Meanwhile, in my state, @delbigtree, along with @MI4VaxChoice and other antivaxxers, descended on the Michigan State House. Unfortunately, they had a fairly warm reception from @MIGOP. 9/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2016/10/28/nobody-promotes-antivaccine-nonsense-in-my-statewithout-receiving-some-insolence-2016-election-edition/ …
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Add to that grifters like Scott Atlas of
@HooverInst, more right wing propagandists disguised as a "think tank" (but one using its affiliation with@Stanford to gain the patina of academic credibility), and the activist wing of the antivaccine movement is firmly right wing. 20/Show this thread -
As a result, "freedom," "parental rights," etc., are now dog whistles for the antivaccine movement and, more recently, for antimaskers and
#COVID19 cranks. 21/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2015/02/20/blowing-the-antivaccine-dog-whistle-again/ …Show this thread -
And, yes, it is true that there are left-wing antivaxxers, such as
@RobertKennedyJr, but, unlike the case on the right, they do not have nearly the reach and they are marginalized by@TheDemocrats, not celebrated. 22/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2016/08/01/jill-stein-and-left-wing-antivaccine-dog-whistles/ …Show this thread -
Unfortunately, this embrace of antivaccine messages by the right and populist movements has real and very negative consequences, as we have seen over the last year or so. 23/23
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Forgot to mention, here's an example of the sort of politician that's embraced antivaccine views. He was my state senator for eight years. 23a/23https://twitter.com/gorskon/status/1378512344066707460?s=20 …
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