Re: 94 - I see lots of grayed out posts, so you must be taking flak. You know what they say - if your taking flak, you’re over the target, etc...
Or it’s just monkeys flinging poo at the screen at your posts! ;)
Quite.
Since I have been heavily engaged in fighting misinformation wherever I find it, I have made a few observations about the people who believe the misinformation. (I'm retired now, so I have the time. I just can't put my scientific career behind me.)
One of my perceptions is that those who believe the misinformation have a strong emotional attachment to it. The charlatans reinforce this attachment by implying that they must be super smart to (for example) know how dangerous vaccines are when the majority of people accept them as safe. In reality, they have little to no understanding of STEM subjects.
Despite their consistent rejection of the scientific view, they want desperately to believe that their antivax/anti-science views have an actual scientific basis. So they get upset when I explain how and why the science does not support antivax/anti-science rhetoric. And because they cannot refute the science or my expertise, they resort to insulting me.
I'm not sure that they realize that when they try to insult me by calling me a "Big Pharma" or CDC shill or even comparing me to Dr. Fauci, they are acknowledging that they know I have the education and experience to qualify as an expert in this field. But they won't consciously admit this.