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More likely that conservatives turned liberal once the right went all in on anti-intellectualism. Of course the real question is: what does conservative even m
by amanaplanacanal 4mo ago
More likely that conservatives turned liberal once the right went all in on anti-intellectualism.
Of course the real question is: what does conservative even mean any more? The joining of Falwell and Reagan fucked both conservatism and evangelical Christianity.
- Windchaser 4mo agoYep, it's at least partly this. I watched a lot of "moderate" academics become "liberal" after Trump's first election. If you're a scientist by principles and a moderate by political views, and the right-wing party comes out in opposition to science, well, it's fair that you might then join the "pro-science party". Being pro-science becomes a liberal position. So it's not that conservatives were "purged" from the ranks of academia.