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> many anti-vaccination misinformation peddlers are squarely aligned with what constitutes the "left" “Squarely aligned”? Nope, anti-vaxxers are not “squarely
by jacobolus 8y ago
> many anti-vaccination misinformation peddlers are squarely aligned with what constitutes the "left"
“Squarely aligned”? Nope, anti-vaxxers are not “squarely aligned” with any broad political movement.
Responsible politicians, party officials, pundits, etc. of all parties and ideologies are pro-vaccination.
But e.g. the Governor-Elect of Oklahoma is a GOP anti-vaxxer. It is incredibly dangerous when these views start to get legitimized: children will die.
- tomjakubowski 8y agoTrump is another noted anti-vaxxer. It's only anecdata, but all the anti-vaxxers I've known have been wealthy GOP voters.
- KirinDave 8y agoLet's offset him with Jim Carrey, perhaps? It's a very bipartisan issue. People associate it with religious worldviews, but those folks actually make up only one faction.
- sheepmullet 8y agoWhen did Trump become an anti-vaxxer? Don’t forget that Trump was a prominent Dem supporter for decades.
- jacobolus 8y agoTrump in 2012: > A study says Autism is out of control--a 78% increase in 10 years. Stop giving monstrous combined vaccinations Trump in 2014: > Healthy young child goes to doctor, gets pumped with massive shot of many vaccines, doesn't feel good and changes - AUTISM. Many such cases! etc.
- sheepmullet 8y agoYes, but when did he first become an anti-vaxxer?
- KirinDave 8y agoHi, today a noted liberal screenwriter compared the word "anti-vaxxer" to the racist n-word. So if you ever scroll back through this, Google to see how wrong you were about this.