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Deen Freelon

1 Mar, 5 tweets, 1 min read

Black vax hesitancy makes headlines, but the most reluctant group by far is white Republicans--a much larger group. axios.com/republicans-co…

Note also that unlike the white GOP, Black vax hesitancy is on a downward trend.

Here's a headline for you: Black vax hesitancy has dropped by half over the past three months. GOP hesitancy has barely budged.

And y'all can miss me with the "let 'em die" mess. Here in the South we have to rub elbows with conservatives daily. I'd rather not die because of it.

As a clever commenter said, "let 'em get it = let 'em spread it." You don't have to love the other side to understand that the more of them get vaxxed, the better off we all are.

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19 Nov 20

https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1329463527405481987

Gonna be that guy for a sec and explain how these beliefs are deeply enmeshed with hate and prejudice.

https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1329463527405481987

Conspiracy theories are the connective tissue between outgroup-directed enmity and denial of the obvious. Those who embrace them are more likely to hate others unlike themselves and believe the ludicrous.

Lots of research on this, e.g.: "in some cases, conspiracy theorizing may be associated with prejudice toward particular groups... [and] appear to reinforce the
'us' versus 'them' dichotomy." doi.org/10.1111/pops.1…

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Deen Freelon

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17 Nov 20

https://twitter.com/AlisonAgosti/status/1328208054614036482

Stand back everyone, I'm gonna present some exploratory data analysis. Responses welcome.

You may have seen the recent rash of carbon-copy tweets claiming a Biden-related divorce and emigration. (examples here:

https://twitter.com/AlisonAgosti/status/1328208054614036482

Claims have been circulating about possible bot and foreign disinformation activity, so I wanted to see what the data show.

Step 1: Download tweets from Twitter's Search API containing the first ten words of the tweet. This yielded 1,509 tweets covering a little over a week. (This excludes anything deleted in the last week.)

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Deen Freelon

@dfreelon

2 Nov 20

https://twitter.com/kreissdaniel/status/1323275546751623174

Very important thread on misinfo research (this tweet is from the middle, but it makes the most important point):

https://twitter.com/kreissdaniel/status/1323275546751623174

Let me separate out several distinct points:
1. Misinfo is probably not going to sway the election. Yes, it is scary that foreign interests are trying to manipulate us. Luckily, that kind of manipulation is extremely difficult to pull off.

2. The most impactful disinfo likely comes from American elites--politicians, talking heads, Twitter micropundits. They have large, trusting audiences. That's a big reason for the 38-point partisan split in confidence in vote-by-mail 11alive.com/article/news/p…

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Deen Freelon

@dfreelon

11 Jun 20

Public opinion on BLM has skyrocketed over the past two weeks, but BLM hasn't changed its tactics much over the past six years. Thoughts on what's changed? nyti.ms/2UtVaOL

Also, here's a fun pop quiz: can you guess the only group for whom BLM support declined over the past two weeks? (Answer in article.)

I imagine respondents might say much of this decline has to do with riots. I can't imagine communicating civilly with such a person.

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