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submitted 6 months ago by LimpRimble@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24920069

"These are not 'drug dens,' they are health centres," said Philpott, now the dean of health sciences at Queen's University, in a post on X.

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[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 40 points 6 months ago

It's wild how conservatives constantly have the worst takes on absolutely everything. It'd be funny if I weren't so worried. How they always end up having whichever opinion is furthest away from scientific consensus and/or human decency is actually absurd. You'd think they'd at least occasionally end up having a few reasonable, well thought-out views.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 20 points 6 months ago

Reading psych studies on people who have authoritarian beliefs is eye opening. Here's a study (pdf) that found authoritarians will seek out media that confirms their biases when scared. The "when scared" is important. Participants that weren't scared showed no difference to non-authoritarians. The authors suggested that authoritarians will seek out confirmation of their beliefs as a mechanism of dealing with fear.

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