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Feb 3 • 23 tweets • 7 min read
A culture war was provoked, ppl complained about cancel culture and being silenced while on big platforms

They claimed they were protecting culture from the woke
But look who is burning books in the night
Where are the culture wars coming from?
Theres a lot of money being invested in division and hate
Koch network and the CNP has been facilitating this for years
Now we have privatised psy-ops scraping data, e-profiling, and bots and troll farms weaponising social media feeds

A look at Thiel, whose Palantir is said to have taught Cambridge Analytica how to scrape data, and the digital tactics used
Incase you don't know much about Thiel there's much more here⬇️
Koch culture wars and in particular stoking this around education was intentionally imported into the UK, see this when RW commentators start going on about CRT and the BLM agenda which doesn't quite map onto the UK debate, always feels forced

In the US⬇️
But it doesn't stay online, plenty on MSM willing to run with these stories

Far right always needs a threat, an enemy that needs confronting
"They're coming for Churchills statue!"
"Re-writing history"
So we end up with media reframing meaning of "Woke"
They play to that crowd and then wring their hands at the consequences of culture wars

For example run "enemies of the people" headlines ramp up rhetoric, then when an MP is murdered...

Provide a regular diet of sexism and objectification then act shocked at misogyny
In the UK we get papers produced by opaquely funded think tanks which claim cancel culture is rife but then can find very few genuine examples, yet these go on to be used by Government to justify implementing policy
bylinetimes.com/2021/08/19/the…
Yet what we end up with to protect freedom of speech is a "War on woke"

Doesn't sound like valuing all viewpoints

"There is an enemy, and they must be fought"
bylinetimes.com/2021/06/23/sel…
We had the RSE guidence for schools which was part of the Government's response to the protests that followed George Floyd's death
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Then we find out Thiel's chief of staff has been supporting the organising of a network in UK Universities, recruiting for the culture war here, and offering internships

Peterson appearance at Cambridge was all about culture wars
bylinetimes.com/2021/12/10/pet…
Side thread on the incel movement and how its played to in the mainstream
More on Thiel network and Cambridge University
bylinetimes.com/2021/12/23/cam…
More on Young’s Freespeech Union and others involved

Hes made a good career out of being a culture war contrarian bylinetimes.com/2020/12/08/alt…
Good thread here on culture warriors in higher education, covers Thiels new antiwoke University of Austin project

Is it about Freespeech for all?
And it's not just US and UK, as with the antivax movement we have the same messaging and same methods in many countries
Also linked to Koch network is Turning Point
Trump at a rally last year hosted by Turning Point, still pushing the election was stolen line
Also found this thread quite interesting on recruiting contrarians in the US
So it's no suprise Toby Young and the other libertarian contrarians with links to these think tanks and networks have sought to turn the pandemic into a culture war

Read parts 16-22
Not just FSU or Daily Skeptic, Young is also involved with C19Assembly, first they grift over a deaths audit now its adverse vaccine reactions
Young has also written for Brownstone

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Feb 4
🧵Nelson and the Spectator have been a constant source of covid minimalising disinformation and are basically a mouth piece for GBD

No suprise to see them over promoting this non-peer reviewed preprint, while ignoring the peer reviewed papers that found the opposite
2/ The papers authors have been open supporters of the GBD which recieved support from Koch funded AIER and some of this papers authors are linked to the Koch funded Cato Institute

3/ Luckily enough Sam has already gathered up multiple threads showing the very many flaws with these studies, I doubt it will ever pass peer review.

Worth reading the thread⬇️
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Jan 30
🧵A look at the advance of the pro-infection agenda on policy in other countries

Sweden, posterboy of Herd immunity thanks to Tegnell, less need for disinformation groups when government is fully signed up
2/ In Sweden the media are also fully signed up to a pro infection strategy, dissenting voices struggle to be heard

Listen to the interview linked here and then read the rest of the thread on how the WHO response was misrepresented
3/ Swedens has an impressive track record of government disinformation, particularly on schools
Read 17 tweets
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Jan 29
1/🧵Some questionable stats, studies and statements over past 6 week

Examples and evaluation

First of all its worth looking at the impact some studies and articles have had in recent months
2/ As always theres been a focus in gaslighting around schools and children

In the UK education is facing serious disruption due to a lack of measures so adults can pretend everythings back to normal while politicians still chase the herd immunity unicorn
3/ Those minimising the impact on schools and children are an important part of the disinformation ecosystem

Each country has a small group of over publicised academics fighting against all measures backed up by astroturf campaign groups
Read 51 tweets
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Jan 22
UK has embraced the Tegnell/ GBD plan

Key part of this strategy is to gaslight the shit out of anyone with the help of time experts and a complicit media

Frame dissenting voice as alarmist fringe, dismiss international comparisons
1/
Heads being told stay open no matter what

Example
Primary with 15 out of 35 staff off, DfE over rules local public health
"Schools have improved ventilation"

Lies

Read 20 tweets
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Jan 21
Telegraph "Schools defy PM on Masks"
Zahawi to write to schools demanding no more masks
UsForThem have 100 angry parents

UsForThem have constantly reminded parents they can opt out of masks for any reason

Schools have never been able to force mask use
#edutwitter #r4today
1/ Image
2/ It was guidence not an enforced mandate, some schools are recommending students continue in masks

So what UsForThem and @nadhimzahawi are doing is trying to ban and remove the choice of wearing masks in schools

UfT click their fingers and Secretary responds on their behalf!
3/ They must have a hot line to DfE, @halfon4harlowMP and @ChildrensComm

Yet all three have refused repeatedly to meet with groups like @SafeEdForAll_UK and @Parents_Utd representing CEV children and parents

Why are the vulnerable ignored and silenced?
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Jan 20
Death merchants on manuovers again

One declares pandemic over
Other says herd immunity is constant reinfection throughout society to protect the vulnerable

How is constant reinfection immunity?
How does the virus know to avoid the vulnerable? ImageImageImage
2/ Right let's take a look at Guptas article

Covid "has stubbornly resisted all attempts at eradication"

NO!

Many governments at Guptas urging have resisted attempting eradication

And its not endemic Image
3/ The GBD crowd have literally done all they can to undermine any attempt at suppression, even going as far as to team up with antivaxxers, supporting them to pump out disinformation
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