Well, disclaimer, I used to consider myself 'conservative', as the conservatives I knew were more likely to take a hard nosed look at the facts and the science

Well, disclaimer, I used to consider myself 'conservative', as the conservatives I knew were more likely to take a hard nosed look at the facts and the science than whether or not the truth made someone feel good. As I got older, I eventually started to notice conservatives starting to blatantly ignore the science and facts in a way I had previously only seen from the left. Today, I feel like the situation has completely reversed itself, and the right is more likely to completely ignore reality, fact and science if it clashes with their current beliefs. I do see some of this on the left, but it seems like it's gotten so much worse on the right in the past 20 years.