# Covid is the first time I've seen the far right sacrifice themselves at the alter of identity politics **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 12, 2021, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-is-the-first-time-ive-seen-the-far-right-sacrifice-themselves-at-the-alter-of-identity-politics/946282 "2021-07-12T06:50:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 43
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-is-the-first-time-ive-seen-the-far-right-sacrifice-themselves-at-the-alter-of-identity-politics/946282/43 "2021-07-14T12:11:59Z")
> [@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?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-the-bbq-pit-boon-or-bane/944413/267): > > 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](https://thewaythingsought2b.substack.com/p/the-threat-of-denialism-114?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy), 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-is-the-first-time-ive-seen-the-far-right-sacrifice-themselves-at-the-alter-of-identity-politics/946282)._