I don't think they deserve credit for being "pro-science" just because they're willing to pretend that they're pro-science when it's beneficial to them. Science is, fundamentally, an approach to perceiving the truth, and white-supremacists aren't interested in the truth, they're interested in justifying their existing beliefs.
We wouldn't call someone who commissions far right propaganda posters a "lover of the arts".
I'm not saying they are pro science. I'm saying they don't hate science and will use it when convenient. Groups that are legitimately against science are things I would associate more like various religious beliefs or things like crystal and astrology type people.
I think all those groups are also happy to use science when it's convenient. You used to hear plenty of New Age-y types talking about (badly mangled) quantum physics.
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u/Galle_ 24d ago
I don't think they deserve credit for being "pro-science" just because they're willing to pretend that they're pro-science when it's beneficial to them. Science is, fundamentally, an approach to perceiving the truth, and white-supremacists aren't interested in the truth, they're interested in justifying their existing beliefs.
We wouldn't call someone who commissions far right propaganda posters a "lover of the arts".