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8 Apr, 20 tweets, 5 min read
Well, one study (2015) showed liberals outnumbered conservative anti-vaxxers by 20%. Of course that is pre-Trump/Covid.

There are many factors contributing to why "Republican mothers are against...protecting their children".....1/
When a societal issue/problem becomes politicized, tribal identity is triggered. This is especially pertinent considering that there is a potential physiological factor at play.....2/
I analyzed the potential physiological component to tribalization in a previous thread: 3/
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Another factor is the, "it can't happen to me or my kids", or what I call the "Gated Community Mentality": 9/
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Another factor: when people are bombarded w/disinformation that characterizes a societal problem as a hoax, refusing to "protect" kids from the non-existence of something is actually a logical reaction.

This is why disinformation is so dangerous.....19/
Things won't change as long as the Right Wing Media Echo Chamber continues manufacture alternate realities and revisionist histories. And based on the Right's characterizations of the insurrection just three months ago, that's not happening any time soon......20/

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A sociopathic narcissist conman ex-president lies about the election being stolen....Then the Right Wing Media Echo Chamber lies about the insurrection incited by the conman &the echo chamber.

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The Right is the equivalent of a political "black hole"...where the gravity created by its obstructionist/contrarian/adversarial/grievance/victimhood instincts is causing it to de-volve into an increasingly homogeneously "denser" (non)ideological faction that simultaneously... 1/
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The one unifying factor? They're all "patriots" who stand for the "freedom" to engage in performative obstinance against anything/anyone requiring them to be mature/rational/sane adults. At what point does this political "black hole" implode upon itself? 3/
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Sidney Powell's defamtion case is the perfect opportunity for Powell to do what the Right has been clamoring to do, which even included disrupting the functions of government during January 6th insurrection:

Present their case that the election was stolen. 1/
One of the absolute defenses available to defendant's in defamation cases?

The truth.

So not only would Powell's defamation case provide an opportunity to present the evidence the Right not only claims to have about election fraud, but also claim the courts wouldn't hear,....2/
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But instead, she's invoking a more subjective/less certain "reasonable man" defense.

Why would Powell fail to take advantage of that opportunity? 3/
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Sandy Hook father, Jeremy Richman, ultimately took his own life.

Thread: "Imagine how severely triggered you would feel every time you saw yet another parent, who is just minutes into your 6+ years of Hell, as they suddenly learn their little angel was also taken from them…."
Thread analyzing the Sandy Hook parents' experiences and trauma: 2/
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The sociopathic game the Right plays w/the gun issue:

1. Republicans sell congressional inaction to the gun lobby, and instead offer hollow thoughts/prayers to murder victims' families

2. When sane members of society accurately point out the Right's corrupt cowardice... 2/
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4. This triggers the persecution complex of the evangelical base, and.... 3/
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