RFK Jr has no scientific training.
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The danger however comes when we confuse his title for his expertise. "Secretary of Health Kennedy says ___" gives the air of legitimacy. Far better to say "Heroin addict Kennedy", "Man who eats road kill and has a brain worm", "Harvard drug dealer" or even "Nuzzi's ex boyfriend".
Not to be mean. But because all of those things do a better job of attuning the public to whatever he is about to say next. And it's the best way to ensure that the kooky shit he says doesn't get any more people killed. /fin
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The danger however comes when we confuse his title for his expertise. "Secretary of Health Kennedy says ___" gives the air of legitimacy. Far better to say "Heroin addict Kennedy", "Man who eats road kill and has a brain worm", "Harvard drug dealer" or even "Nuzzi's ex boyfriend".
@SeanCasten I like "Secretary Brainworm".
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Not to be mean. But because all of those things do a better job of attuning the public to whatever he is about to say next. And it's the best way to ensure that the kooky shit he says doesn't get any more people killed. /fin
But he is also evil. He refuses to take responsibility for the harm his actions have done to other people, and that's a pretty good definition of evil.
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Political training also doesn't seek truth. You learn to persuade. You learn to understand what people believe and perhaps to shift that belief. But it is not, at core, a truth seeking exercise, at least not at the level of the individual politician.
@SeanCasten Very similar to the Salesman "profession". Say whatever is needed to make the sale. Withhold facts, make things up that sound true.
And when so many parents' incomes depend on this type of "saying things you don't even believe" as profession, it's not surprising that schools to not teach kids well to identify liars.
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The danger however comes when we confuse his title for his expertise. "Secretary of Health Kennedy says ___" gives the air of legitimacy. Far better to say "Heroin addict Kennedy", "Man who eats road kill and has a brain worm", "Harvard drug dealer" or even "Nuzzi's ex boyfriend".
@SeanCasten
"Health influencer" is the contemporary description of RFK Jr.'s real expertise. He's basically a salesman who sells people on an allegedly healthy lifestyle and associated lifestyle products.Trump has hired a ton of influencers rather than people with real expertise. Hegseth is a defense influencer, Ka$h Patel is a legal influencer, Dr. Oz is a health influencer, etc. Not too surprising, since Trump is basically an influencer himself.
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Not to be mean. But because all of those things do a better job of attuning the public to whatever he is about to say next. And it's the best way to ensure that the kooky shit he says doesn't get any more people killed. /fin
Not to be mean.
I mean, I think it's okay to be mean to bad people. Yeah, calling out Kennedy's deficiencies shouldn't be done primarily to be mean, but bullying a bad person seems to me like a perfectly fine secondary objective.
We didn't bully Dubya, or Cheney, or Reagan into ragequitting politics, and look where being polite to villains got us.
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And if you slow the deployment of vaccines that have kept people from getting measles, polio, hepatitis and countless other communicable diseases, people will die. Not because RFK Jr. is evil. But because he is a true believer who is totally unqualified for his job.
@SeanCasten Sorry, but he is evil. Because of his twisted ideology, babies are dying & kids are dying. Plus he supports a truly evil administration who mass murders school children in bombings, separates children from families, & runs concentration camps.
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RFK Jr has no scientific training. He's a history major with a law degree who worked as an environmental advocate but has never spent any meaningful time doing science, or understanding how science is done. This isn't "an alternative scientific view". It's just kooky opinions. https://x.com/atrupar/status/2083907234405269638?s=20
But he can tell you how much the cocaine got stepped-on just by smell.
JrBob is still a junkie. And he's killing Americans and spreading disease.
No
More
Kennedys
In
AmericaThat name is verbotten.
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Not to be mean.
I mean, I think it's okay to be mean to bad people. Yeah, calling out Kennedy's deficiencies shouldn't be done primarily to be mean, but bullying a bad person seems to me like a perfectly fine secondary objective.
We didn't bully Dubya, or Cheney, or Reagan into ragequitting politics, and look where being polite to villains got us.
It is absolutely fine to be "mean" to a man who is deliberately harming people. I don't care what excuse they give, the GOP is about harming people. I truly believe they get off on it.
RFK Jr. is dangerous not because of his background but because HE WANTS TO HURT PEOPLE. And he does not care who he kills or harms.
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But he is also evil. He refuses to take responsibility for the harm his actions have done to other people, and that's a pretty good definition of evil.
@BlueDot @SeanCasten homie just got finished telling you that politicians don’t necessarily get at the exact truth, and he’s a scientist he’s not gonna say the word evil if he can help it
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But he is also evil. He refuses to take responsibility for the harm his actions have done to other people, and that's a pretty good definition of evil.
I agree. It is evil to cause the return of childhood illness we had all but eradicated because of a gut feeling. Or he was convinced by liars and grifters.
Politicians are, at very least, not supposed to actively harm the communities they are representing. In a perfect world, they might actually make things better. But doing things like the health sec has done are evil, and our society is drastically worse as a result of RFK Jr.
I can appreciate that OP is a scientist and wants to avoid using the word evil. But in this instance, it is applicable. It's also important to call out evil when we see it. There have thus far been zero consequences for the monsters ruining society, and that is just not alright with me.
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RFK Jr has no scientific training. He's a history major with a law degree who worked as an environmental advocate but has never spent any meaningful time doing science, or understanding how science is done. This isn't "an alternative scientific view". It's just kooky opinions. https://x.com/atrupar/status/2083907234405269638?s=20
@SeanCasten This is cute. You can't watch the video, it goes to X. You need an account there to watch it.
Oh well. I doubt I give a shit what comes out this shit stain's mouth anyway.
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RFK Jr has no scientific training. He's a history major with a law degree who worked as an environmental advocate but has never spent any meaningful time doing science, or understanding how science is done. This isn't "an alternative scientific view". It's just kooky opinions. https://x.com/atrupar/status/2083907234405269638?s=20
@SeanCasten The bigger problem is that a majority of U.S. senators sat in a room with that guy, asked him questions for several days, and concluded that the most ridiculous, unqualified person possible should be in charge of the nation’s health department.
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RFK Jr has no scientific training. He's a history major with a law degree who worked as an environmental advocate but has never spent any meaningful time doing science, or understanding how science is done. This isn't "an alternative scientific view". It's just kooky opinions. https://x.com/atrupar/status/2083907234405269638?s=20
@SeanCasten I do not click X links.
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@SeanCasten
"Health influencer" is the contemporary description of RFK Jr.'s real expertise. He's basically a salesman who sells people on an allegedly healthy lifestyle and associated lifestyle products.Trump has hired a ton of influencers rather than people with real expertise. Hegseth is a defense influencer, Ka$h Patel is a legal influencer, Dr. Oz is a health influencer, etc. Not too surprising, since Trump is basically an influencer himself.
@VATVSLPR @SeanCasten A snake oil salesman.
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@SeanCasten Sorry, but he is evil. Because of his twisted ideology, babies are dying & kids are dying. Plus he supports a truly evil administration who mass murders school children in bombings, separates children from families, & runs concentration camps.
@Nshrubs @SeanCasten If the ends are evil, and the means are evil, it’s evil.
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But he can tell you how much the cocaine got stepped-on just by smell.
JrBob is still a junkie. And he's killing Americans and spreading disease.
No
More
Kennedys
In
AmericaThat name is verbotten.
@GGMcBG @SeanCasten No more Kennedys, no more Bushes, no more Clintons and no more Trumps. We already have a shitshow, our tendency to create dynasties will only make that worse.
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@GGMcBG @SeanCasten No more Kennedys, no more Bushes, no more Clintons and no more Trumps. We already have a shitshow, our tendency to create dynasties will only make that worse.
The human need for celebrity, and the American tradition of always elevating our worst, dug us our own deep, dumb grave.
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@SeanCasten The bigger problem is that a majority of U.S. senators sat in a room with that guy, asked him questions for several days, and concluded that the most ridiculous, unqualified person possible should be in charge of the nation’s health department.
@OGJester @SeanCasten yep. The idea that a president should automatically get his choice and the senate should t stand in the way is asinine. Advice and consent is there for a reason. A unanimous "absolutely not" was the only correct outcome
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@BlueDot @SeanCasten homie just got finished telling you that politicians don’t necessarily get at the exact truth, and he’s a scientist he’s not gonna say the word evil if he can help it
@sidhewolf @BlueDot @SeanCasten
the problem with the word "evil" is that it's a kid's fairytale word and is popular with various crackpots
so we shun use of the word because of a vague discomfort, a feeling of guilt by association
but shunning use of the word "evil" means we surrender a powerful tool of communication
so i say:
use the word "evil"
with our definition
reclaim speech rather than surrender speech
