I agree with your framing here almost entirely, but I think it's a mistake to write off Rufo entirely. It may be in this case it's a self-serving post hoc analy

I agree with your framing here almost entirely, but I think it's a mistake to write off Rufo entirely. It may be in this case it's a self-serving post hoc analysis of events on his part. Maybe even probably that. But he's managed to start moral panics before (he was championing CRT and "parental rights" as wedge issues long before they were in vogue). Not worth listening to, but imo worth monitoring.