I’m glad you don’t have to be around maga supporters.
But I do. I live in a conservative part of a conservative state: Utah (my district goes something like 70-80% for the GOP). Utah conservatives are a bit different than in other states (Trump was dead last in the 2016 primaries), but we still have our fair share of MAGA nuts. I also have some antivax neighbors to round out the bunch. My boss seems to like Trump (though they're an immigrant and can't vote).
That's where I'm coming from.
40% of Republicans think climate change is false. 65% think it’s not human caused.
I think that tracks. Climate change was politicized in the 90s, so it makes sense the opposition wouldn't buy in until the evidence was overwhelming. That seems to have happened, and now the discussion is about whether people caused it (people in my area seem to say yes) and whether we need to do something about it (many believe scientist estimates are sensationalized).
Here's an article about local perceptions:
In 2020 and 2021, according to the report, 7% of Utahns thought climate change was not happening. This year, 4% feel that way.
Additionally, the report states there are now fewer Utahns who think climate change is happening by natural forces — with 58% seeing it caused by human activities in 2020 and 66% in 2023.
These results, Howe said, mirror the perceptions of most Americans.
For reference, Utah votes 60-70% Republican.
30% of Republicans now don’t keep up on vaccinations and that number is increasing.
It's 26%, vs 17% for the general population. From the article you linked:
About one in six (17%) now report delaying or skipping some shots, up from 10% in 2023. The shift is most pronounced among Republican parents: About one in four (26%) now report skipping or delaying some vaccines for their children, up from 13% in 2023.
I think this is largely due to a lack of trust in the CDC since Fauci's tenure (mostly stemming from misinterpretations of things he said). I mostly blame sloppy news reporting and government officials misrepresenting actual guidance.
That said, the vast majority of Americans still trust and follow their doctor's advice, according to the article you cited.
democrats get their utopia of crime and lawlessness!
Well yeah, that's on a community explicitly for conservatives. You see similar headlines in the opposite direction in liberal communities.
Then they banned people trying to debunk it
And that's when it became a problem. If that happens here, we should defederate, but until they do anything more than post slanted news, I think we should leave things as they are.
Why do we have to repeat it? Innocent until proven guilty, that's why.
it’s not 1/5 posts being INARGUABLE misinformation and propaganda
Sure, the ratio will be much different because those are more popular instances. But those other instances will have much more quantity as well, despite the ratio being smaller.
This instance seems to be a reaction to the majority of Lemmy instances being very leftist. So it makes sense they'd post mostly political stuff for their side, and political stuff tends to be heavily biased and loaded with rhetoric, regardless of side.
Also msnbc abc etc don’t interview 5 people and then say “California is turning blue,” these aren’t the same level.
Well, MSNBC is slightly more reputable than Fox News, but not by a ton. Fox News is "news entertainment" and is closer to a tabloid than an actual news source.
I'm talking about random leftist rags that get posted here where they pull quotes out of context to make conservatives look even worse (not that they need much help...). I don't have a list right off because I tend to ignore stuff that's obviously biased, but I'll keep an eye out the next time I see one.
many Republican senators literally left
Wasn't that the House? I haven't been following the shutdown nonsense since it's all posturing and whatnot. All of my state reps are voting in lockstep with the GOP, so there's not much I can conceivably do here.