[aantthony]

Thanks for your response.

3. I agree its not justified to say all authorities by their nature are untrustworthy, and that was an escalation of rhetoric. But I would say this though, that “authorities” (in scare quotes) are untrustworthy if they are claiming to be authorities but don’t have any merit. So in some sense, we ought to be sceptical of anyone who claims to be an authority.

I didn’t read this as a conspiracy. There are many incentives at play, probably too many things to grasp and points like 4 that come out of nowhere (may have some significance, but didn’t fit into the argument well).

Theses doctors aren’t the poster child for democracy. I don’t think anyone’s claiming they are. Personally I think they were just in the right place at the right time to become a part of this censorship war.

Overall I think your criticisms are fair.