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So it should be - they're fudgeing reckless, dangerous bastardsAnti-vaxxer bashing is quite popular
So it should be - they're fudgeing reckless, dangerous bastardsAnti-vaxxer bashing is quite popular
Who’s spurring the racial protests? Conspiracies point to any number of people, including rich Jewish businessmen such as George Soros who are allegedly hiring fake protesters. (In fact, this has been debunked.) Who’s spreading COVID-19? Rich liberals such as Bill Gates, hoping to become even richer. (In fact, this also has been debunked.)
Not all alternative medicine proponents are anti-vaccine, of course, just as not all anti-vaccination activists are conspiracy theorists, right-wing, racist, or all three. However, it’s not surprising that a Venn diagram reveals considerable overlap among the worldviews. Conspiracy is inherent in anti-vaccination belief, because Big Pharma has allegedly invested untold fortunes in keeping the “truth” about vaccines from public knowledge—despite, of course, widespread knowledge of precisely such anti-vaccination claims.
People across the political spectrum believe conspiracy theories, and they all share a common worldview, one which is fundamentally distrustful of authority and anti-establishment. All pride themselves on being independent thinkers, a special breed of “woke” folk who are smart enough to separate themselves from the sheeple and not be swayed by what “They” want you to think. Theirs is a world in which world events are part of a Master Plan orchestrated by a Jewish cabal, the Illuminati, Bill Gates, Big Pharma, or whoever else.
Racism, conspiracy thinking, and the rejection of science are all toxic problems, made worse when combined with the chaos and uncertainty of a pandemic. Fortunately, these are all learned behaviors that can be conquered. The best inoculations against misinformation are critical thinking, media literacy, and skepticism.
^^^ speaking of, a good read at CFI ...
Where Racism, Anti-Vaccination, and COVID-19 Conspiracy Meet | Center for Inquiry
This is the sixth in a series of original articles on the COVID-19 pandemic by the Center for Inquiry as part of its Coronavirus Resource Center, created to help the public address the crisis with evidence-based information. Please check back periodically for updates and new information. T ...centerforinquiry.org
It's a moot point whether free speech is putting lives at risk. There are valid and invalid arguments on both sides.When is is OK to put lives at risk?
They would argue that Vaxxers are the same.So it should be - they're fudgeing reckless, dangerous bastards
but they'd be wrong, just like creationists and flat earthersThey would argue that Vaxxers are the same
To your mind certainly.but they'd be wrong, just like creationists and flat earthers
false equivalence
To your mind certainly.
However aside from the fanatics on both sides, there are real and cogent concerns that should be addressed rather than simply denigrating those that disagree with us
Really?It's a moot point whether free speech is putting lives at risk. There are valid and invalid arguments on both sides.
I wonder whether is that any where near Cambridge Analytica?
But.....Astrazeneca's HQ is in Cambridge...bet they're drinking buddies with Cambridge Analytica
and tracking software....hmm what could possibly go wrong?
Oh here we go. Folks we got another!
There’s no need to be insulting is there?
My comments were tongue in cheek- lighten up!
And so were mine
Were you really being tongue in cheek? You took great offence at my own tongue in cheek post, and now you're being incredibly defensive of the anti-Vaxxer brigade. Genuine question expecting a genuine answer to clear up this ambiguous stance you're taking.To your mind certainly.
However aside from the fanatics on both sides, there are real and cogent concerns that should be addressed rather than simply denigrating those that disagree with us
Mostly by choice.Which is exactly what most anti-vaxxers aren't.
Could it be gas lighting?Genuine question expecting a genuine answer to clear up this ambiguous stance you're taking.
That's about making someone doubt themself right ... so the grooming technique of conspiracy theorists, anti-Vaxxers et al upon easy marks? Pretending they're not, and maintaining it.Could it be gas lighting?
Good for you Krish, keep the faith.Were you really being tongue in cheek? You took great offence at my own tongue in cheek post, and now you're being incredibly defensive of the anti-Vaxxer brigade. Genuine question expecting a genuine answer to clear up this ambiguous stance you're taking.
I tweeted Sheila Fogherty of LBC a few months ago about an anti-vaxxer who'd just called in aggressively spouting the same old debunked lies/myths. That person then tweeted me about having only 40ish followers while she had a few thousand, as if that proved anything.
Well I always block strangers who follow - loads of dodgy Grant Shapps' type businesses and what appear to be eastern European sex workers or catfishers.Only 40 followers!
Clearly you know nothing Jon Snow.
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Well I always block strangers who follow - loads of dodgy Grant Shapps' type businesses and what appear to be eastern European sex workers or catfishers.
Btw I bigged myself up - just 37 followers at present.