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erronis

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14. So you're calling RFJ, JR (who is that!!!) a left wing person

Reply to Sgent (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 22, 2021, 07:09 PM

Dec 2021

If you're going to try to "contribute" to this conversation, please get at least one or two facts straight.

Please identify your "large left wing contingent of antiscience." So far you only misidentified one well-known crackpot.

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Prof Peter Hotez M.D. offers solution to mounting antiscience aggression in the United States [View all] CousinIT Dec 2021 OP

K & R x 1 trillion Enter stage left Dec 2021 #1

He is absolutely right Stinky The Clown Dec 2021 #2

And maybe, make the "thought leaders" and others that promote bogus claims, Dan Dec 2021 #3

I'm not sold Sgent Dec 2021 #4

that's cuz they are also targeted and have been for a long time. mopinko Dec 2021 #9

Alt med has been around for decades. wnylib Dec 2021 #22

sure, but it's been weaponized in the last decade or so. mopinko Dec 2021 #23

So you're calling RFJ, JR (who is that!!!) a left wing person erronis Dec 2021 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #17

I really wouldn't worry about JFK, Jr. He, at least, is an HONEST crackpot 70sEraVet Dec 2021 #19

Jr is just a nutbag. LiberalFighter Dec 2021 #21

Its just getting worse all the time. nt BootinUp Dec 2021 #5

The war on science started as a reaction to the EPA and the government holding big business...... mjvpi Dec 2021 #6

Yup. Science threatened big business. Discredit science. erronis Dec 2021 #15

by Isaac Asimov elleng Dec 2021 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #18

Support Tonko's Scientific Integrity Act. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #8

...K&R... spanone Dec 2021 #10

The problem is that the government statement of support he recommends either will NOT highplainsdem Dec 2021 #11

Anti-intellectualism is a terrible trend Poiuyt Dec 2021 #12

Dr. Hotez is correct, as usual. Paladin Dec 2021 #13

Sounds good on the surface, Mr.Bill Dec 2021 #16

k&r ZonkerHarris Dec 2021 #20

Including mathematical scientists I hope. live love laugh Dec 2021 #24

Nope. We just need to open FEMA camps James48 Dec 2021 #25