I agree, they are leftist shills of one stripe or another. I noticed that gas_dr's writing style is similar to that of another troll who came after me in that thread, down to the bad spelling - their accounts likely run by the same poster... What a sad existence theirs.I hope it at least pays well.
I always got the impression he was CCP things from google
The Branch Covidians are something else for sure. Entopy12 claims to be an 82 y/o man, I doubt that very seriously. He acts like a spoiled, arrogant and very immature millennial.