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Medical library director. Pro-choice/reproductive justice. Sometimes writer, formerly @oboshealth. Oberlin and Pitt alum. She/her. #BlackLivesMatter

Johnson City, TN
Joined August 2007

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    Rachel Walden‏ @rachel_w Apr 30

    “People say that politics isn’t the leading driver of their vaccine attitudes.” As someone who lives in this region, I don’t think the politics and the white evangelical identity are separable.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/health/covid-vaccine-hesitancy-white-republican.html …

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      2. Rachel Walden‏ @rachel_w Apr 30

        “The most common reason for their apprehension is fear” - This is *also* a factor in both the politics and white evangelical identity. Fear of minorities being fully integrated into society, fear of not being dominant over society and politics, fear of new knowledge from outside.

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      3. Rachel Walden‏ @rachel_w Apr 30

        “Her gut tells her to believe a video someone sent her from a far-right misinformation group, in which a ranter said studies showed that vaccines caused plaque in the brain.” So the article itself observes the actual overlap of politics and white evangelical COVID beliefs. 🤦‍♀️

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      4. Rachel Walden‏ @rachel_w Apr 30

        Would love to hear @C_Stroop’s take on this.

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      5. Rachel Walden‏ @rachel_w Apr 30

        While you’re reading the NYTimes piece, keep in mind Tennessee’s Republican Governor just declared COVID is no longer an emergency and county mask mandates should end.

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      1. HollieJoyJoy  🇺🇸Madam VP Kamala Harris 💙‏ @HollieJoyJoy Apr 30
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        They’re completely intertwined

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      1. Betsey Newenhuyse  🐝 ☀️ 🐙 🦉 ⚾️ 🦋 🌱 🚦 ✈️ 🚛 🚞‏ @newenhuyse Apr 30
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        Ruth Graham is their best reporter on white R’s—bc she knows that world intimately. That’s why Times coverage has gotten better.

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      2. Heather K‏ @thnktweethought Apr 30
        Replying to @rachel_w

        To push that even further, I think that because they are so inseparable, many (most?) don't even realize how much of their thinking is influenced by their politics & think they are making faith-based decisions.

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      2. BBminis‏ @Stephanienase5 Apr 30
        Replying to @rachel_w

        Years ago, my evangelical father told me proudly that he “votes his values.” Apparently the Republican Party has the same values. Perfect fit, as they both “value” unscientific theories, white supremacy, sexism, and authoritarianism.

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      3. Mari  😎‏ @MariResists2 May 1
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        I think the reason so many evangelicals are anti science is because science, many times contradict their belief that the bible is literal. The origin story is an example of biblical belief disproves by science. So it would be so much easier to have all science be questionable.

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