No worries, I know you're not calling me that. I just disagree about the language thing, in two ways. First, I *do* think these terms are being used too liberally, and that creates unnecessary political problems that get in the way of good policy—which is the top priority.
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Second, I think there's a way that calling people out has come to be more important than effecting change (maybe because people are too confident that the former leads to the latter).
@TheBTI@atrembath@TedNordhaus taught me this when it comes to climate change and conservation.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @AlanLevinovitz @gorskon and
If you think climate change is urgent, it's not wise to sling around "science denier". Better to sit down w/people, figure out where they stand on specific issues and why, and then work towards a solution. (This is how Yellowstone in conservative Montana got wolves).
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Replying to @AlanLevinovitz @gorskon and
See also "anti-vaxxer" a term I used to use and now vehemently object to, thanks to sociologists and others who have convinced me that if what I really want is more people getting vaccinated, that's not a good approach. Is it "what *they* want"? Am I conceding language? Eh.
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Replying to @AlanLevinovitz @TheSciBabe and
Now you’ve completely lost me. There are real antivaxxers out there: Del Bigtree, RFK Jr., etc. , whom we distinguished from vaccine-averse or vaccine-hesitant, and they try their damnedest to avoid the label because they know it’s toxic. I won’t let them.
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Replying to @gorskon @AlanLevinovitz and
It’s a distinct and intentional TACTIC of leaders of the antivaccine movement and hard core antivaxxers to deny they are antivax. It’s a tactic designed to obfuscate.
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Replying to @gorskon @AlanLevinovitz and
In fact, I have a whole series on how antivaxxers deny they are antivax while they also compare vaccine mandates to Nazi-ism and vaccination to rape. It’s up to 20-something installments.
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Replying to @gorskon @AlanLevinovitz and
And here’s another example...https://respectfulinsolence.com/2019/03/15/vaccine-mandates-medical-rape/ …
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And... the ever popular “vaccine holocaust”...https://respectfulinsolence.com/2015/04/09/the-annals-of-im-not-antivaccine-part-15-robert-f-kennedy-jr-and-the-vaccine-associated-holocaust/ …
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Replying to @gorskon @AlanLevinovitz and
Dinner time. Gotta take a break. Be back later...
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