Anti-science views in the left

[DC Al Fine]

this is one of the times the 'both sides do it' meme is, by-and-large, justified.

Yup. It's a function of science conflicting with politics rather than anything inherent to an entire ideology. See also lefties on rent control and righties on the top marginal tax rate.

[DC Al Fine]

Anti-GMO is one thing I can think of, although the issue is much more nuanced than one may think.
cough cough dead0man

That said, the anti-GMO movement on the left is somewhat overstated, I mean, Bill Nye was originally against GMOs but came around and admitted fault (and this was a while ago, too).

The anti-vax movement also once held ground with some of the nuts on the left, but this issue is now more associated with the right; Donald Trump is an anti-vaxxer, while there are no power-holding left-wing politicians that are anti-vaxxers.

The ultra-authoritarian far left, i.e. Mao and Stalin, were quite anti-science.

Despite all of this, I would say that anti-science views are, objectively speaking, much less common on the left than on the right.

Ah yes, who can forget that the non-vaccination rate is highest in those Trumpist bastions; Oregon and Vermont.

[DC Al Fine]

It seems as if it's the right, i.e. DC Al Fine and dead0man, are the ones who are anti-science, defying basic math straight in the face.

Let's look at what I actually said.

Anti-GMO is one thing I can think of, although the issue is much more nuanced than one may think.
cough cough dead0man

That said, the anti-GMO movement on the left is somewhat overstated, I mean, Bill Nye was originally against GMOs but came around and admitted fault (and this was a while ago, too).

The anti-vax movement also once held ground with some of the nuts on the left, but this issue is now more associated with the right; Donald Trump is an anti-vaxxer, while there are no power-holding left-wing politicians that are anti-vaxxers.

The ultra-authoritarian far left, i.e. Mao and Stalin, were quite anti-science.

Despite all of this, I would say that anti-science views are, objectively speaking, much less common on the left than on the right.

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Ah yes, who can forget that the non-vaccination rate is highest in those Trumpist bastions; Oregon and Vermont.

You say anti-vax was once a left wing thing, but is now more associated with the right. I post some counter examples without ever saying it's a "left wing thing", and you run a freaking regression analysis to knock down a strawman. You're something else dude.