The rise of vaccine skeptic Marianne Williamson confirms the thesis of my @PostOpinions column arguing that we may be becoming too stupid to govern ourselves: https://wapo.st/30VIwt8 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/31/20748594/marianne-williamson-debate-democratic-july-2019-depression …
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It's true that that could change, but, for now, unfortunately antivaxers have very successfully co-opted messages of "freedom" and "parental rights" to serve as a gateway for antivax conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and misinformation.
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Antivaxers' appeals to "freedom" and "parental rights" have resonated in the
@GOP, such that candidates not infrequently feel obligated to pander to antivaxers, as happened in my state and district last year.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/08/03/jeff-noble-kerry-bentivolio-host-antivax/ …
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On the left we have Williamson polling in the digit, and on the right we have the US President. Clearly both sides have an antivax problem.
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