RFK Jr. Watch

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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.

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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.

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Steve Bannon has spent years promoting RFK Jr. and his crackpot anti-vaccine theories (www.mediamatters.org)

submitted 2 years ago by RegularFodder@lemm.ee to c/rfk_jr_watch@lemm.ee

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From the article:

As the son of Robert Kennedy and nephew to John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unusually well-positioned to attract attention in his almost certainly doomed challenge to Biden. But Kennedy can benefit from even a failed campaign by selling more books and raising the profile of Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine organization he founded.

Bannon likewise benefits from hyping Kennedy’s run. He can use Kennedy to sow chaos in the Democratic primary and push vaccine denialism as a tool to further undermine what he refers to as the “administrative state,” a longstanding goal which would result in a collapse of public capacity to address future pandemics, among other consequences. And although Bannon has provided a platform for Kennedy, it would be a mistake to give him too much credit for the candidate’s larger purchase in the political ecosystem. As is often the case with Bannon, he’s bodysurfing a wave and mistaking himself for Poseidon.

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