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Benjamin Dowd-Arrow

@dowdarrow.bsky.social

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Medical Sociologist and Internationally Recognized Gun Scholar. Opinions are my own. Same username on every platform.

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Benjamin Dowd-Arrow @dowdarrow.bsky.social · Aug 9

The man who attacked the CDC yesterday was an anti-vaxer. Politicians like Trump, Rand, and DeSantis allowed anti-science ignorance to lead to the death of David Rose.

We show statistically how political discourse fueled anti-COVID mitigation practices here:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Political variations in pandemic lifestyles and COVID-19 vaccination by age cohort in the United States

While recent scholarship suggests that political affiliation is a robust predictor of pandemic behaviors and COVID-19 vaccination status, research has…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Benjamin Dowd-Arrow @dowdarrow.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Halloween everyone

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I asked Grok how they felt about their father Elon Musk and this is what they told me

Benjamin Dowd-Arrow @dowdarrow.bsky.social · 12d

How does she have a platform? Between this nonsense and her anti-vax attitudes, she is harming people. And she uses the appeal to authority fallacy by having her title in her user name and making these kinds of claims. People seeing this may think that she’s a medical doctor & thus trustworthy

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14d

It’s “Colombia” YOU ABSOLUTE DUMBASS

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15d

Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. 🙄

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We are taking break from our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this

Benjamin Dowd-Arrow @dowdarrow.bsky.social · 18d

Right? And to top it off that these were people upwards of 40 in this chat…it’s the “boys will boys” mentality of allowing abusive behavior

Benjamin Dowd-Arrow @dowdarrow.bsky.social · 18d

Being racist, promoting sexual assault, and praising Hitler is just what kids do according to Vance. What the hell kind of family values does he teach at his house?

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Benjamin Dowd-Arrow @dowdarrow.bsky.social · 19d

Is anyone surprised?

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social · 22d

Hold the line Portland

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Benjamin Dowd-Arrow @dowdarrow.bsky.social · 28d

Oh no, that would be anti-hypocritical! Of course, he fully labels those traitors as patriots…

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Psaki's Apprentice @sleepycongressman.bsky.social · 29d

This is a punishment administration

You are being punished for not being one of them

You are being punished for being:
-poor
-middle class
-blue
-not voting for him
-black
-asian
-hispanic
-LGBTQ
-young

Anything which makes you not like them, will see you punished

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Benjamin Dowd-Arrow @dowdarrow.bsky.social · Oct 3

This is how all of us should be treating Nazis and their enablers at every opportunity

www.kiro7.com/news/local/h...

Hundred UW students, professor chase self-professed Nazi sympathizer after lecture interruption

According to UW, the man entered the classroom during a lecture, interrupted the session by making Nazi salutes, and shouted insults at both the instructor and students.

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Benjamin Dowd-Arrow @dowdarrow.bsky.social · Oct 1

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History may not repeat, but it definitely rhymes

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · Sep 30

Weak, broken, insecure men who get power and use it to cosplay.

That's what we have.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Sep 30

THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE

YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS

PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP