RFK Jr. Watch
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.
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I read through all the Twitter discourse and was a little on his side, seemed like they were denying because he wasn't a "major candidate" and I don't think he is one but you see why someone might be mad about that designation.
Then I actually googled it and learned that Secret Service only covers major candidates within 120 days of the General Election, which would be November 2024 and way too far away. There's a clear, objective reason to reject the request.
This is like me asking Medicare to pay for botox at age 40 and getting rejected and then complaining that it was because they said I was too ugly. There's an argument they should cover more medical procedures but I'm 40.
This is how RFK Jr tends to operate. By taking a statement with a grain of truth, he extrapolates a masterful inveigling.