I'm neither right nor left, but when I gently called out rightwing COVID stupidity a couple of weeks ago, I lost almost 1,000 followers. The level of retardation — and the enthusiasm for erecting assorted strawmen —in the replies was staggering. https://t.co/S888YWsXI4

— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) January 24, 2023

"The vaccines killed more people than helped people."

"No masks are effective."

"The vaccines are totally ineffective."

And on and on.

— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) January 24, 2023

Oh, and my favorite: The repeated claim that Pfizer and Moderna officially claimed sterilizing immunity for their vaccines after they hit the market.

Spoiler: The fact that no deaths were reported in a regional clinical trial is not a claim of sterilizing immunity.

— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) January 24, 2023

Here we go again. After I took on James Lindsay's pet "white holocaust" theory a few days ago, I got asked this question over and over in my replies for a day or two. I ended up blocking over 40 accounts.https://t.co/YhhU5iEOwc

— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) January 24, 2023

Because antiwokes are taking on some of the worst characteristics of wokes — conspiracies, authoritarian tendencies, deliberate abuse of language, anti-speech, data aversion, groupthink — and hardly anyone among antiwokes is drawing attention to it. https://t.co/5h9y4wPA2q

— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) January 24, 2023

No one else among the antiwokes is willing to take on certain topics because they know they'll lose lots of followers.

— Monitoring Bias (@monitoringbias) January 24, 2023

The two major parties are focused on fighting one another so they can stay employed and in power. Meanwhile, our communities that they took an oath to serve and protect are suffering.

Enough is enough. It's time to move Forward.

— Forward Party (@Fwd_Party) January 25, 2023

Can't help but noticing the cop rhetoric 'serve and protect'.

— Deplorable Deprogrammer (@Laurian_We) January 26, 2023

It's not "cop rhetoric", it's the oath they all take, the oath they're allowed to ignore when both parties decide it's not in their interest to hold them accountable.

— Bottom Text (@Chimerichrist) January 26, 2023

One of the most fascinating papers I've read for a long time: People dislike their political opponents for views that most don't actually hold. [Preprint; N = 4,993; 1/5.] https://t.co/2V3NxxED7T pic.twitter.com/6onL2LapYN

— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) January 26, 2023

Damar Hamlin’s recovery fuels anti-vaccine conspiracy theories https://t.co/4mHzs9mkWm

— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) January 28, 2023

Something happens.
Idiots spread rumors.
Media reports on idiots spreading rumors.
Idiots are rewarded, learn to spread more rumors.
“News” monopolized by idiotic rumors.
Repeat.

— Kiel Christianson (@GolfWriterKiel) January 28, 2023

Good to see, obviously, and I assume the lunatics spreading conspiracy theories about him (or “just asking questions”) will be humbled and repentant. https://t.co/Vwq6YPcJj5

— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 29, 2023

Lauren Boebert was today years old when she learned what Google and Apple maps do pic.twitter.com/r7peOWz15p

— ProLib | Resist Fascists (@prolibshow) February 6, 2023