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Is it the Democratic Party's position that GMOs are bad and so are vaccinations? I hadn't heard this before and I think it's completely untrue. You took my quo

Is it the Democratic Party's position that GMOs are bad and so are vaccinations? I hadn't heard this before and I think it's completely untrue. You took my quote out of context. I was saying that it is mostly Republicans and not Democrats who tend to be anti-science "when the science in question contradicts their party line." There is no party line to speak of with the Democrats and vaccinations and GMOs. Yes there are crazy people everywhere. It is not that these people are told by Democrat politicians to hate GMOs! That does not happen like it does with Republican politicians encouraging their constituents to think that high school education leading to further education is a bad thing.

adventured 9y ago
It's entirely unnecessary for it to be a party position. Anti-GMO is an extremely widely held belief on the left. "There's also a political difference. Republicans divide evenly on whether genetically modified foods are safe or unsafe. Independents rate them unsafe by a 20-point margin; Democrats, by a 26-point margin." https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97567&page=1 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97567&page=1 "Republicans are more skeptical of the theory of evolution, though by a surprisingly slim margin with 39 percent of them rejecting it as compared to 30 percent of Democrats. When it comes to other scientific matters, the waters are even muddier. For instance, Democrats and Republicans believe in the false link between vaccines and autism at roughly equal levels." "Only 45 percent of Democrats support expanding the use of nuclear energy, as compared to 62 percent of Republicans" https://reason.com/blog/2016/07/15/are-republicans-or-democrats-more-anti https://reason.com/blog/2016/07/15/are-republicans-or-democr... "The poll also shows more Democrats (9 percent) and independents (10 percent) say the measles vaccine isn't safe than Republicans who say the same (5 percent)." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/02/09/heres-how-many-americans-are-actually-anti-vaxxers/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/02/09/he...

adventured 9y ago

It's entirely unnecessary for it to be a party position. Anti-GMO is an extremely widely held belief on the left. "There's also a political difference. Republicans divide evenly on whether genetically modified foods are safe or unsafe. Independents rate them unsafe by a 20-point margin; Democrats, by a 26-point margin." https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97567&page=1 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97567&page=1 "Republicans are more skeptical of the theory of evolution, though by a surprisingly slim margin with 39 percent of them rejecting it as compared to 30 percent of Democrats. When it comes to other scientific matters, the waters are even muddier. For instance, Democrats and Republicans believe in the false link between vaccines and autism at roughly equal levels." "Only 45 percent of Democrats support expanding the use of nuclear energy, as compared to 62 percent of Republicans" https://reason.com/blog/2016/07/15/are-republicans-or-democrats-more-anti https://reason.com/blog/2016/07/15/are-republicans-or-democr... "The poll also shows more Democrats (9 percent) and independents (10 percent) say the measles vaccine isn't safe than Republicans who say the same (5 percent)." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/02/09/heres-how-many-americans-are-actually-anti-vaxxers/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/02/09/he...