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Matt Taibbi (and also Glenn Greenwald), and a few others, have a central theme which now is a kind of contrarianism and faux populist stance against the 'establ

Matt Taibbi (and also Glenn Greenwald), and a few others, have a central theme which now is a kind of contrarianism and faux populist stance against the 'establishment', that has all the properties of a giant grift. Go searching for someone who has a crazy outsider vibe, been rejected by establishment media or science, and then claim there's censorship or a conspiracy to suppress their brilliant research. Hey, do you think horse dewormer or fish tank cleaner cures the greatest health crisis of the 21st century, but that evil pharmaceutical companies are suppressing it? Congratulations, you can might be a victimized genius who needs to be portrayed as a noble hero fighting the good fight. Or maybe you're pissed off at your company because they won't let you publish an anti-affirmative action magnus opus proving the inferiority of female engineers, hey you're a victim who has been censored for truth telling. There's almost a talk show "circuit" for this now. Taibbi, Rogan, Rubin, Tucker, etc if you've been ignored, or flagged for bullshit claims that fly in the face of consensus evidence, especially by the mainstream media, well then, one of these guys would love to have you. It almost from time to time, seems that they don't care about the actual subject so much as the zeal and delight at being able to attack mainstream media or 'elites' -- or like I said, contrarianism as a market segment.

gus_massa 5y ago
> Hey, do you think horse dewormer [...] cures the greatest health crisis of the 21st century, Are you talking about ivermectin? It's not only a horse deworming, it's also a human deworming (and IIRC it's good for any vertebrate). Moreover, it's a very good human deworming, and it's used in a lot of countries. Anyway, there is no good evidence of ivermectin as a cure or treatment of covid-19.
- cromwellian 5y ago
  I know, but it's a funny insult. Hydroxychloroquine also isn't just for fish tanks, it helps people with Lupus, but it's funny to call it fish tank cleaner, since there were cases of people self-medicating with the cleaner (and dying)
  - gus_massa 5y ago
    Every time an article about ivermectin for covid-19 is poste here, I try to read it and find the flaws and explain them here, because I don't like misinformation. I think it's fair to explain the misinformation against ivermectin too. I'm worried, for example, that someone may refuse to take a antiparasitic treatment with ivermectin because s/he read that it's a drug for horses and not for humans.

gus_massa 5y ago

> Hey, do you think horse dewormer [...] cures the greatest health crisis of the 21st century, Are you talking about ivermectin? It's not only a horse deworming, it's also a human deworming (and IIRC it's good for any vertebrate). Moreover, it's a very good human deworming, and it's used in a lot of countries. Anyway, there is no good evidence of ivermectin as a cure or treatment of covid-19.

cromwellian 5y ago
I know, but it's a funny insult. Hydroxychloroquine also isn't just for fish tanks, it helps people with Lupus, but it's funny to call it fish tank cleaner, since there were cases of people self-medicating with the cleaner (and dying)
- gus_massa 5y ago
  Every time an article about ivermectin for covid-19 is poste here, I try to read it and find the flaws and explain them here, because I don't like misinformation. I think it's fair to explain the misinformation against ivermectin too. I'm worried, for example, that someone may refuse to take a antiparasitic treatment with ivermectin because s/he read that it's a drug for horses and not for humans.