Sometime in mid-July, a vicious rumor about Green Party presidential hopeful Jill Stein starting making the rounds on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/red_mercer/status/755108604844224513
We can’t be sure who started the rumor. Could it have been this Hillary-hater?
https://twitter.com/ByYourLogic/status/752922499457880064
Unclear. But people really went with it and ran… all the way to a strip mall filled with private practices from a variety of disciplines.
https://twitter.com/evepeyser/status/759503211015368704
https://twitter.com/twoheadeddroid/status/759868692444303360
Ppl make fun of dr Jill stein for being a chiropractor but what they don't realize is that dr Jill stein is the best fucking chiropractor
— Jake Offenhartz (@jangelooff) August 2, 2016
We can only imagine the agony Jill has faced.
https://twitter.com/SafyHallanFarah/status/761626539058425857
Okay guys, we had our laugh, but the claim is totally absurd. Stein has a Harvard degree. And a ’90s folk band.
She is not a chiropractor. She. Is. A. Folk. Singer.
Jill Stein in Somebody's Sister – 1997 pic.twitter.com/4DmU14O5lR
— CRIG (@gregourt) August 2, 2016
Not only was she the lead singer in “Somebody’s Sister,” but she still has several albums available for sale.
How many Jill Stein albums should I buy? pic.twitter.com/s0Bddvkkqt
— CRIG (@gregourt) August 2, 2016
She’s not here to crack spines! She’s here to fill your soul with joy.
"The music will send shivers down your spine and fill your soul with joy…It doesnt get any better than this folks" pic.twitter.com/GlBOVFWrY3
— CRIG (@gregourt) August 2, 2016
Circuits to the Sun, an inspiring album filled with rockin’, feel-good hits like “American Dream” and “Dancin’ Wild,” is available on Bandcamp.
Would a chiropractor sing:
Times are changin’ /
It ain’t a joke /
Hey, revolution /
Take back your vote.
…like Jill does on “American Dream?”
Would a chiropractor pen a title track about a woman going through a 12-step recovery program who tries to fill her emotional void by pointing crystals at the sky in the hopes of communicating with aliens?
Of course not.
To be fair, it is easy to confuse folk singers and chiropractors. After all, they are both know to wear flowing scarves. Please, people, do your homework.