[reval]

Out of curiosity, why does this have to be a left-leaning initiative? I personally don’t use these political labels as I’m often confused by how they are used.

[cogman10]

It doesn't and yet it does. Primarily because big oil dumped a bunch of money into conservative media to demonize the EPA.

The EPA was originally put into place by richard nixon as was championed in a bipartisan fashion.

[sumeno]

Because the right is trying to dismantle all those things

[steve_adams_86]

I suspect it's a minority of people on the right, and frankly, I've known people on the left (in Canada, at least) who antagonize science and various institutions for no other reason than gut feelings. People on extreme ends of political spectrums are problematic, period. They've always been present, but the Internet amplifies their mania to all of us like never before

[estebarb]

Conservative people tend to protect their believes, no matter how wrong they are based on new evidence. Humanity has many examples of this happening through millennia, it is widely documented...

[lelanthran]

> Conservative people tend to protect their believes, no matter how wrong they are based on new evidence.

You can replace the label "Conservative" there with just about any ideology or political leaning.

[xkbarkar]

right and so do libertans ,communists and socialists. Hanging on to false ideologies, no matter how disastrous, is not exclusive to right leaning its a human trait.

[wqaatwt]

> protect their believes

Is there much left in there besides extreme hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance? Their beliefs seem to be highly fluid and aligned with whatever the dear leader is saying at any given movement. Daily radical swings are not that uncommon..

[rsynnott]

In the context of the US in 2025 specifically, anything opposing Dear Leader's agenda will likely be tagged as left-wing, regardless of what it actually is.

This is rather silly, but then it is a rather silly regime.

[rob74]

Because the current right-leaning US administration (ok, some would call it far right - or rather, if you would go by the standards of pretty much any other country, you'd have to classify it as far right) is so fond of conspiracy theories and rejects science? But yes, in principle I agree that accepting scientific consensus shouldn't be a partisan issue...