>You're alienating people like me from being on your side. You're alienating yourself by following reactionary impulses in response to true statements. I'm al

>You're alienating people like me from being on your side. You're alienating yourself by following reactionary impulses in response to true statements. I'm also honesty not sure how true this theory of reaction is generally. I'm sure it's true for some, but in many cases it functions as a rhetorical strategy to put people on the defensive who are making legitimate criticisms. >But none of this was anti-science, nor did it have anything to do with COVID, and you've brought up both. It's anti-intellectual, and therefore a pertinent comparison, and they used the term anti intellectual and covered all the necessary bases. The cultural and social forces driving both are the same, and here, again, I feel like saying "don't talk about this because it alienates me" is just a rhetorical strategy to put people on the defensive without addressing the merits of what they are saying.