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The new Anti-Vaxers?



We've got a bunch of those nutters in the US as well. There's a lot of them here where I live, spreading 5G conspiracy theories through places like Nextdoor.com. I'd given up arguing with them because they just refuse to see logic.
 

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We've got a bunch of those nutters in the US as well. There's a lot of them here where I live, spreading 5G conspiracy theories through places like Nextdoor.com. I'd given up arguing with them because they just refuse to see logic.
We need someone to invent the warp drive or wormholes etc, so that all these nutbars can bugger off to their own planet, where they will eventually either die from something that should be really preventable, or kill each other off in the name of racial purity or something.
 
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We need someone to invent the warp drive or wormholes etc, so that all these nutbars can bugger off to their own planet, where they will eventually either die from something that should be really preventable, or kill each other off in the name of racial purity or something.
With any luck, they'll all devolve back into the protoplasms from whence they came.
 
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From The Times' article to which I linked:

John Kitson, 38, a full-time activist, believes that the waves will damage brains, leading to the collapse of society, a theory repeated on protest sites. “I am not a doctor,” he said, “but we will not be able to keep going as a society.”

Mr Kitson convinced Totnes council this week to call a moratorium on the network’s installation. Jacqi Hodgson, the town mayor, said: “We haven’t blocked 5G. We have just asked for evidence that this is completely safe.”

Mr Kitson was inspired by Chris Baker, 68, who convinced Glastonbury to revolt against 5G. Mr Baker, from Denmead, Hampshire, said: “I chose Glastonbury because it is synonymous with healing energy and ley lines.”

He has been lobbying about round a dozen councils, since then, arguing that under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 they could be held liable if 5G is found to be harmful. to public health in the future.

“I show them they are liable and this radiation exposure is their responsibility,” he said. “I am not an expert. My role is to bring awareness. I am a conscious activist and a public speaker.”

He persuaded Shepton Mallet district council on Tuesday night to pass a motion against 5G in the area, after four members of the public had raised concerns about the technology.
Not a doctor, not an expert, but simply "bring[ing] awareness."

I'm assuming that among the many areas is in which he's not an expert is local government law, but he's still convincing the local councillors that they'd be liable if 5G starts causing people's brains to decay or whatever he thinks it does to muck up the "healing energy" and "ley lines."

Grrr.

I'm very interested in his job as "full time activist" (thought not an expert, of course).

Presumably that means he makes his living by going around scaring people with his theories, unsullied as they are by any connection with replicable and peer-reviewed research, on the strength of his advanced study in the field of It Stands To Reason, under the supervision of Drs Google and YouTube.
 
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The disconnect, omg. donnie tramples on the Constitution all the time, but they don't see it. People who oppose him protest and they are ZOMG 111!!!11 endangering the nation and bringing us to civil war (which it was donnie who threatened would happen if he's not reelected). 🤦🏻‍♀️
 
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*twitches*
Is that what they call witches who use Twitter? :p

I knew some Wiccans through my historical reenactment hobby, and they were generally nice people. I don't believe the same things they do, but they didn't try to convert me, and I didn't try to convince them about science.
 
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Here's a fckud up story with an extra dose of WTF. I heard this on the car radio prefaced by "The ugly side of antisemitism rears its head"
There's a pretty side of antisemitism??

 

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The lede:

A homeless man who pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine had his case dismissed after the substance turned out to be powdered milk.
 

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what the fuckety-fuck?

This is one of the many reasons so-called "zero tolerance" policies do more harm than good. Actually, this is the biggest reason. It takes common sense completely out of the picture.

And what of the student who instigated the exchange in the first place? No word of what happened to the student?
 

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This is one of the many reasons so-called "zero tolerance" policies do more harm than good. Actually, this is the biggest reason. It takes common sense completely out of the picture.

And what of the student who instigated the exchange in the first place? No word of what happened to the student?
a decision that was based on a zero-tolerance policy on the use of racial slurs by staff in any context.
I guess it’s ok if students say it.