Spot the denialist

Dec 29th, 2019 | By Ophelia Benson
Category: Notes and Comment Blog

Hmm. Science! And skepticism! Science and skepticism! Together! Jonathan Jarry’s Twitter profile:

Science + skepticism for the public. Podcasting, writing & talks.
@McGillOSS
. One half of The Body of Evidence (w/
@DrLabos
). Feelings don’t care about facts.

Sounds good. Yay science, yay skepticism, yay for the public. The slogan makes more sense as “facts don’t care about feelings” but maybe he’s being playful.

Any trends to talk about?

https://twitter.com/crackedscience/status/1210724744053420033

How much time do you have?

https://twitter.com/crackedscience/status/1210960657035780103

Uhhh…denialists? Seriously? It’s “denialism” to say that people can’t change sex? (And it’s the opposite of denialism to say that men are not men if they say they are not men?)

I wouldn't want to be a feminist online, interested in preserving women's rights but for that reason subject to science-denialism, gaslighting and always always eventually just abuse. Oh, wait, I am one.

— Helen Saxby (@helensaxby11) December 28, 2019

It’s quite unpleasant being a woman. Second after gruelling second you are told you don’t understand what a woman is these days cos “wrong side of history”…. and yet all around you are the bodies of women raped, prostituted, murdered and beaten BECAUSE they are actually women.

— Jean Hatchet (@JeanHatchet) December 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/boodleoops/status/1211002849343217664

https://twitter.com/Fisher_Download/status/1210967529394515969

What did happen to Ockham’s razor?

2 Responses to “Spot the denialist”

#1
Holms
December 29, 2019 at 11:26 am

The slogan makes more sense as “facts don’t care about feelings” but maybe he’s being playful.

He is possibly riffing on Ben Shapiro, who drastically overuses the version you give. Yet the ‘feelings don’t care about facts’ version is quite a good summary of his and the TRA position.
#2
Papito
December 29, 2019 at 1:02 pm

I would like to hear about all the biggest and dumbest trends in woo this year. Except for the woo I like. It’s mean to call that woo.