tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post8855198569117439121..comments2024-03-13T13:29:33.800-05:00Comments on SocraticGadfly: Big #Organic vs. Big #GMO — facts vs myths and #antivaxxer and #SJW parallelsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-13496223691719549192015-09-07T11:12:36.179-05:002015-09-07T11:12:36.179-05:00I think the "parallel" with the anti-vac...I think the "parallel" with the anti-vaccine paranoids is their mutual eagerness to embrace invalid and unvalidated information, and to accept uncritically any new dribbets of misinformation that support their paranoia as soon as it enters circulation. Self-enforced ignorance is a common ground they share. Of course, you could say the same thing about Islamophobics, homophobics - it's the very malleability of ignorance, the ease with which an ignoramous can shape it to suit his or her particular obsession - that makes it such a <i>jouissant</i> joy with which to work.Old Gatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01890624668750312201noreply@blogger.com