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I did not mentionned political affiliations. I don't understand why everyone seems to focus on politics recently. Yes, there have been troubling events, but the

I did not mentionned political affiliations. I don't understand why everyone seems to focus on politics recently. Yes, there have been troubling events, but the world did not stop revolving

exclusiv 6y ago
Well the top comment mentioned far-right so that's probably why the parent dropped that. Separately, I don't think it was a productive comment.
- MartianSquirrel 6y ago
  Fair enough, that part did not register as OP said it was "anecdotical" and in his experience
netizen-9748 6y ago
GP comment mentions far-right wealthy people not socially distancing, the commenter you are replying to seems to have connected that with the parent's comment on education.
mushbino 6y ago
We could put a heat map of political affiliation, education, and income to see if maybe a correlation. Not too difficult to find out.
JacksonGariety 6y ago
The comment you replied to is about right-wing response to the virus. Still, barring the political stuff (supposing that's possible)—your comment implies that people who wear masks do so because they are educated. I'd suggest that it is far more likely that they do so because they are deferential to authority by default. EDIT: s/smart/educated
- majormajor 6y ago
  > Still, barring the political stuff (supposing that's possible)—your comment implies that people who wear masks do so because they are educated. I'd suggest that it is far more likely that they do so because they are deferential to authority by default. Authorities in the US initially said don't wear masks as private citizens. There was a groundswell of people saying "it's not a panacea, but it's quite probably worth doing for everybody" to get them to change their position and admit the original one was based more on trying to avoid a shortage than on anything about efficacy. That pushback seemed to come from an educated populace.

I did not mentionned political affiliations. I don't understand why everyone seems to focus on politics recently. Yes, there have been troubling events, but the world did not stop revolving

exclusiv 6y ago

Well the top comment mentioned far-right so that's probably why the parent dropped that. Separately, I don't think it was a productive comment.

MartianSquirrel 6y ago
Fair enough, that part did not register as OP said it was "anecdotical" and in his experience

netizen-9748 6y ago

GP comment mentions far-right wealthy people not socially distancing, the commenter you are replying to seems to have connected that with the parent's comment on education.

mushbino 6y ago

We could put a heat map of political affiliation, education, and income to see if maybe a correlation. Not too difficult to find out.

JacksonGariety 6y ago

The comment you replied to is about right-wing response to the virus. Still, barring the political stuff (supposing that's possible)—your comment implies that people who wear masks do so because they are educated. I'd suggest that it is far more likely that they do so because they are deferential to authority by default. EDIT: s/smart/educated

majormajor 6y ago
> Still, barring the political stuff (supposing that's possible)—your comment implies that people who wear masks do so because they are educated. I'd suggest that it is far more likely that they do so because they are deferential to authority by default. Authorities in the US initially said don't wear masks as private citizens. There was a groundswell of people saying "it's not a panacea, but it's quite probably worth doing for everybody" to get them to change their position and admit the original one was based more on trying to avoid a shortage than on anything about efficacy. That pushback seemed to come from an educated populace.