Not because Right leaning people are stupid, as Blue leaning people seem to think.
Right leaning people are more willing to reject the government/academia/media story of America because they understand the falsity of that story.
Post modern America is about stories and narratives and morals of stories, not underlying truth. Either because the truth is unknown, even though it is certain (COVID).
COVID is an example of this -- COVID truth regarding mask wearing is unclear. Source of virus is unclear.
ZZZapatistian t1_jay1wme wrote
Reply to On Facebook, Visual Misinfo Widespread. In the runup to the 2020 U.S. Presidential election visual misinformation was widespread across the platform, and that it was highly asymmetric across party lines, with right-leaning images five to eight times more likely to be misleading. by Wagamaga
Not because Right leaning people are stupid, as Blue leaning people seem to think.
Right leaning people are more willing to reject the government/academia/media story of America because they understand the falsity of that story.
Post modern America is about stories and narratives and morals of stories, not underlying truth. Either because the truth is unknown, even though it is certain (COVID).
COVID is an example of this -- COVID truth regarding mask wearing is unclear. Source of virus is unclear.