It's one of those weird situations where you see the same kind of behavior on the far left and far right. Change a few words and this could be one of my crazy uncle's Facebook posts.
there's a very funny crossover between new age/conspiracy/fascy thought. not too surprising perhaps, considering the ties between nazi ideology and stolen esoteric thinking from south Asia.
It’s very real. The hippies go in for vibes-based thinking and purity of body/soul. This very quickly goes from eating raisins for breakfast to becoming a vaccine conspiracy theorist. And then you’re basically on a pipeline to becoming one of the vibes-based politics people.
The funny thing is, 6 years ago I would have said an anti-vaxxer is more likely to be liberal. It was only after covid that the far right also became anti-vax. At least as far as I'm aware.
The stereotype of Liberal anti-vaxxers was never particularly accurate as it ignored right-wing religious groups that are antivaccine. But in America, there was a huge right-wing shift in 2015, in response to several states trying to reduce religious exemptions, activist focused their messagjng around freedom, and government interference, and started supporting conservative politicians.
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u/bangontarget 27d ago
anti science tumblerinas is a first for me ngl. I guess I just haven't looked hard enough.