“I’ve seen many threats like that, vulgarities, personal insults and personal accusations from anti-vaxxers here. They obviously have free reign at this site.”
I have seen an occasional abuse get removed by a moderator (even though I don’t report them), but for the most part, we are left to just toughen our own hides to it.
I think we may be entering a phase where it is going to be increasingly glaring that there is no mass die off from vaccines, but that the unvaccinated are being culled. If there is a Delta wave (as seems likely) the disparity based on vaccination will be hard to avoid.
Eventually, that will wear on them, and most will likely slink off and stop posting so much crap. So the coming months will likely be their comeuppance.
That is what I saw when posting about progress building the border wall. Some were certain it was all BS, and nothing would ever happen - and were very vocal and critical of other views.
Admittedly though, this group seems a bit more neurotic.
Maybe they help pay the rent? Everybody has some good.
Just need to wait until the next grand conspiracy theory shows up and they lose interest in this one. Since “Q” hasn’t posted any new gibberish in months, they’re all left with nothing to do but come up with vaccine fan fiction about mind control microchips, magnets, alien DNA, sterilization, and population control all being in the vaccines.
Reality proving them wrong doesn’t phase them because their perception of reality is filtered through a warped prism of conspiracies that color every aspect of life. Ergo, no conspiracy theory is wrong; every failed prediction is more evidence for a deeper and more sinister ultimate “truth”. Something will happen at some point that piques their interest and they’ll all shift to how Bill Gates and the aliens are using whatever THAT thing is to control us all. When that happens, it’ll be “COVID-19 vaccines? Never heard of ‘em!”
I do wish there was stronger reaction from the moderation team to the more vulgar and personal attacks. I’ve seen a few warnings and a few comments removed, but they’ve been largely free to call us Nazis, murderers, and all sorts of other things. That just creates a toxic environment. I mostly just ignore them and refuse to engage with them anymore. I talk with people who have an interest in learning more or who want to have a good faith discussion based in observable reality.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/295448
The IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate on Saturday evening published a warning that combining mass vaccination with a spike in infections could lead to a strain of COVID-19 that will resist the vaccines currently in use.
The report recommends requiring anyone landing in Israel to quarantine, even if they have recovered from coronavirus or received the vaccine.