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In reply to the discussion: Why do people hate scientists? [View all]

jfz9580m

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3. Do people hate scientists?
Wed Jun 26, 2024, 09:03 AM
Jun 2024

I thought scientists and doctors are (for the most part) some of the few people anyone has any faith left in.
Oh you mean this sort of stuff:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/06/04/fauci-responds-greene-hearing-threats/73968347007/

Well MTG is very special, but it is also the net. The net does foster a lot of hate because clickbait sells. I certainly get riled up by stuff on the net, but then one also tries to have some sort of braking mechanism on that when one can.

Poor Dr Fauci..I never got the ire directed at him. Even if you don’t like him, I don’t get the intense dislike he appears to inspire . He is a decent and sensible man who did his best during an unprecedented public health crisis..shrug..

In general though it is embarassing when people on the net use even valid causes to send people death threats and dox them etc. The net makes people very quarrelsome ;-/. I usually feel embarrassed if I post anything overly impassioned in response to any well meaning poster.

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