Hello,

I hope this post is not considered spam. I am not part of the RRS community, though I am an atheist and skeptic who subscribes to a naturalistic worldview based on empiricism. I have been a member of this forum for a while but never had a reason to contribute, until now.

If you're not familiar with the Shorty Awards, they are Twitter awards to "honor the best producer of short real time content."

In the #health category, as of now, DrRachie, the leading advocate of science, reason, and skepticism is in 2nd place behind a crank alt-med pusher who's gone so far as to call his skeptical opponent an overweight shill. His alt-med colleague, Mike Adams, has even went out of his way to personally attack all skeptics and atheists.

To be eligible to vote for eligible to vote for http://shortyawards.com/DrRachie you must already have a Twitter account. Votes by new registrants will not count.

Now's the chance for the community that advocates reason, skepticism and science to be heard.

Here's a more detailed background on the story that's proliferating through the skeptic community on the Internet:

Phil Plait's article: http://skepticblog.org/2010/01/27/alt-med-purveyors-show-their-true-colors/

Orac's article: http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/01/stay_classy_dr_joe_stay_classy.php

P.S. My apologies if this has already been discussed. I couldn't locate a search feature on this site to query the topic.