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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Mar 11

    David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Michael Shermer

    It is rather interesting how my comparing Prince Williams saying that @RoyalFamily is "very much not a racist family" to antivaxxers saying they are "not antivaccine" very much seems to have gotten under the skin of Mr. Shermer and his fans. 1/https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/1370169510406320135 …

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    Michael ShermerVerified account @michaelshermer
    The burden of proof is on the accuser of racism @gorskon How can one prove one is NOT racist beyond denial? In Kendi's model denial = guilt. Harry/Meghan have refused to provide any evidence whatsoever. Hitch: "what can be asserted w/out evidence can be dismissed w/out evidence" https://twitter.com/gorskon/status/1370154131206369281 …
    5:28 PM - 11 Mar 2021
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      2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Mar 11

        David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Michael Shermer

        It bugged Mr. Shermer so much that he quote Tweeted me not just once, but twice—twice!—and his fans are starting to swarm. Even at my most obsessive, I don't quote Tweet the same Tweet twice. 2/https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/1370170284997812226?s=20 …

        David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

        Michael ShermerVerified account @michaelshermer
        When you accuse people of being antivaxxers @gorskon you provide evidence that anyone can evaluate themselves (statements, articles, interviews, actions, etc.) If I accuse you of being an antivaxxer w/out evidence & you deny it & I say "denial=guilt" you'd reject that argument. https://twitter.com/gorskon/status/1370154131206369281 …
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      3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Mar 11

        Why is this? My point was that, just as antivaxxers nearly always deny that they are antivaccine (think @RobertKennedyJr's claim of being "fiercely provaccine"), so too do racists deny being racist. William's vigorous denial of racism sounds a *lot* like RFK and vaccines. 3/

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      4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Mar 11

        David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Ibram X. Kendi

        What provoked my comparison was Mr. Shermer's objecting to a Tweet by @DrIbram that I thought was actually pretty amusingly spot on. 4/https://twitter.com/DrIbram/status/1370008868877705222?s=20 …

        David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

        Ibram X. KendiVerified account @DrIbram
        They usually say, "I'm not racist" or "No, you're the racist" or "I am the least racist person." This denial speak is new: "very much not racist." https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/prince-william-response-racism-britain/2021/03/11/c5de88ce-825d-11eb-be22-32d331d87530_story.html …
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      5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Mar 11

        To put it succinctly: Racists don't believe they are racist, just as antivaxxers don't believe they are antivaccine, the evidence to the contrary from their words and behavior notwithstanding. 5/

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      6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Mar 11

        It's rather disappointing that so many "skeptics" reacted as though they thought I meant *them* personally. 5/5

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      2. SkepticalRaptor‏ @skepticalraptor Mar 11
        Replying to @gorskon @RoyalFamily

        I can tell when someone is a racist or anti-vaccine not by them saying that, but their actions and comments over time. I don’t have to say I’m pro-vaccine or anti-racist, because my statements and actions say it for me.

        1 reply 3 retweets 20 likes
      3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Mar 11
        Replying to @skepticalraptor @RoyalFamily

        Yes. Context matters. Just as one can show that RFK Jr. is deluding himself when he proclaims himself "not antivaccine" by pointing to his past words and actions you can show a racist denying being a racist is deluding himself using the same technique.

        0 replies 6 retweets 18 likes
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      2. Mark Hoofnagle‏ @MarkHoofnagle Mar 12
        Replying to @gorskon @RoyalFamily

        Ask him about being credibly accused of rape and denying being a rapist. If a rapist denies the rape does that 100% make them a non-rapist? Purely hypothetical...

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Mark Hoofnagle‏ @MarkHoofnagle Mar 12
        Replying to @MarkHoofnagle @gorskon @RoyalFamily

        Something about this seems...important to him.

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