Anti-science aggression in the information age is confusing because we have a very linear understanding of how coordinated attacks work.
We presume that one actor, group, or party is the organizing mastermind behind all activity.
That is wrong
Read:
www.protagonist-science.com/p/shadows-of...
Here is a free-to-use infographic that explains how several actors, motives, incentives, and communities coordinate around a larger anti-science narrative;
This is leading to the harassment, abuse, intimidation, and political prosecution of innocent scientists.
