It would be comforting if facts and reason could convince everyone. Unfortunately, that’s not the world we live in. Consider the number of people who spread the following:

My family is not safe. My son has been taken on the gov's orders, and I've had to send my husband and daughter out of state for their safety.

THIS is the reality of living in DeSantis' Florida.

There is no freedom here. Only retaliatory rule by a fascist who wishes to be king

— Rebekah Jones (@GeoRebekah) April 6, 2023

This isn’t true.

13-year-old son of Rebekah Jones, whistleblower who clashed with DeSantis, arrested over memes https://t.co/gQqCP76k6u

— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) April 6, 2023

The police detained the young man for threatening to attack his school. If police had done nothing, no doubt Governor Ron DeSantis would be blamed by many of the same people for allowing an attack. Without Twitter’s new “Community Notes” feature, many people would probably not even know about it.

TikTok is the most popular website in the world. This is what is featured.

Another one from @JamesRehwald because his videos go so insanely hard.

Anti-imperialist professors WISH they had this level of pedagogical skillhttps://t.co/aypz3Fk4Ek pic.twitter.com/ijHG6gAu2D

— Hilary Agro