I do so love it when naturopaths engage in predictable exercises in whataboutism. Whataboutism, in case you didn't know, was a propaganda technique pioneered by the old Soviet Union to deflect criticism. He seems to think I've never seen whataboutism before.https://twitter.com/DugaldSeely/status/1067426648306450434 …
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Replying to @gorskon
Ah yes, deflectionism and patronizing putdownisms are well known techniques, Most effective when surgeons of great skill and repute engage in them. I do recall having seen this before and astutely done it helps to put those rightfully back in their place.
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Replying to @DugaldSeely @gorskon
The reference is to a Soviet saying "А у вас негров линчуют" "And you are lynching Negroes", which was the response to any American criticism of the brutality of the Soviet Union. Just because there are problems in actual medicine, doesn't mean alt-med is any more true.pic.twitter.com/J8i3cHuwMF
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David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Ben Goldacre
Precisely. Or, as @bengoldacre once so famously put it...https://twitter.com/bengoldacre/status/297052662564802561 …
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