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TZ

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2. I slightly disagree with you
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 10:44 AM
Oct 2012

There is tons of anti-science on the left, if different from the right wing stuff. Anti-vaxx. Western Meds Big Pharma conspiracy, anti-GMO, anti biotech is almost exclusive to the left in my experience. Bill Mahr after all is a "leftist" and he pushes so much of this shit.
I find basically that anti-intellectualism/ scientific illiteracy is common in mainstream society and not at all attached to one political stripe or another. The forms they take, however do tend to vary based on politics.We also have new age homeopathic bullshit that tends to be confined to the left. If you want to see how much leftist anti-science bullshit there is you only have to read Huffington Post!

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