democrats should concede no ground on vaccinations - ThreadSky

vanillaopinions.bsky.social • 54 days ago

democrats should concede no ground on vaccinations

Reposted from Sam

“What might it look like to open the Democratic tent to vaccine-skeptical Americans, of which there are a growing number?”

We saw this in the early 2010s in crunchy Marin suburbs! It sucked! Measles came back!

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bumbojumbo666.bsky.social•54 days ago

Don't be ridiculous, cedeing ground is the only thing democrats know to do! What else do you expect of them?

odinshorror.bsky.social•53 days ago

nexussomnia.bsky.social•54 days ago

"What if we were more right wing" -the democrats every fucking time

thebumpasaurus.bsky.social•54 days ago

This is just a writer and a random doctor, not Democrats

thebumpasaurus.bsky.social•54 days ago

Lots of people have told polis he sucks for this

sfaccountant.bsky.social•54 days ago

"The Democrats are rushing to the right again" - leftists every time someone writes a dumb op-ed about appealing to cranks.
It's like the obnoxious mirror image of the centrists who demands Dems stop campaigning on wokeness and identity.

stclairjohn.bsky.social•54 days ago

Another case of Atlantic brain.

kavi.bsky.social•54 days ago

Genuinely baffling why you'd want to concede on an issue that's like a 60-70% popular issue just because the 30-40% contain a 5% that are extremely loud

kavi.bsky.social•54 days ago

It's not like vaccines are even underwater, and parties take stances on underwater issues all the time!

kavi.bsky.social•54 days ago

The person in the article acts like antivaxxers were historically a democratic leaning group, which just simply is not true — it's literally just a stereotype

kavi.bsky.social•54 days ago

It wasn't an overwhelmingly conservative group but like it wasnt liberal either

wishda.bsky.social•54 days ago

My experience living in Asheville in the late 90s was that the people who talked about it
most were hippie types with eclectic politics of the “I don’t vote, but I would write in Bob Dobbs if I did” variety.

kmagnacca.bsky.social•54 days ago

Same here, a lot were sort of left-coded in the eyes of others but often apolitical. And now a lot of them have gone straight to "purity of essence" fascism, a la Mike Adams.

mckay4senate.bsky.social•54 days ago

I have no idea why Jared Polis in particular took a pro-RFK stance on this, to the extent he has a brand it's that he's a technocratic type who trusts the science and stuff and this is the opposite of that

kavi.bsky.social•54 days ago

The answer is simple: he's a libertarian and libertarians are morons

mckay4senate.bsky.social•54 days ago

Libertarianism in America is fascinating to me because of all major (being generous here) political ideologies it seems the most straightforward but a bunch of people invent tortured interpretations of it (paleolibertarianism) so they can have libertarianism and police brutality.

walmsley.bsky.social•54 days ago

the way libertarianism got eaten by weirdo reactionaries was very satisfying to me as an anti-libertarian but it is always a little sad when a unique weirdo ideology turns in to generic extremism

lowrhoufo.bsky.social•54 days ago

The key is spinning up the fight now. Their bullshit volume will work if left unopposed

urruenjoyer.bsky.social•54 days ago

The bold and heterodox hold an eternal attraction to the op-ed columnist no matter how bad their arguments are or how high their body count is

urruenjoyer.bsky.social•54 days ago

“Bold and heterodox” being used here sarcastically

lildonnyb.bsky.social•54 days ago

They will.

Republicans wield power.

Democrats yield power.

williameburns.bsky.social•54 days ago

Absolutely. This has to be a deal-breaker.

knottymoose.bsky.social•54 days ago

And when they cave, again, then what?

itseasybeinggreen.bsky.social•54 days ago

It's both morally and politically correct to hold the line here, anti-vaxers are a small group even if they've gained some ground.

jtunes6.bsky.social•54 days ago

Yes, there is no reason to. It will only kill people. We need to find a way to better counter the propaganda.

thebaddestalive.bsky.social•54 days ago

If trump is any indication. The key is to just lie about your position so that everyone thinks you're on their side

cosmickid98.bsky.social•53 days ago

The US is gonna manage to bring back fuckin small pox cause gen X is too busy making tik toks about being cancelled to get simple vaccinations

erikmcguire.bsky.social•53 days ago

Hard pass. This would cost Dem votes among the non-extremists.

knottymoose.bsky.social•54 days ago

Narrator: they will

grungehamster.bsky.social•54 days ago

Absolutely rancid shit to concede "yes, it is false and a severe risk to public health, but the American public seems to be open to it so Dems better get on board!"

bobbathandbeyond.bsky.social•54 days ago

It’s electoral poison, but I don’t know how you get around telling people “you have the iq of flypaper, and you should do what smart people tell you so you don’t ruin your lives and then blame Mexicans for it”

ynot1989.bsky.social•54 days ago

There should be calls from across the party for Polis to resign.

epicciuto.bsky.social•53 days ago

This is an issue on which Dems represent the majority view! Want should they cede that?

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