• tacosplease@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I mean. Antivax bullshit is more than enough to disqualify him immediately for any sane voter. Why would someone spend any additional time learning about his other opinions?

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      1 year ago

      Thats… pretty sad. So lets say there was a candidate that had all your ideal solutions except they were what you consider antivax, that person is no longer a good candidate?

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        1 year ago

        I reject the premise.

        It’s impossible for them to have all my ideal solutions because that would necessarily include supporting medical science.

        Being an outspoken antivaxxer shows a severe lack of critical thinking skills. Vaccines are not what matters most to me - having a representative that accepts reality is.

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          1 year ago

          All i said was to suspend some disbelief. Lets pretend this candidate was a doctor themselves but had a rational take on why they are antivax.

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            1 year ago

            Suspend disbelief in what? Whether vaccines work? Pretend they really do cause autism?

            Ok yeah in bizarro universe I may be interested in an antivaxxer’s opinions. And Superman is a bad guy. Puppies aren’t cute…

            How is that useful? We live in a reality where vaccines do work. They don’t cause autism. And puppies are cute AF.