RationalWiki:What is going on in the clogosphere?/August 2022

August 2022
The Australian Retailers Association wants minimum working age requirements changed so that children as young as 13 years old can be put to work to help fill labour shortages. What should you do if a child is having a seizure? If you're in charge at a Saskatchewan Bible camp, you apparently order an exorcism instead of providing medical care.

The news site YouTuber Tim Pool founded to combat the mainstream press—which he hates because they "lie all the time," he's said—is staffed with far-right figures, runs fluff interviews with white nationalists, and... plagiarizes from the mainstream press. Marjorie Taylor Greene of all people swatted by someone claiming to be from Kiwi Farms. She now calls for the site to be shut down. Wingnut Pennsylvania governor candidate Doug Mastriano [https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/doug-mastriano-campaign-prophet-julie-green-political-executions-are-coming is now promoting and campaigning with batshit "prophet" Julie Green. Among other things, she claims that God will execute political figures over the 2020 election, that Nancy Pelosi drinks the blood of children, and that Joe Biden is dead and being played by an actor]. Boston Children's Hospital patients and providers face violent threats due to misinformation from the "Libs of TikTok" social media accounts claiming they were providing genital surgeries on minors. Kansas City pastor apologizes for [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/missouri-pastor-says-congregation-poor-broke-busted-not-buying-luxury-rcna43557 demanding that his congregation buy him a luxury watch. "I’m not worth your McDonald's money? I'm not worth your Red Lobster money?"] A conservative astroturf posts a meme about "leftist teachers grooming kids" using a image of a Deltarune and SCP cosplayers without permission. It should also be noted that Deltarune contains heavy LGBTQ+ themes. Clip: Mother of murdered child at Sandy Hook tries to reason with Alex Jones at his trial as the manchild only shakes his head at her. Uri Geller responds to the threat of a Russian nuclear strike with a threat of his own: he'll stop Putin with MIND POWERS!