Downvotes really don't hurt me. I've already been permanently banned from various topics on Reddit due to my non-Liberal stance.

I'm a midwesterner and will continue to believe what I believe, but will consider intelligent arguments from "the other side." I will admit it when I'm shown to be wrong, but will take a bullet just not to cower.

I grew up trusting science but have lived long enough to see it politicized.

We Boomers trusted asbestos, cops and Washington. My Dad, a European immigrant, used to laugh at me for that. He was right. He would have never taken the vaccine like I did. I'm glad my youngest daughter fought against it for her and her kids.