Based on funding sources alone, it’s clear RFKjr is a cutout puppet for MAGA interests to split the Dem vote.

Regardless, his anti-vaxx and pro-virus message is irrational, illogical, and downright dangerous. Rolling Stone has a disturbing feature on RFKjr and his many anti-science views.

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    So I have something of an unhealthy obsession with finding out just how dumb this guy is. I don’t know why.

    I’ve pirated a couple of his books and found he appeals to a very specific type of person- that being, the person who wants to appeal to science without understanding a single thing about it. He cites HUNDREDS of reputable sources, and sprinkles in his own bullshit website to give the appearance of legitimacy by proximity to real scientists. But even funnier than that, it’s clear he only ever reads the headline of the studies and never goes past that. Without fail, he’ll just straight up make up fantasies about what the study actually is and what the researchers think. Hilarious, if so many people didn’t buy into it.

    3 hour deep dive of book screenshots and debunking coming soon to a YouTube channel with single digit subscribers near you

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      3 hour deep dive of book screenshots and debunking coming soon to a YouTube channel with single digit subscribers near you

      You gotta link the channel because if you just post it to Lemmy I might miss it

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      Maybe it’s because the insanity of flat earth explanations lost their luster and you need something new and batshit crazy.