Republicans urge the ignorant to ‘just say no’ to science

spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world – 647 points – Republicans urge the ignorant to ‘just say no’ to science
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Nationally, a study by Yale researchers determined that “the excess [COVID] death rate among Republican voters was 43% higher than the excess death rate among Democratic voters.”

They are literally being deceived to death.

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This is a natural outcome of conservatism, what is conservatism trying to conserve? The existing power structures in society of course. So the power of God over man, of men over women, of white people over other races, and of rich over poor. Science must be rejected because science gives evidence against the supremacy of god, men, the white race and the rich.

Also, the stereotypical conservative is someone who loves to be lied to.

They don't love being lied to. They love being told they're great and wonderful and better than "others". That that is a boldface and egregious lie is not the part they focus on.

No, they are literally thrilled by being lied to. That's why we have Qkooks, Birtherkooks, Bircherkooks, Sandyhookkooks, Start the Steal kooks, Hermancainers etc. Conservatives keep making up 100% total hoaxes over and over and over. They think dishonesty is a virtue and honesty is a vice. It doesn't even matter if yesterdays lie "it was Antifa" completely contradicts today lie "they were tourists". All that matters is the thrill they get by not having to acknowledge reality in this particular moment.

They love thinking that they're superior to other people. They feel this way by "knowing the truth" that the rest of us don't accept because we stick with what "liberal science spoon feeds us."

It's the same situation as a moon landing conspiracy theorist. They feel superior because they can "see through the deception of the moon landing" while the rest of us just accept what every scientist even remotely linked with the moon landing says. Sure, their conspiracies are easily debunked, but they just don't accept any debunking as valid and instead continue on.

They feel like their lives are meaningless so they find meaning in being part of the "select few that can see past the conspirators' lies."