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Why do Antivaxxers hate Drag Queens?
@KDenkWrites investigated the infiltration of the far right into anti-vax groups & the effect of two years of drip-fed extremism for @allthecitizens & @BylineTimes
bylinetimes.com/2022/08/04/why…
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Why do Antivaxxers hate Drag Queens?
@KDenkWrites investigated the infiltration of the far right into anti-vax groups & the effect of two years of drip-fed extremism for @allthecitizens & @BylineTimes
bylinetimes.com/2022/08/04/why…
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2/The first indication of a far-right presence in anti-vax groups was links to the Workers of England Union in Feb 2021. Run by Robin Tillbrook - leader of the English Democrats Party, they offered legal representation for ppl whose refusal to vaccinate had cost them their jobs. 
3/ Tillbrook has a longstanding professional connection to Mark Collett - leader of the far right group Patriotic Alternative.
4/ Showing sympathy to anti-vaxxers is PA’s latest attempt at mainstreaming.
Having got a jackboot in the door, they reverted to type and began pushing their usual homophobic, transphobic, islamophobic narrative.
Having got a jackboot in the door, they reverted to type and began pushing their usual homophobic, transphobic, islamophobic narrative.
5/ Antivaxxer parents often feel unrepresented and unheard.
Playing on this fear, groups like PA have galvanised the same parents into action against #DQSH by ensuring they are listening.
Playing on this fear, groups like PA have galvanised the same parents into action against #DQSH by ensuring they are listening.
6/ This was emphasised further when we interviewed parents at a #DQSH protest this week.
Few knew what PA were and those who did said they were simply glad to have their support, far-right or not.
Few knew what PA were and those who did said they were simply glad to have their support, far-right or not.
7/ As #LizTruss & #SuellaBraverman plan their war on woke, extremists like PA stand to become even more influential in this kind of radicalisation.
news.sky.com/story/governme…
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