• nthavoc@lemmy.today
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    21 hours ago

    I’m just waiting for them to start calling oxygen and water woke so they either stop breathing or shrivel up like a sun dried dog turd.

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      19 hours ago

      I am a little surprised they haven’t given up water since the “chemicals in the water are turning the frogs gay” conspiracy took off.

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        10 hours ago

        Did they declare that the chemical doing that was fluoride? Because more and more states are banning that in the water.

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          9 hours ago

          “Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease,” Kennedy wrote in a social media post.

          “What does this do to sexual development in children?” Kennedy said. “Nobody knows. We know what it does to frogs.”

          Kennedy’s gay-frogs riff was borrowed from an old rant by conspiracy theory maestro and Infowars creator Alex Jones.

          https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/05/13/fluoride-florida-water-rfk-jr-alex-jones-gay-frogs/83579355007/

          There’s a few low quality studies suggesting high concentrations of fluoride can cause some issues with the thyroid. I didn’t look for the rest of the claimed problems, because high concentrations aren’t something you’ll be exposed to in tap water.

          I don’t think RFK has the critical thinking skills to interpret a study that finds a correlation between fluoride and whatever issue, especially if he’s quoting a conspiracy theorist to back his agenda