There's a weird thing in online discourse, especially Twitter, where creepy, gross and disgusting stand in for moral judgements and enforcement of social norms.

There's a weird thing in online discourse, especially Twitter, where creepy, gross and disgusting stand in for moral judgements and enforcement of social norms. Maybe it's just a current style, or maybe people choose it because it's hard to argue against a feeling the way you argue against a judgement. I feel, though, that it's infantilizing the discussion. We are not going to find common ground if, for example, one person thinks it's gross that people aren't masking up anymore, while another is creeped out by mask wearers. But these statements of feeling seem to tickle the algorithm better than statements of fact and discussions of public safety.