The result “blows the lid off of this idea” that such beliefs are held by only a fringe population of individuals who are uninformed or ideologically driven, says David Bersoff, head of research at the Edelman Trust Institute. “This is not like a small problematic group.”

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[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

huh, i live in a highly liberal area... people here are just as stupid and believe all sorts of crazy nonsense.

mostly because they believe it makes them smart and progressive.

[–] Town@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm surprised how many liberals are against nuclear power and GMO crops. For a long time I've considered them to be good if done safely, while a lot of liberals are against them across the board. If the alternative is famine and coal power, I think it's worth it.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

most people, liberal or conservative, don't look at evidence. they just think what they are told to think by their 'leaders'.

and yeah, as a 'liberal' i am pro many things that liberals HATE and they basically won't talk to you about it, they will just totally dismiss you as a person because if you DISAGREE YOU ARE A BAD PERSON.

it's not about policy, it's about BEING PART OF THE TRIBE OF GOOD. and they will tow the party line no matter how absurd it becomes, because they HAVE TO BE PART OF THE TRIBE.

[–] scott@lem.free.as -1 points 4 days ago

*toe the party line

[–] liuther9@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Nuclear is good until destroyed by nature, human. Renewables are the way

[–] Stupendous@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I remind people that RFK Jr was planned to be a part of the Obama administration but wasn't believed possible to make it through confirmation hearings with the negative being - he's too leftist. RFK Jr was for a long time a major influencer in hippie medicine. He's pretty much a quintessential example of young 60/70s, often privileged upbringing, hippies that would go on to be today's anti-science (intellectual authority) leaders.

I know plenty of people with degrees that are leftist in most American issues but are the opposite when it comes to health/medicine/nutrition. Plenty of the top of my high schools grade class rankings went to university and were culturally art focused. They would be called hipsters. They have degrees. And quite a number are deep into homeopathy/alt-health. At least a couple have gone down the osteopathy career path and they're not the worse but they do veil the homeopathic uncertainty with their actual scientific jargon knowledge to make it sound more certain