Thread by @DuendeenF

I've done a bit of serious writing on disinfo in the last years. This started with my own interest in refuting online hate and has gradually become a larger exploration of the tactics of the Internet Hate Machine.

Here's a small collection of these threads. 🧵

A thread on anomie and the appeal of fascism.

https://twitter.com/DuendeenF/status/1525912309016645633

On Balkanization and perpetuating minority rule.

https://twitter.com/DuendeenF/status/1540890396967854080

On Climate Doomerism and how this creates a false dichotomy between the equally unappealing choices of denial and doom.

https://twitter.com/DuendeenF/status/1558542237859885056

On the Trans Panic and how outgroup persecution functions as a unifying "moral crusade" in fascist politics. Plus biology.

https://twitter.com/DuendeenF/status/1563967618939523072

A tiny thread on emotional manipulation and electorates.

https://twitter.com/DuendeenF/status/1530938528749629441

On Covid Doomerism and how this also creates inaction.

https://twitter.com/DuendeenF/status/1584650853046456320

On the tactic of Thunberging and how misogyny shapes public opinion.

https://twitter.com/DuendeenF/status/1589312570120605699

On tactics of exhaustion and how trolls (and that one guy) want to make you very tired so you disconnect and stop caring.

https://twitter.com/DuendeenF/status/1599082517507997696

An older thread on how capitalism and the inaccessibility of healthcare creates the conditions that allow antiscience conspiracy theories to flourish.

https://twitter.com/DuendeenF/status/1433906451429281798

And here's a thread about stretchy pants.

https://twitter.com/DuendeenF/status/1506458689909125124

And for more writing on #disinfo, I highly recommend following:

- @upine and @MMBrussell for general thoughts
- @MichaelEMann and @PeterHotez for climate/covid content
- and @AriDrennen and @Esqueer_ for more on the Trans Panic