservatives I know really believe this stupid lie!” To this, I have a couple of rebuttals.

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) November 8, 2018

Two, I will bet they don’t actually believe what you think they do. Here’s a piece I wrote two years ago about how a lot of people don’t believe what they “believe”. https://t.co/5OyEiZ8rim

— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) November 8, 2018