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> I think we can all agree that depending on which administration is in charge, "Government Science" is anything but unbiased.

Nope, but you've just made it clear you're susceptible to propaganda.






Will you trust the 'science' that is performed via the CDC under the Trump administration? Did you trust the 'science' performed under past administrations?

Now, imagine someone holding the reverse position. Who's right? Which government institutions do you find generally trustworthy, and which do you find generally untrustworthy? Has this changed from administration to administration? Do you think your ideological viewpoint has influenced your opinions?

Edit: None of the responders answered my questions. Its impossible for most people to admit political bias, as evidenced here.


These types of false equivalence arguments need to go away. Under Trump norms of career civil servants loyal to doing a good job for the country is being shattered. Institutions that we could trust to be resistant politics are now being weaponized. I would have trusted the CDC under every administration except this one. This administration is demonstrably different.

I guess the reason you're fine with the ideological purge that's happening now is because you mistakenly believe the bureaucracies were always operating in ideological lockstep with the current administration. I suddenly pity you for the fear and distrust you must carry at all times for things you don't understand.

Bizarre argument considering that the only people who did not "trust science" (and the CDC in particular) during the previous Trump administration were Trumpists themselves.



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