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> anti-vax/anti-mask/anti-science

I'd like to define what these terms mean. Right now, I think the mainstream technique is anyone who questions vax/mask/science gets the anti- prefix.

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Or the -phobe suffix. This isn't isolated.

Labeling people as part of some group of undesirables seems to be a very popular way of not having to meet legitimate criticism these days. I wish we would be better at calling it out.

What, exactly, is "legitimate criticism"?

In common parlance it usually means “is disgusted by” rather than the traditional “is afraid of”.

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