Jim -- I commented below a few days ago... On Sunday I did a Twitter thread on this same subject, aimed at fellow Democrats, saying I think our position as a party is going to hurt us badly, due to the harms to kids which are ongoing and which will come to light. There are serious physical harms, and as a party we glide past them.
The thread blew up... pretty sure was amplified by bot accounts (no idea how they found me; I have written on this topic many times before, and 20K views/ 100 likes is a lot for me). Virtually all my retweeters were right wing/ ex military, w generic 'I love USA' /'Jesus follower' bios and 10,000- 25,000 followers per account (nobody in common w me)....several dozen of these accounts retweeted me.... it happened VERY fast... Also they mostly wrote very similar one-sentence remarks on quote tweets.
Three days later hread has *Two Million* views, 13K likes, and my followers (formerly mostly feminists, child development/psychologists/ advocates, and some LW politics people-- and it took 2+ years to get that many followers) went from ~1300 to 3950.
I think my thread (critical of "affirmative" approach's harms to kids) is being weaponized by RW bots. I am happy to share more info if you are interested I am sure it was coordinated.
I don't want to hurt Democrats -- I want us to be more discerning and course correct for the benefit of kids and the party... Unsettling to watch this unfold in real time.
CRT and vaccine passports were both red pills moral panics that the GQP used to distract the events of the 6th. Rufo is one of the architects of the 'Don't say gay bill', as well.
Jim -- I commented below a few days ago... On Sunday I did a Twitter thread on this same subject, aimed at fellow Democrats, saying I think our position as a party is going to hurt us badly, due to the harms to kids which are ongoing and which will come to light. There are serious physical harms, and as a party we glide past them.
The thread blew up... pretty sure was amplified by bot accounts (no idea how they found me; I have written on this topic many times before, and 20K views/ 100 likes is a lot for me). Virtually all my retweeters were right wing/ ex military, w generic 'I love USA' /'Jesus follower' bios and 10,000- 25,000 followers per account (nobody in common w me)....several dozen of these accounts retweeted me.... it happened VERY fast... Also they mostly wrote very similar one-sentence remarks on quote tweets.
Three days later hread has *Two Million* views, 13K likes, and my followers (formerly mostly feminists, child development/psychologists/ advocates, and some LW politics people-- and it took 2+ years to get that many followers) went from ~1300 to 3950.
I think my thread (critical of "affirmative" approach's harms to kids) is being weaponized by RW bots. I am happy to share more info if you are interested I am sure it was coordinated.
I don't want to hurt Democrats -- I want us to be more discerning and course correct for the benefit of kids and the party... Unsettling to watch this unfold in real time.
Laura
CRT and vaccine passports were both red pills moral panics that the GQP used to distract the events of the 6th. Rufo is one of the architects of the 'Don't say gay bill', as well.
When Rufo just cant help himself but to brag about is fake moral panic and says the quiet part out loud. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUF9T6Bhs0s
There is an interesting article from 2019 discussing how John Eastman, the attorney who colluded Trump on the plan to reject the electoral vote, spoke at a far right conference / anti-gay group linked to or attended by sanctioned Russian oligarchs. https://archive.thinkprogress.org/here-are-the-americans-speaking-at-a-hate-group-friendly-with-sanctioned-russian-oligarchs-bb7564932db2/