Covid is the first time I've seen the far right sacrifice themselves at the alter of identity politics

[JohnT]

@Mijin

At the end of the day, this is a forum with the tagline of “fighting ignorance”. Based on a newspaper column which, though not always 100% correct, makes a good attempt to research facts and give a balanced, nuanced picture with no underlying agenda. The forum’s whole concept is inherently at odds with the “principles” of the current Republican party before anyone even says anything.

I even made this point in the ‘should we keep the Pit’ thread.

Conservatives were, shall I say, not happy.

Revisiting the BBQ Pit- Boon or Bane?

For a Board which is dedicated to fighting ignorance, it may appear that it politically leans in one direction. But that’s a result of one of the major parties creating an alternate reality, one which in the past year killed 500,000 Americans because of their denial of the known truths of viruses and their lying re: the efficacy of protection measures, especially masking. The GOP’s descent into madness has been long-developing. If the SDMB is particularly ‘partisan’ in remarking on this long-ev…