!rfk_jr_watch@lemm.ee
RFK Jr. is a right wing, conspiracy pushing, anti-vaccine candidate. He is presently running for the Democratic nomination for presidential candidate. The particular problem with the RFK Jr. candidacy is that he enjoys widespread support due to the Kennedy name and the values that the name has historically supported.
The present purpose of this community is to spread awareness of RFK Jr's actual positions and viewpoints in an effort to diminish his utility as a chaos agent and a spoiler in the upcoming election cycle.
Related Communities:
RFK Jr. is a Stooge - The subreddit that began the phenomena of highlighting the horribleness of the stooge, spoiler, and scion, RFK Jr.
DebunkThis: - Debunking since 2010!
Skeptic - For looking at the broader world of cranks, quacks, and pseudoscience beyond, but including, RFK Jr!
Skeptic Kbin - More of the best of the greatest of Skeptic, now on kbin too!
Resources
Respectful Insolence - Blog by the super secret medical doctor, Orac, who has been debunking RFK Jr.'s medical misinformation since at least 2005!
Science Based Medicine - Detailed posts about various forms of medical misinformation and why they are misinformation.
Skeptical Raptor - Ancient scaly dinosaur tackles modern medical misinformation. The hard part was teaching it to type.
RationalWiki - A great resource for debunking various conspiracy and pseudoscience claims with some wonderful humor. An invaluable resource in these dark times when RFK Jr. is running for the Democratic nomination.
!rfk_jr_watch
@lemm.eehttps://www.rawstory.com/voters-distaste-for-dangerous-nutjob-rfk-jr-is-growing-report/
Robert F. Kennedy Jr's 2024 White House bid was always a long shot. But the more voters get to know the anti-vax conspiracy theorist, the less they like him, The Washington Post's Aaron Blake reports.The Kennedy conundrum came to a head on Thursday when, despite warnings that it would backfire, the ...
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/21/politics/fact-check-rfk-not-anti-vax/index.html
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed at a congressional hearing Thursday that he has never urged the public to avoid vaccination – but he said less than two years ago that he had approached strangers in public places to tell them not to get their children vaccinated.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/rfk-jr-appears-before-congress-as-his-comments-spreading-misinformation-draw-scrutiny
All eyes are on the Republican primary this election cycle, but one Democratic underdog has been getting attention for his controversial comments spreading misinformation on a range of subjects. Lisa Desjardins reports on how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. captured the attention of some voters and Geoff Bennett discusses Kennedy's vaccine stances with Dr. Paul Offitt.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/19/robert-kennedy-jr-racist-antisemitic-xenophobic-views
Democratic candidate’s recent false claim that Covid could have been ‘ethnically targeted’ is not an aberration but fits long pattern
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/07/rfk-jr-ab-2098-california-misinformation-doctors/
His war on a California law against Covid misinformation is just the beginning.
https://www.mediamatters.org/diversity-discrimination/rfk-jr-ally-and-campaign-speaker-sherri-tenpenny-forwarded-antisemitic
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/17/white-house-responds-to-vile-rfk-jr-comments-on-covid-and-race-.html
The White House response come as Democrats and Republicans rushed to condemn Kennedy's comments.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-a-fart-filled-argument-gives-way-to-an-antisemitic-conspiracy-theory-that-covid-19-is-an-ethnically-targeted-bioweapon/
RFK Jr. endured bad press over a press event, but the fart jokes were mixed with darker side: His antisemitic claim that COVID-19 might have been "targeted."
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187272781/rfk-jr-kennedy-conspiracy-theories-social-media-presidential-campaign
https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/rfk-jr-is-still-wrong-vaccines-do-not-cause-autism/
Despite the false claims from Robert F Kennedy Jr and other anti-vaxxers, the scientific facts is vaccines do not cause autism.