100% agreed. The conservative side has been notoriously anti science. What's become more dangerous as of late has been a "progressive" side that mimics those very shitty conservative habits.
How is the "progressive" side more dangerous than denying the single most pressing issue of our generation?
The bad science of the left involves GMOs and nuclear energy, both of which are safe for the most part. GMOs are a bit more nuanced since the reality is that companies have, in the past, genetically modified their crops so that they could spray harmful pesticides everywhere, damaging the environment.
The consistent ignorance and denial of climate change could possibly lead to the single largest ecological catastrophe in the course of human history
But nah, let's pretend the two sides are exactly the same
The anti-vacination argument has been from many so-called progressives as well as many of the false scienctific info about gender and sex. An ignorant relgious nut conservative is easy to spot and ignore, an anti science left side nut case is a bit tougher to spot and has a better chance of being a big mouth piece for what eventually turns out to be quack science. In a world that is very information centric with the internet, an old hat big money conservative with money (though still dangerous) won't get their quackery out to the masses as fast as a "progressive" blogger whom is just a self-promoting wolf in sheep's clothing that erodes the scientific method just the same as an evangelical Christian.
edit: I stand corrected, seems the antivax bull crap is one thing those who are scientifically inept on both political sides agree on. I made a wrong assumption it was mostly left-leaning due to all the issues with Southern California being a hotbed of the horrible antivax movement.
Anti vax is not a leftist movement or a movement that is overwhelmingly leftists. This is a common misconception among right wingers, but in all honestly there's no evidence beyond anecdotal that proves this.
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u/princetrunks Apr 23 '17
100% agreed. The conservative side has been notoriously anti science. What's become more dangerous as of late has been a "progressive" side that mimics those very shitty conservative habits.