@MarcusBlimi newest contribution of note:
A tirade against the deplorable "antivaxxers" in Rockland county😱😱
Her invectives are quite revealing
Let's unpack her multiple🧵tweet by tweet
As the saying goes, sunlight is the best disinfectant
🧵
So.
The tone of the OT is indicative of the authoritarian paternalistic snobbery that follows
"She wanted my advice, I had none to give her"
Cuz nothing conveys genuine desire to improve the welfare of a group of people like sneering condemnations they're hopeless (or worse)
Sneering condemnation?
More like inflammatory vitriol designed to provoke animosity against them
Onward
There's another issue here: @MarcusBlimi does not understand why people who don't share her views disagree
Nor does she care to understand the views of ppl "beneath her"
So we'll digress a bit
One of the most narcissistic traits of elitist snobs like @MarcusBlimi - especially the "expert class" - is their dismissal of everyone who doesn't accept whatever falls out of their mouths as gospel truth
Or as Fauci so eloquently put it:
"I AM SCIENCE"
Only someone intellectually hampered, morally lacking, easily deceived, malevolently motivated
and of course
DISHONEST
could ever reject the sainted wisdom of the experts
That's what they truly believe
Everything they say exudes this sentiment in droves
But
Is this true?
Or are there actual reasons that some people have for distrusting the expert class and medical establishment
"But then you shouldn't accept any new medical development since 1497!!"
We'll get to this absurdly dumb accusation later don't worry
So to sum up this debate, there are two issues that lie at the heart of the dispute between "experts" like @MarcusBlimi vs the "anti-experts" she ruthlessly impugns:
1. Are "experts" trustworthy
2. Do "anti-experts" have rational positions and coherent logic to their positions
We'll start with #2
As it turns out, MIT published a study - a very comprehensive study - about this
And yes Blimi, I linked to the study AND even an article published by MIT about the study😇
Boy is this study a thorough refutation of elitist snobbery
They analyzed about half a million (!!) anti-expert tweets
And......
Well, we'll let the authors do the talking, shall we
They really wrote this up very well
despite being from the expert class that looks down upon the petulant unruly illiterate peasant rabble
Select quotes:
1) "Indeed, anti-maskers often reveal themselves to be more sophisticated in their understanding of how scientific knowledge is socially constructed than their ideological adversaries, who espouse naïve realism about the “objective” truth of public health data."
2) "This study shows the opposite: users in these communities are deeply invested in forms of critique and knowledge production that they recognize as markers of scientific expertise."
3) "Anti-mask approaches acknowledge the subjectivity of how datasets are constructed, attempt
to reconcile the data with lived experience, and these groups seek to make the process of understanding data as transparent as possible in order to challenge the powers that be. For example, one of the most popular visualizations within the Facebook groups we studied were unit
visualizations, which are popular among anti-maskers and computer scientists for the same reasons: they provide more information, better match a reader’s mental model, [etc.]"
4) "Arguing that anti-maskers simply need more scientific literacy is to characterize their approach as
uninformed and inexplicably extreme."
5) "This study shows that there is a fundamental epistemological conflict between maskers and anti-maskers, who use the same data but come to such different conclusions."
6) "While previous literature in visualization and science
communication has emphasized the need for data and media literacy as a way to combat misinformation, this study finds that anti-mask groups practice a form of data literacy in spades."
7) "Within this constituency, unorthodox viewpoints do not result from a deficiency of data
literacy; sophisticated practices of data literacy are a means of consolidating and promulgating views that fly in the face of scientific orthodoxy."
8) "Not only are these groups prolific in their creation of counter-visualizations, but they leverage data and their visual
representations to advocate for and enact policy changes on the city, county, and state levels."
9) "Its members value individual initiative/ingenuity, trusting scientific analysis only insofar as they can replicate it themselves by accessing and manipulating the data firsthand"
10) "They are highly reflexive about the inherently biased nature of any analysis, and resent what they view as the arrogant self-righteousness of scientific elites."
11) "Most fundamentally, the groups we studied believe that science is a process, and not an institution."
12) "these groups mistrust the scientific establishment (“Science”) because they believe that the institution has been corrupted by profit motives and politics."
13) "The knowledge that [what] the CDC and academics have created cannot be trusted because they need to be subject
to increased doubt, and not accepted as consensus."
14) "As we have seen, people are not simply passive consumers of media: anti-mask users in particular were predisposed to digging through the scientific literature and highlighting the uncertainty in academic publications that
media organizations elide. When these uncertainties did not surface within public-facing versions of these studies, people began to assume that there was a broader cover-up."
Bonus 15)
One of the study's authors stated (from MIT's promotional article for the study):
“It’s a very striking finding,” says Lee. “It shows that characterizing anti-mask groups as data-illiterate or not engaging with the data, is empirically false.”
news.mit.edu/2021/when-more…
Let's repeat that last one:
Claiming that the anti-mask etc. people are illiterate or acting unscientifically is EMPIRICALLY FALSE
Hey Blimi, do you know what "empirically false" means??
It was referring to your snotty elitist depiction of ppl who don't trust "experts"
I can't emphasize these quotes enough
You should read them each a few times so that they sink in
People have been effectively propagandized / gaslit by cretins like @MarcusBlimi that everyone anti- experts is either illiterate or malevolent while ppl who follow are the opposite
Of course, some ppl are simply delusional
I was thrown off a WhatsApp chat for the grievous sin (heresy?) of arguing that publicly claiming that "communicable disease-causing agents do not exist" is harmful to people who fall for such nonsense
In other words, our side's version of the ppl who wear two facemasks while driving alone with the windows open
There are a small % of ppl that gravitate to loony irrational quackiness
It has nothing to do with whether they believe in experts or not
ANY position can be warped
This paternalistic "I am incomparably superior to you intellectually and morally" attitude of experts like @MarucsBlimi is why the academic world still loves communism, authoritarian control, and enforces modern day colonialism on Africa via "international aid" $$ etc.
"Experts" think that anyone who doesn't trust them is by definition an unexplainable phenomenon, an irrational person who is mentally like a "broken" record incapable of reason
When experts like @MarcusBlimi are in fact the most unreasonable of them all
The irony is delicious
Unreasonable because they are unwilling to even consider entertaining the possibility that maybe just maybe there is an alternate view that might be rationally held by people
@MarcusBlimi can't offer any advice cuz she's not looking to help, she wants to bludgeon into submission
Hey Blimi, want to understand the thinking of people who hold opposing views to your vaunted expertise?
Who am I kidding, of course she doesn't
But for everyone else:
One Pandemic, Two Interpretations, and the Unbridgeable Chasm that Separates Them
ashmedai.substack.com/p/one-pandemic…
Let's move to point #1 here
Are "experts" trustworthy?
Answer: NO
Not in a million years
Especially an illiterate clown show like @MarcusBlimi
See, one way to get people to distrust you is to claim expertise in a subject you're ignorant about
🤔🤔
Worse, you can really really get people to distrust you if you not only fraudulently claim expertise but ruthlessly bully everyone who resists your benevolent intellectual dictatorship mafia
For instance
threadreaderapp.com/thread/1540362…
I could spend weeks going through @MarcusBlimi timeline debunking one illiterate contention after another
Point is, any half-witted troll can Google a vast array of studies etc "proving" any establishment narrative
Like @MarcusBlimi
And then claim to be an EXPERT
"Look I'm so smart and sophisticated, I can quote all these Lancet/NEJM/JAMA studies"
"And fact checkers"
"And I can even quote other experts too!!"
You can do this without actually ever knowing anything about the subject or arguments of the studies etc. whatsoever
It's dishonest and a major turn-off to many people
It's like virtue signaling by scientists over climate change despite not having the foggiest idea about the GAST vs Satellite datasets, patterns of surface vessel water temp testing, modeling formulas for avg temperature et al
So let's discuss: How do laypeople assess the reliability of experts?
Cuz we still drive cars
use toasters
ride elevators
fly in airplanes
and all the other amenities of society that were developed by and whose reliability is based upon experts
🤔🤔🤔
Of course @MarcusBlimi would tell you that's because we're just selfish and stupid and irrational and unthinking and hypocritical
The reliable rejoinder of aggrieved troglodyte trolls like Blimi
But for honest people who aren't narcissistic maniacs what's the real answer?
A Layperson's Guide to Adjudicating the Credibility of Scientists and Scientific Claims
"People faced with a dilemma whether to accept a purportedly “scientific” claim that is not clear-cut or self-evident are not adjudicating whether inferences from
ashmedai.substack.com/p/the-layperso…
observations, facts, and logic are a legitimate basis for determining reality – in other words, whether they believe in the logic of the scientific method – they're adjudicating whether the scientists who announce the findings of scientific inquiry are credible and trustworthy."
The Characteristics of Dis/Honest Experts & Public Officials
Do they...
Solicits Contrary Opinions
Willingness to entertain they are wrong
Accountability
Solicit Input from stakeholders, especially those most adversely impacted by your decisions/policies
contd
Minimizes the adverse consequences as much as possible
Carefully avoids the appearance of any impropriety
Nakedly Political / opinion always seem to align with the prevailing political winds
Engages in Ad Hominem Attacks
Claims that “the Science” “says” to choose policy “X”
contd
Benefits personally from society’s misfortune
Act threatened by the prospect accountability for the failure of your policy or claim
Being more definitive than is warranted
Relies on Charisma
Does the expert speak out against policies based upon a distortion of their opinion?
Assessing the Quality of Expertise:
Speaks/writes with technical precision
Can comfortably articulate complex points with clarity and precision in regular layperson English
Institutional Indicators of Bad Faith:
Unanimity
Tolerance of corrupt or compromised officials
Incentives
And finally, to pull all of these traits together:
Do the experts have any capacity for self-introspection
I loved writing this line:
"Anyone who frames the rejection of “experts” and/or their claims as a rejection of the proper application of the scientific method is a repulsive and manipulative liar engaging in propagandistic intellectual thuggery"
I haven't ever seen Blimi try to think about how other people judge for themselves if she and her colleagues are credible and trustworthy
She doesn't care
None of them do
They feel entitled to unquestioning submission bec of their credentials
"WE'RE SCIENCE INCARNATE!!"
Oh and one more thing about this article and the rest of my articles I'm about to quote
"You're a narcissistic egotistical clown who cites himself as evidence that he's right"
Touché🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am perfectly at peace with using my own material
Especially when it's useful
Which leads us to the next question:
How did the experts perform over covid??
Answer:
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Literally
17 reasons why it is irrational to trust the medical community regarding the covid vaccines
Public health policies over the past two years have failed to curb covid at all but wrought unmitigated societal devastation. What exactly have they done right?
ashmedai.substack.com/p/17-reasons-w…
1) The mother of all biases: The medical community bet every ounce of credibility and authority they had on the vaccines being safe and effective, so they cannot afford to ever admit they were wrong should the vaccines ultimately turn out to have real safety issues
'Nuff said
2) The politicization of the medical community
ashmedai.substack.com/p/the-politica…
3) The insistence on a “One Size Fits All” contrary to fundamental medical practice
4) The lack of consistent evidentiary standards
5) Few medical professionals including those involved in making policy or opining on the vaccines have any idea how the vaccines work
6) They got pretty much everything about covid wrong before the vaccines
1. Mortality Rate
2. Mortality Stratification by Age and Comorbidities
3. The Infamous Imperial College Doomsday Model
4. Neil Ferguson
5. Covid Morbidity and Mortality for Kids
ashmedai.substack.com/p/a-partial-li…
6. Outdoor Transmission
7. “Flatten the Curve!"
8. Lockdowns slowed the spread
9. Shifting goal posts to define the objective of the lockdowns
10. The IHME models
11. The constantly shifting positions on wearing masks, especially outdoors
12. The Covid Death Count
13. Florida was going to be a disaster
14. Sweden
15. Hydroxychloroquine
16. The deliberate and malicious disregarding of the massive lockdown costs
17. Kawasaki Disease Mania!
18. Camps/schools are dangerous and risky
19. We need massive contact tracing in order to reopen safely
That was a PARTIAL list written in late 2020
7) The failure to treat covid
8) The lack of critical or independent thinking by anyone in the mainstream medical community
9) The medical community failed to convey basic risk stratification
10) Public health officials used wrong information and spurious data to construct pandemic policies
11) The medical community never admitted that they made serious mistakes
12) The denial of natural immunity
13) Censorship and Fraud
14) They don’t denounce useless and harmful practices derived from their policies and statements
15) The medical establishment is riddled with massive financial conflicts of interest
16) Every specific claim made regarding the vaccines so far has ultimately proven to be false
And lastly,
17) A significant % of the medical community are genuinely evil people
"You're making stuff up"
Read the article first
"You're definitely making stuff up"
Provide specific examples and we can debate it
Unlike a certain blue check, I am not afraid of a discussion
Isn't it amazing how much there is to unpack behind the anti-expert epistemology??
Blimi, do you at all care to understand why some people think you're a fraud?
Honest people do try to have at least a bit of self-awareness
It's easier though to denounce your detractors instead
Onwards
Specifically for a community like Rockland, the medical professionals elevated during covid have been every bit as bad as advertised
Here is Dr. Daniel Berman, one of the most influential docs in this demographic
On Vaccinating to Herd Immunity
ashmedai.substack.com/p/dr-berman-on…
On Vaccine Vs Infection Immunity
ashmedai.substack.com/p/dr-berman-on…
On Vaccinating Children
ashmedai.substack.com/p/dr-berman-on…
On Vaccines and New Clumps of Cells (have to be careful, this is a 3rd rail issue for the Twitter censors)
ashmedai.substack.com/p/dr-berman-on…
Speaking of cute babies, I wrote this in September, which was a comprehensive overview of the available evidence suggesting there was gonna be a big problem
Remember what they said
REPEATEDLY
"THERE IS NO PLAUSIBLE BIOLOGICAL THEORY FOR THIS"
ashmedai.substack.com/p/is-there-pla…
Then there's Dr. Aaron Glatt
A real menace
See he isn't just illiterate, he lied under oath in a court affidavit to prevent a patient in his hospital from getting a certain medicine
Deborah Bucko died amidst the ongoing court wrangling after initial dramatic improvement
Glatt was possibly the most aggressive advocate and driving force behind the wholesale abominations of institutionalized child abuse of masks/social isolation of kids, even TODDLERS!!
I know because I saw 3yo's in my community with the wretched masks strapped on
He caused an untold number of deaths from both covid and the magic unicorn juice
Plus even more suffering and disability
Glatt is one of the most scientifically inept ppl I've seen
He could legitimately challenge Topol as @eugyppius1 crowned "mentally vacant covid astrologer"
Dr. Glatt on lockdowns written June 2020
ashmedai.substack.com/p/dr-glatt-on-…
Dr. Glatt on covid metrics also from June 2020
ashmedai.substack.com/p/dr-aaron-gla…
Glatt on asymptomatic transmission also from June 2020
ashmedai.substack.com/p/dr-glatt-on-…
I don't have time to write up entirely new pieces more comprehensively exposing the illiterate hubris of Angels of Death like Glatt so these will have to suffice
Basically, there is plenty of legitimate rational basis to distrust experts
Especially government experts
With that in mind, let's return to the @MarcusBlimi tirade thread
Talk about obnoxious
There is definitely an angry frustrated vibe flowing here
"HOW DARE YOU RUBES DISAGREE WITH ME🤬🤬"
Hey Blimi, you're missing the main reason:
Medical professionals are not considered trustworthy, and they're not even anymore presumed to be moral
See you campaigned to abuse their children, their families, their communities
You bullied, maligned, attacked, embarrassed, humiliated, shamed, manipulated, gaslit, propagandized, hurt, and ostracized everyone who didn't mindlessly bend the knee to your dictums and diktats
You're the "bad guy" to a heck of a lot of, not a trusted voice of expertise and wisdom
And you're ignorance is now on full display for everyone to see
It really is that simple
And you don't care
You will double down, find comfort and support in your insular social bubble
So @MarcusBlimi finally says something that is at least partially accurate
Viral infection sequelae are indeed something that for whatever reason is never really discussed
But the question is ultimately
overall is the benefit of vaccination > risks of vaccination
Even as late as a year ago, I would've dismissed any questions about the safety of standard vaccines
I used to think that the antivaxxer movement was a farce
Now, I'm not so sure
You can't unsee the pervasive corruption that controls ALL public helath agencies and institutions
To be clear, I hear plenty of deranged claims from people who are antivaxxers
You know, like I hear from the mainstream medical community or psuedo-experts like @MarcusBlimi
They're irrelevant
I intend to do a deep dive into vaccine studies/literature and health metrics
For me, the jury's out
I have confidence that the CDC vaccine studies are fraudulent though
Also, prior vaccines are not remotely like the covid magic unicorn pixie dust
Which is a truly remarkable achievement
Definitely the first with such a diverse array of bioactivities
If @MarcusBlimi genuinely cares about the immunocompromised etc., then she would think twice before brutally savaging the people whose cooperation she needs to help these unfortunate folks
Also, "need to alter schedule" is not compelling to listen to untrustworthy healthcare ppl
I mean, c'mon, take the tylenol that might have Fentanyl in it cuz ppl need to alter their schedule or attendance for significant life events
I wouldn't trust you even if you were offering me Ivermectin 7 days into covid symptoms if I suspected it might be laced with Fentanyl
Again, talk about obnoxious
and being full of yourself
One of the primary reasons that people believe crazy delusions is that the medical community assassinates (PROFESSIONALLY NOT LITERALLY) any reasonable expert who bucks conventional consensus on vaccines
In other words, they clear the field of all rational ppl leaving only the crackpots who they can't character assassinate because their authority/credibility isn't derived from a formal credential
Naturally, people who distrust the med community will turn to more unsavory options
If I know for certain that you're lying, and the only other option is Alex Jones, well I might think that Jones is a nut but he's a better option than the proven liar - it's better to be right 20% of the time than 1% of the time.
And no, you will never catch me citing AJ as a reliable source of info
Never
Although these days, perhaps I should hedge...
just a little...
cuz boy are we in dark times
Civilization Dies in Darkness (yup, modifying WaPo's self-owning aphorism)
But where @MarcusBlimi tirade gets real hot and spicy is in thread #2
Turns out she had some advice to offer after all😏😏
But as we shall see, it would be better for everyone for @MarcusBlimi to keep her morally deranged invective to herself
First, before I savage this contemptible screed
Please everyone else, leave out personal tragedies, it's unbecoming and morally decrepit
I have no interest in getting any more messages about "she deserved _____"
It's really not nice
G-D killed the talking donkey to spare Bilaam extra posthumous embarrassment - "Look! that's the donkey that reproached Bilaam" - that wasn't strictly warranted for his sins
And he was one of history's most wicked ppl
**of all time**
Now, back to our feature presentation
Blimi demand #1 is ill-considered
And didn't she herself already say that these ppl are hopeless and deadset in their ignorant ways??
Which is it??
DEMAND #2
Of course, DEMAND that the major media outlets that serve the community partake in what will be perceived as propaganda
Like that's gonna work🤣🤣
You might pick of a few people
But at what cost?
Have you considered the prudence of starting a major communal row?
Recruiting (bullying) shared institutions or entities to take sides in vicious internecine squabbles is generally not a great idea
If you are a thoughtful person that is
But rabid "my way or the highway" egotistically inflated snobs like @MarcusBlimi have no such compunctions
DEMAND #3
Not only internal community fighting
Also intrafamily warfare
Have we really not seen enough of this discord from the covid vaccine fights??
Seriously, someone needs to take a chill pill and learn about mediation techniques
You know, peaceful methods for outreach
DEMAND #4
Nuremberg Code is too constrictive you see
This is McCarthy redux, except McCarthy was right about the commie infiltration
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to get that publicly threatening or coercing doctors to comply undermines their credibility and is unethical
Or maybe it does take a rocket scientist
or at least a medically credentialed individual
the utter lack of self-awareness and common sense here is stunning
And whatever happened to "informed consent"??
Doctors acc to Blimi cannot have independent medical opinions
And then she wonders why ppl think she is untrustworthy and morally decrepit
Ppl who callously employ "ends justify the means" justification are properly viewed as dangerous and evil
Cuz they are
Especially when trying to overthrow fundamental universal ethical principles
DEMAND #5
This is downright authoritarian
Sick the govt on the opposition
This is an open declaration of war
If someone threatened to report me or my doctor to the govt - someone with ample connections to high govt officials - I would take that extremely seriously
Threatening people in an existential way is the ultimate zero-sum scenario
People faced with an existential threat might react in kind
They would even be prudent to do so
@MarcusBlimi is playing a dangerous game here
Especially in light of the perception by half the country that the medical community/govt caused hundreds of thousands of deaths from covid/jab policies
"If you like your doctor, you can ke-"
Nah, too bad
We're yanking his credentials
And laughing all the way to the bank
Blimi you don't grasp how you and your ilk are viewed by half of society these days
The medical community is an evil institution
Shockingly so
Never forget what they did to us
ashmedai.substack.com/p/facemasks-ar…
And especially our children
ashmedai.substack.com/p/the-mainstre…
One of the most serious sins one can commit is to tattle to the govt on someone else without proper justification
@MarcusBlimi is a demented authoritarian
She's like the crazed soldier type chomping at the bit who can't wait to shoot stuff
Like I said, bludgeon into submission
DEMAND #6
This is pernicious and vile
And definitely not thought through
@MarcusBlimi is content to indiscriminately lob grenades and sit back and watch the ensuing carnage
And lobbing unfair insults to boot
DEMAND #7
The cray-cray keeps rising
@MarcusBlimi wants to bring one of the most evil and despicable and demented attempts to criminalize the regular practice of medicine to NY
She obviously is incredibly naïve about the reality of politics and how govt powers are wielded
The blatant dishonesty of the Jewish medical organizations is a far bigger problem
To be clear though, Hatzalah I am unwilling to attack because we all owe them an unpayable debt for what they do for community
& they'll fall in line if the truth gets out
But how about disbanding JOWMA for starters
Or at least reforming it so that they operate under the aegis of more competent people
They've gone rogue religiously and medically
Then there are the various medical chesed orgs
Forcing disabled kids to get boosted to attend camp??
That's disgusting
Almost as bad as denying transplants to unvaccinated ppl
Yes Blimi, we agree, we need substantial communal reforms
ashmedai.substack.com/p/why-requirin…
CONCLUSION (finally😂😂)
@MarcusBlimi is a hardcore elitist snob high on her own inflated sense of moral/intellectual superiority and expertise who wants to coercively inflict her views on ppl who don't trust her and her ilk
This is not a recipe for sustainable communities
Outbreaks of highly contagious diseases is a serious community issue
Serious issues require serious people who are thoughtful, humble, and strive to find and implement a solution in the most amicable manner possible
And most of all, people who are honest and realistic
@MarcusBlimi is not a serious person but an incendiary flamethrower lobbing grenades all over the place
She is a hardcore a partisan with a reputation for being aggressively confrontational and divisive
She is pouring gas on the fire
Hopefully she'll just be ignored
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