> Don't think for one moment it's any coincidence that no explanation of who is supposed to be behind this, how it benefits them, or any other explanation no data no cites just a conspiracy theory that has an emotional resonance ("THEY are doing it!") 55 RTs, 236 likeshttps://twitter.com/EdLatimore/status/1222138601775017985 …
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10/ But the problem is that the initial tweet does far more than promote a healthy lifestyle. If
@EdLatimore tweeted "eat more meat, lift more", I'd be there to like and RT. But he didn't. He said "Don't think for one moment it's any coincidence..." https://twitter.com/unorthodoxxxy/status/1222192067318730753 …This Tweet is unavailable.Show this thread -
11/ and the greater problem I see here is that people embrace positions for mood affiliation or tribal signalling. person X says "product Q is bad and don't think for a second that THEY don't know this and WANT you to have side effects R"
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12/ and people RT bc (a) yes, Q is bad, (b) their tribe is partially arranged around the thesis that Q is bad and the opposite of Q is good. ...which ... is quite distinct from the more complex (and incorrect) thing that they're RTing. It's a Vaclav Havel's greengrocer >>>
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13/ https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/the-power-of-the-powerless/ … ...but organized bottom up, not top down.
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Doctors were bribed by big sugar though. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/13/493739074/50-years-ago-sugar-industry-quietly-paid-scientists-to-point-blame-at-fat?t=1580229947249 … Or you know, just funded. And maybe invited to a few conferences in exclusive locales.
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