I only have two questions and then I'll leave everyone to dig more rabbit holes here:
What will you do when you're really sick or injured? Obv going to a doctor means accepting that medical science is legit and you need to trust the experts with your care and that's antithetical to your worldview re: the medical establishment so...
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You DO actually see doctors/medical professionals when necessary so the other question becomes:
By what mechanism do you allow yourself to deny truth in science only to turn around and rely on it the next second when it suits you? Like, what kind of delusional self-importance provides you the ability to pick and choose which medical experts you deem to be liars and con-men and which are to be trusted?
It's all so needlessly confusing to me.
There’s a big difference between being anti-science and being anti-institutional. They’re not the same - though in recent years, that distinction has been deliberately blurred by the same 3 letter orgs that have hijacked Pharma and the public trust.
I’m not against medical science. I’m against putting blind trust in systems that have repeatedly proven they prioritize profit, politics, and control over truth, transparency, or accountability. We’re talking billions in lawsuits, dead whistleblowers, and thousands of real stories from families you’ll never see on legacy / corporate-funded media because those media outlets work hand-in-hand with the very institutions that often have the public’s worst interests at heart.
When I am sick or injured I use discernment - something that used to be a cornerstone of liberal thinking before it got replaced by blind faith in “experts”. I ask questions. I do my own research. I get second opinions. I opt out of treatments that seem rushed, politicized, or pushed by pharmaceutical giants with a well-documented history of fraud / corruption.
Yes, I’ll see a doctor when I need to. But no, I’m not going to pretend that public health officials or government-funded scientists are infallible truth-tellers and have our best interests at heart.
This isn’t denialism. It’s critical thinking. It’s the same mindset that questions endless wars, Big Tech censorship, pharmaceutical lobbying, and unchecked government overreach.
So to answer your question: I’m not denying truth. I’m denying the idea that truth is whatever powerful people say it is.
That used to be the heart of liberalism. Now they call it far-right extremism.