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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 06:45 PM Sep 2016

Facebook Promotes Poll of ‘Doctors’ Who Say Hillary Clinton Is a ‘Flaming Sociopath’

Source: The Daily Beast

Facebook trended an online poll from the AAPS—which believes abortion causes breast cancer—saying that most physicians are worried about Clinton’s health.

BEN COLLINS

09.09.16 5:20 PM ET

Two weeks after firing its entire editorial staff, Facebook’s Trending news section highlighted a report by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons—which believes that the “gay male lifestyle” shortens lives by 20 years and abortion can cause breast cancer—claiming “most doctors polled” had “serious concerns” about Hillary Clinton’s health on Friday.

Most links in the trending section about the poll referred to a post on PRNewswire, a website where anyone can post a press release, or right-wing blogs.

The story is still appearing in Facebook’s Trending section at press time, and Facebook has not yet responded to an email from The Daily Beast requesting comment.

AAPS’ press release says “nearly 71% of 250 physicians” dub concerns about Clinton’s health “serious.” Also receiving votes in response to that question are “shows how the powers that be are willing to use her to win regardless of having to prop her up and keep her from speaking in public” and “in this case, she is so much more dangerous to the repbulic (sic) if she’s healthy.”

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Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/09/facebook-promotes-poll-of-doctors-who-say-hillary-clinton-is-a-flaming-sociopath.html

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Facebook Promotes Poll of ‘Doctors’ Who Say Hillary Clinton Is a ‘Flaming Sociopath’ (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2016 OP
good god!! can things get more stupid!!! riversedge Sep 2016 #1
The far right pulled this same stuff on Rabin. Mc Mike Sep 2016 #2
Far right cyber nerds playing games and hoping to be noticed by Don the Con? Fred Sanders Sep 2016 #3
CDS only occurs in Rs and Ts Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2016 #4
Right wing wackos left-of-center2012 Sep 2016 #5
Ideology over medicine Lithos Sep 2016 #6
Screw FB 2naSalit Sep 2016 #7
I don't know if I would go that far... DonViejo Sep 2016 #8
The founder and his money are doing something of value 2naSalit Sep 2016 #10
Reputable physicians would never sign on to anything like this. A diagnosis of someone's Laser102 Sep 2016 #9
The AAPS is an organization founded by Ron Paul, among others. The 17K members oppose Medicare and Hoyt Sep 2016 #11
Yep, extremely right wing. Link: trof Sep 2016 #13
facebook censors reality and promotes outright lies UpInArms Sep 2016 #12
Of course that was on Facebook. They have become Different Drummer Sep 2016 #14
More fucking projection! ananda Sep 2016 #15
Many far right conspiracy's trend on Facebook now. Sad! sarcasmo Sep 2016 #16

Mc Mike

(9,115 posts)
2. The far right pulled this same stuff on Rabin.
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 06:51 PM
Sep 2016

Excellent film about it:
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/rabin-the-last-day-2016

In one re-enacted scene, a clot of right wing religious, political, professional, and academic zealots in a political strategy meeting listened to a woman academic Psychologist describe all of the physical and mental health problems Rabin exhibited via body language and actions. By the end of the scene she was shaking with grief and rage, breaking up, while describing Rabin's mental illness.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
5. Right wing wackos
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 06:56 PM
Sep 2016

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a politically conservative non-profit association
founded in 1943 to "fight socialized medicine and to fight the government takeover of medicine."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons

Lithos

(26,404 posts)
6. Ideology over medicine
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 07:00 PM
Sep 2016

By definition, physicians who ignore and not follow the Hippocratic Oath.

Only use I have for this group would be to know their membership list so I know which doctors to avoid.

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I would love to see statistics of this groups malpractice rates vs the general medical population. Makes me wonder if it's higher.

2naSalit

(86,794 posts)
10. The founder and his money are doing something of value
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 08:17 PM
Sep 2016

the actual FB is something altogether different socially and, in my reckoning, far outweighs this one rich person's generosity.

Laser102

(816 posts)
9. Reputable physicians would never sign on to anything like this. A diagnosis of someone's
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 07:43 PM
Sep 2016

health and mental state is for the nut jobs not real physicians. They could be sued for malpractice.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
11. The AAPS is an organization founded by Ron Paul, among others. The 17K members oppose Medicare and
Fri Sep 9, 2016, 08:20 PM
Sep 2016

Medicaid. In the 1980s Ron Paul and this group used to put out a racist screed they called a newsletter. It was handwritten and sent to subscribers and health care organization (that's where I'd see the disgusting thing). At the time, I had no idea who Ron Paul was other than some right wing Klansman type.

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