
Originally Posted by
donkdowndonedied
And most of the people on the other side are far more tainted by politics. IMO it isn't so much political per se just the left has a different view on how to approach things. A more collectivist approach.
There are many many claims from people on the right so it can be very hard to sort out the noise.
For example, I could easily take a ton of the weird beliefs people on the right had and throw them all under one umbrella. List them all out and talk about "them" as if they all share these same beliefs. I'd bet if you look at clearly conservative media you can find just as many inaccuracies and blind spots in their coverage . It just isn't the cause du jour of liberals to rant on about misleading media.
If you think all those kooky rightwing views should have been engaged with by serious people then that is where we will find no common ground.
I have repeatedly stated for the past 3 years that COVID became too political, and that both sides developed their own partisan, fucked up approach to the whole thing.
Not surprisingly, each side took extreme and misleading positions, which directly contradicted those on the other side. The result was that both political sides were putting out misinformation, which ended up equally harmful, albeit in different ways.
The right:
- Denied COVID was a real problem, and compared it to the flu
- Became overly obsessed with mask hatred, and presented it as a symbol of lost freedom
- Refused to trust the vaccine regardless of the data, and constantly pushed misleading information regarding its dangers and limitations
- Pushed obvious misinformation on social media
- Continues to push the narrative that the vaccine is still causing a massive number of people to mysteriously drop dead
The left:
- Intentionally created unnecessary fear of COVID, especially aimed at the healthy under-35 crowd which was never in any real danger from it
- Tied masking to safety, despite zero credible studies proving the efficacy of cloth masks
- Refused to acknowledge the legitimate risk people were taking by injecting a new, unstudied vaccine into their bodies, while at the same time denying the obvious benefits of natural immunity
- Censored legitimate discussion of COVID issues on social media, because it threatened their narrative
- Continues to push the narrative that COVID is an ongoing and major risk, despite the fact that deaths of people under 65 have dropped to nearly zero
Which side was worse?
Take your pick.