Why Is The GOP So Anti-Science? | The Mehdi Hasan Show

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  • @SCS-1964
    @SCS-1964 2 года назад +95

    Its called right wing christian fascism

    • @christinel6616
      @christinel6616 2 года назад +10

      Totally agree.

    • @patriayvida6850
      @patriayvida6850 2 года назад +9

      It's the AmeriKKKan Inquisition!

    • @quinndawsonosgood5261
      @quinndawsonosgood5261 2 года назад +5

      So are Nazis

    • @SCS-1964
      @SCS-1964 2 года назад +3

      @@quinndawsonosgood5261 All right wing christian fascists , all kkk founders were protestant. Germany in 1933 was 60 million christian strong , 40 mill lutheran protestant , 20 mill catholic. Hitler and Himmler were both catholic. Take Care

    • @adam346
      @adam346 2 года назад +4

      @@SCS-1964 does it matter the sect of christianity they belonged to? Hitler still made his own shit up about Arians and was a known occultist and into some very weird stuff that had little or nothing to do with christianity. His biggest contribution to religion was that he let the Catholic church take over education so long as they taught Nazi ideologies. Right now the vast majority of evangelicals (the most rabid of Trump supporters) are evangelical protestants... so I am not sure what point you are making with your comment.

  • @kbone8137
    @kbone8137 2 года назад +60

    I will simply vote AGAINST each and every single candidate that has NOT openly denounced the Trump movement. That said, I will vote FOR any person who has the GREATEST CHANCE of defeating that candidate. This is an all out battle at the ballot box for our country in its existential threat from autocratic rule by insane people with zero heart and soul. I recommend you to keep it simple and do the same. Denounce the Trump movement above all other concerns.

    • @kbone8137
      @kbone8137 2 года назад +6

      Trump’s legacy will be defined by his failure in leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic that exacerbated the financial downturn, domestic policies that overwhelmingly benefited the wealthy, and international trade policies that hurt U.S. industry while simultaneously alienating allies. His actions have sabotaged our country.
      -Very weak Coronavirus response cost 100s of 1000s of lives and trillions of dollars
      -Tax Cut for the rich, richer, richest, and corporations and debt for the masses
      -Bogus Jobs Act
      -Environmental destruction through deregulation
      -Zero healthcare improvements
      -Destructive lack of immigration, stupid wall, creating massive issues in the present
      -Trade war 'disaster' with China
      -$7.8 trillion national debt in just 4 years (record) contributing to present price surges in staples and energy
      Claims in 2015:
      "Mexico will pay for the wall" --- We paid.
      "A cheaper and better Health Care" --- Nothing done.
      "I'll be WAY to busy doing my job to have any time to play Golf" --- 298 days played, cost $149 taxpayers MILLION (mostly paid to HIS resorts)
      "I'll reduce the National Debt to ZERO if you give me 8 years" --- Record increase of $7.8 TRILLION in just 4 years
      During this whole time, he brought the country to its knees and basically began the destruction of the institutions that enable our country to survive. He ripped at and destroyed the fabric of our society causing untold stress, anxiety, and distrust in any potentially positive outcome without a hint of even faked compassion. Basically, he SUCCEEDED in carrying out the entire ex-Soviet Union's and Russia's TOTAL foreign policy goal for the last 50+ years in just 4 years. It goes on and on and on and on..... and he won't shut up UNTIL he is ordained. Let me know if you support this kind of person. 😑

    • @kbone8137
      @kbone8137 2 года назад +7

      Trump’s Actual Numbers
      Jobs -2,867,000
      Unemployment rate 6.3%
      Job Openings +25.7%
      Economic Growth -3.4%
      S&P +67.8% (only due to spending trillions on debt/printing money)
      Poverty Rate -1.3points (only due to Congressional action)
      Murder Rate +1.1 points (highest since 1997)
      US Border Crossings +14.7% (started with Trump, continues after… still no immigration reform)
      Home Prices +27.5%
      People without health insurance +3million (still no “better plan” after 4 years of promises)
      Manufacturing jobs -154,000
      Federal Debt Held by Public +50% (promised to make it 0 if you gave him 8 years)
      Trade Deficit +40.5% (disastrous trade war without a plan)
      Consumer Price Index +7.6% (started with Trump, continues after)
      Handgun Production +12.5% (see murder rate)

    • @Sunny-tg1sb
      @Sunny-tg1sb 2 года назад +8

      I’m with you! Trumpism needs to go!

    • @TheOleHermit
      @TheOleHermit 2 года назад +4

      @@kbone8137 YES!! tRumptards are traitors against our democracy, Constitutional law, and human decency. They wont stop until their 'chosen one' and his mob is stopped and imprisoned.
      LOCK HIM UP!!!

    • @willstorm8331
      @willstorm8331 2 года назад +3

      Hell yes!

  • @mr.mrs.d.7015
    @mr.mrs.d.7015 2 года назад +33

    'All it takes for evil to persist is for good men to do nothing'

    • @cococrisp8959
      @cococrisp8959 2 года назад

      @ණ ᛈᚢᛀᛏ Republinazis attacked my Capitol.

  • @starkillerclub3755
    @starkillerclub3755 2 года назад +25

    Republican ideology is easy to break down, it's simply "create as much suffering as possible for the maximum amount people, especially those who look different, and have differing viewpoints and opinions then they do."

    • @ColorMatching
      @ColorMatching 2 года назад

      cut taxes and slash regulation

    • @mk1st
      @mk1st 2 года назад +3

      I think it's simpler: "I wanna do whatever I want"

    • @infinityscarefuldriver7377
      @infinityscarefuldriver7377 2 года назад

      *Ausse here* if that’s true, then why did people of colour vote FOR Trump in record numbers last year? Think about who told you he’s racist.... was it the same people that are currently saying that the covid jab is also helping all causes of death, not just covid? Go look in the health section of CNN news today, if you think I’m lying.

    • @ColorMatching
      @ColorMatching 2 года назад +1

      ​@@infinityscarefuldriver7377 most people know less than nothing about politics.

    • @infinityscarefuldriver7377
      @infinityscarefuldriver7377 2 года назад

      @@ColorMatching yes, I have noticed that.
      As an Aussie, I find that 99.9% of Aussies parrot everything the mainstream media says. I have intelligent family members that believe all kinds of Democrat buulshit, it’s amazing. Aussies are a compliant lot... we don’t do our own homework on the worlds issues, we trust the channel 7, 9 and ABC news. That’s probably the equivalent of CNN & MSNBC Etc...

  • @tonysoprano9530
    @tonysoprano9530 2 года назад +28

    Its scary that millions believe that because science doesn't have all the answers that it has NO answers. Scary.

    • @realhorrorshow8547
      @realhorrorshow8547 2 года назад

      It is genuinely perverse that, presented with the only system of thought that both has _some_ answers - demonstrably so - and admits that it doesn't have them all, human beings instead opt for other systems which are clearly, objectively false.
      If you had told me, as recently as last year, that citizens of a developed nation would reject vaccines _and_ opt for horse de-wormer instead I would have been sceptical.
      It's almost like there is some kind of suicide switch in the human brain. I could stand it if these lunatics only killed themselves, but they want to take everyone else with them.

    • @tonysoprano9530
      @tonysoprano9530 2 года назад

      @@realhorrorshow8547 Well said. Perhaps we can shovel the lot of them into, say,Florida, and carve it off from the mainland.

  • @rydermccall3590
    @rydermccall3590 2 года назад +15

    It started with choosing faith over evolution, now they’ve taken the next step where all they need to have is faith: If they believe it, that’s all that matters.

    • @pinchebruha405
      @pinchebruha405 2 года назад +1

      Let em practice their faith when they show up at the hospital for treatment of COVID-19

    • @hks2377
      @hks2377 2 года назад

      But weirdly, they trust medical science & their own doctors, when it’s time for their kids to get MMR shots for school, or when they need a prescription for antibiotics, or when they have trouble breathing, due to Covid.

  • @faulker2p
    @faulker2p 2 года назад +29

    This lady is 100% correct.

    • @xenocampanoli815
      @xenocampanoli815 2 года назад +3

      Naomi Oreskes is one of the most important academics of our time.

    • @AdamWestish
      @AdamWestish 2 года назад +1

      Yes, and Rand Paul is not a _real_ medical doctor.

  • @Stevieboy130664
    @Stevieboy130664 2 года назад +19

    It's because they see science as a belief system - and a fundamentally different one to their own. They just don't get it.

    • @patriayvida6850
      @patriayvida6850 2 года назад +3

      Funny, the Communists act on the same principles.

    • @anonymiss1798
      @anonymiss1798 2 года назад

      Not all people who believe there’s a God! You can’t honestly believe their are no Christian Scientists talk about not getting it

    • @alligatorsarecoming78
      @alligatorsarecoming78 2 года назад

      @@anonymiss1798 maybe worry about yourself. This person said nothing about religion at all lmao

    • @anonymiss1798
      @anonymiss1798 2 года назад

      @@alligatorsarecoming78 you really took the time to respond to a comment that is freaking two months old?! Talk about worry about yourself how about get a life 🤤 lmfao

    • @alligatorsarecoming78
      @alligatorsarecoming78 2 года назад

      @@anonymiss1798 this is the internet. Not everyone watches videos right when they come out dude.

  • @AndrewHouston11
    @AndrewHouston11 2 года назад +10

    Abbott and Desantis are NOT acting like an American.

  • @JellyBean-lo4sl
    @JellyBean-lo4sl 2 года назад +9

    When you have to take off your shoes to count to twenty, science is definitely beyond your ability to comprehend.

    • @JellyBean-lo4sl
      @JellyBean-lo4sl 2 года назад

      @ණ ᛈᚢᛀᛏ - science has allowed us to eradicate polio, create glasses, hearing aids, clean dirty air and water. Treatments for cancer, lupus, muscular dystrophy, etc . Pull your head out of your ass already. Science cant fix you, but education can. Try some.

  • @anvb5a1
    @anvb5a1 2 года назад +7

    What could scare insane people more than truth, facts, science, knowledge?

  • @hks2377
    @hks2377 2 года назад +7

    “They want the freedom to do what they want, no matter who gets hurt.” She’s talking about big corporations, but it sums up the whole right-wing, including the voting base.

    • @jimallen8186
      @jimallen8186 2 года назад

      But woe be to you if your freedom negatively impacts them.

    • @alligatorsarecoming78
      @alligatorsarecoming78 2 года назад

      Yes except for where fetuses are concerned lmao

  • @oscarsalazar339
    @oscarsalazar339 2 года назад +13

    DIDN'T one of the Koch brothers die.

    • @dextermorgan4686
      @dextermorgan4686 2 года назад +12

      Yes, UNFORTUNATELY just one. ☹

    • @jamesl9371
      @jamesl9371 2 года назад +3

      Yeah

    • @KellyNsGrotto
      @KellyNsGrotto 2 года назад +6

      Hopefully the other will miss his brother horribly and go join him.

    • @DonCoyoteDeLaMange
      @DonCoyoteDeLaMange 2 года назад +3

      Two of four Koch brothers have died, one nefarious and one benign who had no part in the Koch machinery controlled by Charles and David (dead). I think he was gay and collected art.

    • @turbopumped6490
      @turbopumped6490 2 года назад +5

      Satan brought home one of his own!

  • @bo2.4u6
    @bo2.4u6 2 года назад +6

    TELL IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU 😊!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @heatherc2939
    @heatherc2939 2 года назад +13

    DARK MONEY Medhi. That's your answer. But you know that.

  • @suzanneharris8339
    @suzanneharris8339 2 года назад +12

    Excellent guest, Mehdi - thank you.
    I think the belief by many right wingers that we need not worry about how awful things get in this life because we will be "raptured up" to a better one after we die is a huge factor.

  • @ALong-fo5so
    @ALong-fo5so 2 года назад +7

    The problem with American politics is that America despites its claims by some quarters is not a true democracy. From the very start its electoral College system makes it flawed democracy. This problem with the first pass the post , winner takes all system is more apparent in recent times where we see large sections of its voting population increasingly marginalised and under represented. In other words their voices are not heard and many do not bother voting. Secondly, the practice of allowing corporate donors and the existence of their lobbyists poisons the system. Corporate donations are nothing more than legalised bribery and its unhealthy. This problem becomes apparent when lawmakers like Krysten Sinema prefer to attend corporate donor functions rather than meet with her constituents. Im an outsider with an outsider viewpoint. So the solution is very simple. Change the electoral system into a parliamentary one. Allow multi party representaion and therefore more voices to be heard. Secondly, make corporate donations illegal. Ban lobbyists from the doorsteps

  • @danielfranks6565
    @danielfranks6565 2 года назад +3

    Simple answer is that it conflicts with their greatest, most effective, tool for control. The tool that enables their retention of power. Religion.

  • @cindyreid3812
    @cindyreid3812 2 года назад +8

    Why because of Donald Trump...simple...

    • @cindyreid3812
      @cindyreid3812 2 года назад

      @ණ ᛈᚢᛀᛏ no...it’s simple but maybe not for you...
      Anyway going forward...

    • @cindyreid3812
      @cindyreid3812 2 года назад

      @ණ ᛈᚢᛀᛏ it’s simple...the truth...you should try it..

  • @kcuzz4091
    @kcuzz4091 2 года назад +5

    Dr. Fauci should sue DeSatan for using his name on those tee shirts without his permission. I'm amazed at how strong Fauci is and that he is still working and trying to make our health better.

    • @kcuzz4091
      @kcuzz4091 2 года назад

      @ණ ᛈᚢᛀᛏ Maybe I don't honey, but I recognize wrong from right.

  • @stevefisher2553
    @stevefisher2553 2 года назад +7

    Because of that little corner church......

  • @Snapsepaven1
    @Snapsepaven1 2 года назад +3

    They aren't stupid they're just evil

  • @mikefinn
    @mikefinn 2 года назад +2

    This was an extremely useful presentation. The corporations don't want to be regulated so they make people believe it's the government who is the enemy. Very sinister. Greedy bastards.

    • @calkelpdiver
      @calkelpdiver 2 года назад +1

      You can thank Ronald Reagan for that one. In one of his speeches he stated that "There isn't a problem with Government... Government is the problem." And 40 years later we have all the shit because of the "Reagan Revolution" and Reaganomics.

    • @mikefinn
      @mikefinn 2 года назад

      @@calkelpdiver Yes, I had forgotten about that speech. History clearly shows that when there is no government, it is warlord rule with constant war and turmoil. People want that? Our government is designed to be "we the people" and it could be if we get corporate money and influence mostly out of the process.

  • @Damacles9
    @Damacles9 2 года назад +1

    Good interview. Thank you.
    Edit: maybe do a series of follow up segments identifying these certain politicization of health issues...

  • @mk1st
    @mk1st 2 года назад +2

    A big part of the problem is "shareholder value". People are happily making vast sums of money from oil companies, defense contractors and social media all while isolated from the harm they are doing, and the stooges who offer them the best returns will get their campaign dollars and support. Capitalism is a beast that will eat itself.

    • @Betleyman7853
      @Betleyman7853 2 года назад

      Capitalism is a beast which will eat the earth.

  • @fred5399
    @fred5399 2 года назад +3

    Science, education means those people are had to control

  • @jimallen8186
    @jimallen8186 2 года назад +1

    “If it be political then providing more scientific facts won’t help.” Great observation.

  • @ebthedoc4992
    @ebthedoc4992 2 года назад +4

    Thanks, Mehdi Hassan and Naomi Oreskes. Partisan pseudoscience has been around for a long time, and it’s not just political, but also religiositous. As much as I’ve enjoyed matching wits with jesuitically trained debate adversaries, because they do use logic, deductive, and inductive thinking, it’s also wearying, because they adamantly refuse synthetic logic, refuting it with “arguments of faith”! This is why I consider the insidious marriage of “conservatism” and “evangelicalism” such an unholy alliance. Our old Lutheran Pastor would be redlining in his grave, for he was firmly anchored in reality.
    This evil applies to every burning issue: evolution (“intelligent design”), racial and social inequality (“rule of law”), taxation (“free market”), climate (“it’s only a theory”), public health (“Nazi methods!”), violence (“patriotism, 2nd Amendment”), Separation of Church & State (“Freedom of Religion!”), Separation of Powers (“bipartisanship!”). Propaganda (“Freedom of speech!”). Their intentional perversion of truth is pervasive, and dedicated to increasing the uncertainties in the sheeple they seek to dominate. The scamster Televangelists back to Billy Graham and snake-oil revival Tent Circuses. The KKKlan’s lynch “Justice” and burning crosses. Exploitation masked as progress (“prosperity Gospel”). Roused, insurrectionist rabble morphed into “Good People” and “God-fearin’ Patriots”! “Alternative Facts”!!! They are loud. The method is “Divide and Conquer”!
    And the driving force behind it is the egotistical, insatiable greed of the select, incredibly rich, (very) few.

  • @JackycClark
    @JackycClark 2 года назад +2

    Because they want to resurrect the past + do away any laws that prevent their continued power .

  • @morpheus2573
    @morpheus2573 2 года назад +4

    Trollump: ‘I love the uneducated.’

  • @DianeKovacs
    @DianeKovacs 2 года назад +1

    Dr. Oreskes is excellent! I hope we hear more from her.

  • @QTEPYE
    @QTEPYE 2 года назад +3

    After arriving in hell seventeen years ago, ronald reagan, no longer has issues about acid-rain since his eternal, perpetual rounds of torture in hell's atmosphere of sulfur, fire and brimstone.

  • @ajayarya8591
    @ajayarya8591 2 года назад +3

    When you watch James Bond you see evil geniuses causing chaos.
    Who would have thought that just becoming king of the idiots would be more evil and successful?

  • @richsackett3423
    @richsackett3423 2 года назад +3

    Because anti-science policy financially benefits their corporate masters. Next question. Ten minutes left? Really?

    • @richsackett3423
      @richsackett3423 2 года назад

      @ණ ᛈᚢᛀᛏ I own all my cars. I own my own home. I don't buy cups of coffee from coffee shops. What a nasty, brainless blg0t you are. Weirdo. Freak. Loser.

    • @richsackett3423
      @richsackett3423 2 года назад +1

      @ණ ᛈᚢᛀᛏ Isn't "My body, my choice" what all the anti-vax Fox News-hypnotized morons have been saying?

    • @richsackett3423
      @richsackett3423 2 года назад +1

      @ණ ᛈᚢᛀᛏ I own all my cars. I own my home. I never buy cups of coffee from coffee shops. You're a r@clst, just like Trump. I hope you've avoided his level of criminality in your life.

    • @richsackett3423
      @richsackett3423 2 года назад

      @ණ ᛈᚢᛀᛏ If you know a crime has been committed, notify the authorities.

  • @justadam1917
    @justadam1917 2 года назад +4

    Maybe I'm being cynical but perhaps because they can see no direct benefit to themselves

    • @patriayvida6850
      @patriayvida6850 2 года назад +1

      The more ignorant people are, the easier it is to control them. It's a tactic as old as time.

  • @judyemmstoyradio3064
    @judyemmstoyradio3064 Год назад

    Next thing you know people are gonna start claiming grass is purple and that you can’t argue with them because “it’s just their personal beliefs and you have to respect that”

  • @nizamselim7825
    @nizamselim7825 2 года назад +1

    Mehdi Hasan is altogether a different kind of creative journalist par excellence. Sui generis sine dubio.

  • @samiaint8043
    @samiaint8043 2 года назад +4

    White Evangelical, Republican, Qanoners. Mystical, Magical, Superstitious thinkers.

    • @kimcheewee4
      @kimcheewee4 2 года назад

      What about Korean Christians. Are they an issue too? What about fiscally conservative Republicans like Barry Goldwater? Aren't they part of the GOP too?

    • @samiaint8043
      @samiaint8043 2 года назад +1

      @@kimcheewee4 here is no such thing as a fiscally conservative Republican.

  • @taijichickstl
    @taijichickstl 2 года назад

    Along with science comes the truth.
    They can't handle the truth.

  • @jodders619
    @jodders619 2 года назад

    Mr Hassan: would you throw your hat into the ring to take over from Laura Kuensberg as BBC political editor please?

  • @davidakin9629
    @davidakin9629 2 года назад +1

    One word: Ignorance!

  • @colinmaharaj
    @colinmaharaj 2 года назад

    I think both Koch and Petterfy are questioning their support for the GOP

  • @vinsanity40k
    @vinsanity40k 2 года назад

    there is need for more science in politics and less politics in science. - richard j. roberts

  • @Captain-Cosmo
    @Captain-Cosmo 2 года назад +1

    When the vast majority of the population still embraces religious mythologies over science-based reason, bad shit is going to happen. Expect more bad shit to happen.

  • @harrylerwill8915
    @harrylerwill8915 2 года назад +2

    Take the safety labels off products and let the evolution do it’s work.

  • @jensonee
    @jensonee 2 года назад +1

    i like this interview.

  • @yorkbizz
    @yorkbizz 2 года назад +1

    Yeah Rand Paul's an eye doctor and probably not a good one.

    • @hogant.551
      @hogant.551 Год назад

      He's a quack like his dad who wanted to do away with the inspection, regulations and standards on food in America.

  • @rogerwilco2
    @rogerwilco2 2 года назад

    Follow the money.

  • @moniquecurtis9995
    @moniquecurtis9995 2 года назад +1

    VOTE BLUE! SAVE AMERICA❤️

  • @LaCharla13
    @LaCharla13 2 года назад

    I think that there is a group of people that you both may have missed. As in grouping things together there is always a group of things that don't fit neatly into anyone of the groups, I usually call this group miscellaneous, there are usually several different items. Just want to point out, that you missed some people with this synopsis, I don't fit into either.

  • @sherrillthomas7645
    @sherrillthomas7645 2 года назад

    Break up the corporations!

  • @willstorm8331
    @willstorm8331 2 года назад

    In the rest of the developed world home schooling is a big potion of the student population. When national standards were set it became open season on every syllabus. Religious dogma goes largely unchallenged. The actual cost of an education has grown so high that like universal healthcare is a price the USA is not prepared to pay. The anti science stance of contempt is driven from tea party lunatics who barely got past high school and the rest by gun toting crazies that never saw the last year of high school. If you don't have affordable schooling you are leaving an underclass that will always be disgruntled not just about science and knowledge but laws, equal rights and their place in the community. Look at the divisions in society and tell me if these problems start at school or not. The results speak for themselves.

  • @kevinmccreary7439
    @kevinmccreary7439 2 года назад

    Poor people listening to rich people about vaccination. Guess what poor people, the rich are vaccinated.

  • @jimbo9800
    @jimbo9800 2 года назад +1

    Modern day heathens

  • @scottcharney1091
    @scottcharney1091 2 года назад +1

    Nothing about religion?

  • @cosmicstrings4986
    @cosmicstrings4986 2 года назад +1

    What does she mean "work around them"? What would that entail? What actions would need to be taken to "work around them"?

    • @patriayvida6850
      @patriayvida6850 2 года назад +1

      Put them all in a concentration camp with very tall electrified fences? Just guessing.

    • @chipwells1352
      @chipwells1352 2 года назад

      @@patriayvida6850 Ahh! Starting to sound a little like the Nazi party.

  • @tsg2009
    @tsg2009 2 года назад

    because they want armageddon

  • @Chris-op7yt
    @Chris-op7yt 2 года назад +1

    religion and other lies are so easy to use for politics. science not as easy to lie about

  • @moniquecurtis9995
    @moniquecurtis9995 2 года назад +1

    VACCINATIONS SAVE LIVES❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @sherrillthomas7645
    @sherrillthomas7645 2 года назад

    She admitted they are learning,we are all a bunch of mice.

  • @philippetherrien8753
    @philippetherrien8753 2 года назад

    Big lack of education, too bad buddy that’s all.

  • @stevelee7781
    @stevelee7781 2 года назад +1

    When liberal says he believes in a science its really code for he DOESN'T believe in God...

    • @catherinemacaskill1421
      @catherinemacaskill1421 2 года назад +1

      steve, fake Christians tend to cherry pick the bible to justify their bigotry and exclusion. That's why so many have lost all credibility about any subject.

  • @cc-xz9rp
    @cc-xz9rp 2 года назад

    So what, fact people have to die at some point can't live forever!

  • @gliderarts3573
    @gliderarts3573 2 года назад

    Evolution? Lololololololol