• PatFusty
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    11 months 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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      11 months 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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        11 months 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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          11 months 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.