This morning I received a forwarded email from a friend's mother who is a doctor. She has a tendency to forward stuff she hasnt really read very carefully. I also noticed that she had received it from a fellow doctor friend who had simultaenously forwarded to their medschool listserve.
It took me about 2 sentences to realize that the email was rightwing fearmongering propaganda. Below the fold is the initial email in its entirety, my responses to the concern troll known as "Roy McDonald" (wow, his name even sounds Canadian (not only to my friend's mom, but bccs to every single person in the email string), but then finally, a general question for everyone about where all this stuff comes from, and what to do about it.
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