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Bucky

(53,997 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 08:20 AM Jun 2020

While 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 got "Content isn't available right now" Cobalt Violet Jun 2020 #1
I commented on a post yesterday on fb ms liberty Jun 2020 #2
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"
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 08:40 AM
Jun 2020

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
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 08:49 AM
Jun 2020

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.

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