They don't have a monopoly on it, but the current batch of Republicans are responsible for somewhere north of 80% of it. That's lopsided enough to make it count as a Republican thing, not a Democrat thing.
Ten years ago, it would have been different, but the Republican party has taken a pretty big turn away from science then. You can see this comparing the official party platform from then to now.
If you venture to the extremes, what comes to mind immediately for me are folks who believe in naturopathy, rejection of vaccines, "wifi will rot your brain", and I'm sure there are others. I've come across these folks at 'hippie resorts' in the PNW, Big Sur, and other similar areas.
Interestingly enough, there's some overlap in these 'ideologies' between some extreme left and some extreme right folks (and probably some folks in between).
Isn’t this just moving the goalposts? We’re not talking about a fringe Republican here, we’re talking about the president of the United States, along with the senate majority leader and the speaker of the house, to name the three most prominent republicans advocating for these positions.
The question I responded to was about anti-science beliefs in the other camp. Everyone knows it's prevalent in the Republican camp, hell the article title even demonstrates that.
Many Democrats are anti-science when it comes to anything relating to racial differences. There’s also quite a bit of anti-scientific Democrat behavior about gender. Most liberals I know start to sound about as sane as chemtrail believers when it comes to race and science.
EDIT: As a great example, see the downvotes from the liberal equivalent of climate deniers.
This isn't a uniquely Republican / Democrat United States problem. It's a problem in the UK and and it's a problem in Australia and so likely in most Western Democracies.
Simplistic ideas presented with easy-to-remember slogans defeat any complexity because of how humans work. Very few voters have any understanding of the various issues facing modern society, so politicians can say whatever they want without really being held to account in any kind of realistic fashion.
As a meta-example, it would be easy for me to get on your Republican-bashing bandwagon, but the issues at stake are infinitely more complex than that. The Republican / Democrat divide is a perfect example of humans inability to process nuance outside their areas of deep understanding, which are generally very narrow if they exist at all.
We've got easily persuaded societies under political systems that reward the kinds of people least deserving of positions of power.
If anti-science wins votes, then anti-science it is!
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 42.4 ms ] threadThere is no way to be both pro education and science and also be pro-Republican Party as it is today.
Ten years ago, it would have been different, but the Republican party has taken a pretty big turn away from science then. You can see this comparing the official party platform from then to now.
Interestingly enough, there's some overlap in these 'ideologies' between some extreme left and some extreme right folks (and probably some folks in between).
Isn’t this just moving the goalposts? We’re not talking about a fringe Republican here, we’re talking about the president of the United States, along with the senate majority leader and the speaker of the house, to name the three most prominent republicans advocating for these positions.
EDIT: As a great example, see the downvotes from the liberal equivalent of climate deniers.
The difference here is that we're at the point of straight up denying that there's a problem and removing all funding from important programs.
Simplistic ideas presented with easy-to-remember slogans defeat any complexity because of how humans work. Very few voters have any understanding of the various issues facing modern society, so politicians can say whatever they want without really being held to account in any kind of realistic fashion.
As a meta-example, it would be easy for me to get on your Republican-bashing bandwagon, but the issues at stake are infinitely more complex than that. The Republican / Democrat divide is a perfect example of humans inability to process nuance outside their areas of deep understanding, which are generally very narrow if they exist at all.
We've got easily persuaded societies under political systems that reward the kinds of people least deserving of positions of power.
If anti-science wins votes, then anti-science it is!