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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhile you were out in the streets protesting racism, the anti-vaxxers have been busy
I spent my morning on Facebook arguing with the willfully ignorant about their delusions concerning
* Event 201,
* contact tracing, and
* Bill Gates's involvement in HR 6666
Personally, I love a good conspiracy theory. If you enjoy a good chuckle, you understand what parody is, and you're on Facebook, I encourage you to check out "Flat Earth Defenders Living on the Edge"
But the anti-science knuckleheads are seriously out in force now. Here are a few links I've used to discredit one of my artist friends who has fallen under the sway of the pro-death anti-vaxxer movement
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bill-gates-id2020/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/05/26/fact-check-bill-gates-did-not-help-craft-hr-6666-contact-tracing-bill/5220823002/
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200504/what-is-contact-tracing-and-how-does-it-work
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/03/26/fact-check-bill-gates-backed-pandemic-exercise-didnt-predict-covid-19/5081854002/
And against their lie that Bill Gates negotiated a contact tracing contract with Congress six months ago, I pointed out that the bill wasn't even introduced until May 1st of 2020, 6 weeks ago
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6666/text
Their idiocy never sleeps. So neither can we.
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While you were out in the streets protesting racism, the anti-vaxxers have been busy (Original Post)
Bucky
Jun 2020
OP
I have tried engaging Maga folks but have to admit-I have given up. Just too much of it.
riversedge
Jun 2020
#3
Cobalt Violet
(9,905 posts)1. I got "Content isn't available right now"
Maybe they set the group to private or it got taken down? Does sound interesting.
ms liberty
(8,572 posts)2. I commented on a post yesterday on fb
The dumbass was arguing with someone something about trump and said that obama should be investigated for how he much he enriched his mother on the gov dime. I asked him how Obama did that when his mother died 12 years before he became President? Crickets, of course.
The stupid is just becoming excruciatingly painful to deal with. I don't know how much more I can take of them.
riversedge
(70,186 posts)3. I have tried engaging Maga folks but have to admit-I have given up. Just too much of it.