Originally published at: Instagram bans RFK Jr over vaccine conspiracy theories | Boing Boing
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I’m still annoyed this CHUD was a graduation week speaker at my college. This was forever ago when his full ooze wasn’t noticeable, of course.
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Good. That’s a start. There are so many still spreading FUD all across the internet, but this is one.
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Yet another instance of “too late”. I’m glad this woo peddler riding on a famous name is gone, but he’s spent years doing damage thanks to FB’s various platforms.
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Maybe powerful people and organizations like Twitter and Instragram are realizing that the pandemic isn’t going to be over as soon as they’d liked because of anti-science douchebags like RFK Jr.
Conspiracy theories might be a boon for some businesses (the gun industry) but stopping people from getting the COVID vaccine is bad for business in general.
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The only nice thing about the popularity of antivaxx and other anti-biomedical science views among Trumpists is that it may finally get the left to stop tolerating their own like RFK jr. who have long held such views.
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Oh, thank dog. He is one of the worst, if not the worst anti-vaxxer. Obviously, Wakefield is the evil soul of this movement, but with RFK Jr’s name recognition and the goodwill he legitimately earned with Riverkeeper, his voice carries a lot more authority. Here in the Hudson Valley, the Venn diagram of Riverkeeper supporters and anti-vaxxers is nearly a circle. His work was specifically predatory toward a subset of mid- to high-income progressives who have the spare time and social impact to really make this bullshit spread like wildfire.
Edited to add the “Jr” as I wouldn’t want people confusing him with the bridge.
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Which way is the wind blowing today, Zuck?
Its policies are a creaking weathervane, rusted out by political calculation, and its executives simply supplicate to whatever forces they currently fear.
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Good riddance!
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In case anyone was wondering what this asshole and his buddies are doing to earn this, here is a pretty deep dive:
(ORAC is nothing is not thorough in his deconstruction of his victims.)
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