For instance, in the 2016 election @delbigtree visited Michigan and ranted on about standing and, if necessary, dying for freedom, as his group went around buttonholing state legislators. 2/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2016/10/28/nobody-promotes-antivaccine-nonsense-in-my-statewithout-receiving-some-insolence-2016-election-edition/ …
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What that means is that school vaccine mandates, which used to have wide bipartisan support, have become politicized. They're now a partisan issue. 11b/11https://respectfulinsolence.com/2017/02/22/in-the-age-of-donald-trump-vaccine-policy-is-becoming-politicized-with-potentially-deadly-consequences/ …
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Perhaps the most disturbing incident slamming the politicization of school vaccine mandates home to me occurred at a "vaccine roundtable" hosted by a
@MIGOP candidate for Congress in my district. I attended. 11c/11https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/08/03/jeff-noble-kerry-bentivolio-host-antivax/ …Show this thread -
I note that, at the time, my state senator was antivaccine and running for governor, and my state rep was willing to pander to antivaxxers in the name of "freedom." Both are out of office now, thankfully. 11d/11
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The problem is getting worse in
@GOP. For instance, antivaxxers are now openly bragging about how many@ohiogop state legislatures are antivax or antivax-sympathetic. 11e/11https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/11/13/ohio-statehouse-antivaccine/ …Show this thread -
Anyway, I addressed the question of whether antivaccine groups are becoming hate groups. At the time I said, "Not exactly," but acknowledged disturbing trends. Today, it's much worse. 11f/11https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/03/16/are-antivaccine-groups-hate-groups/ …
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This was visible a few years ago in CA legislature votes. GOP ~got paid for pro-tobacco votes, but was just as bad for antivaxx.https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1059303945233821699?s=20 …
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all part of the "single issue" voter pull. The "big tent" for any grievance group. The price of admission is to get hooked on hate. Hate gets stoked and spread.
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