Sun May 17, 2020, 08:00 AM

Soph0571 (8,494 posts)

Evidence based reality has a distinct and determined liberal bias

We know what a pathogen is. We know what a virus is. We have known about both those things for well over a hundred years. We had Pasteur and Ivanovsky to do the hard work on this well before any of us were born. And yet here we are in 2020 where many more will die than is necessary in this pandemic, because the populists of the right make evidence-based reality a wedge issue. ‘Science? Science? Who the fuck is the liberal hoax called Science?’

It has never been more apparent that evidence based reality has a distinct and determined liberal bias, as we live through a time in history, where right wing leaders gaslight a virus and see numbers spiral and liberal democracies put science at the heart of their pandemic strategies, and see numbers dwindle. I think I see a pattern... hhhhmmmm.

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
Evidence based reality has a distinct and determined liberal bias (Original post)	Soph0571	May 2020	OP
I think it's interesting that if the "science" or the truth does not go the way the right wingers	mitch96	May 2020	#1
Colbert told us this years ago	lame54	May 2020	#2
Reality doesn't have a liberal bias. Liberals have a reality bias.	hvn_nbr_2	May 2020	#3
+1	crickets	May 2020	#4
Well said. Thank you.	Brother Mythos	May 2020	#7
One RW ex- classmate	sellitman	May 2020	#5
Yep, first it was tobacco, then it was climate change...	Wounded Bear	May 2020	#6

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Sun May 17, 2020, 10:03 AM

mitch96 (7,559 posts)

1. I think it's interesting that if the "science" or the truth does not go the way the right wingers

want, it's a "liberal conspiracy"...... liberal plot.... "deep state action" ..... And then they spin off the many unproven conspiracy theories to justify their "truth"..
yes.... A pattern
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Sun May 17, 2020, 10:06 AM

lame54 (29,701 posts)

2. Colbert told us this years ago

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Sun May 17, 2020, 11:16 AM

hvn_nbr_2 (6,190 posts)

3. Reality doesn't have a liberal bias. Liberals have a reality bias.

Science. Reason. Evidence. Experts. Those are what liberals use in making judgments.

Conspiracy theories. Conclusions based on no evidence except what they want to believe. Assumptions. Just plain making stuff up. Those are how wingnuts make judgments.

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Sun May 17, 2020, 02:15 PM

crickets (16,547 posts)

4. +1

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Mon May 18, 2020, 09:31 AM

Brother Mythos (1,151 posts)

7. Well said. Thank you.

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Mon May 18, 2020, 07:27 AM

sellitman (11,072 posts)

5. One RW ex- classmate

One RW ex- classmate told me all the scientists that are predicting gloom and doom are only doing so because thats the only way to keep the grant money flowing and keeping their jobs.

This is something I've heard before.

Is it just me or are these people from another planet?

This dude is educated and has worked for Intel for 23 years.

Whhhhaaaat?

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Mon May 18, 2020, 08:26 AM

Wounded Bear (43,243 posts)

6. Yep, first it was tobacco, then it was climate change...

it never ends.

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