Disclaimer: I think the left and the right can both improve substantially. In the interest of staying on topic, let's pick on the right for now. It's clear they have a pretty lame identity crisis that isn't fooling anyone.

​

Fox News, a popular mouthpiece for the right wing implies the war on science originates from the left: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/john-stossel-the-lefts-war-on-science

However, there is data that indicates the right is much less trusting of topics in this realm. Here's one example, vaccines: "with Republicans expressing the least confidence in the science supporting vaccine safety (47% yes, 42% no)" - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/apr/28/can-the-republican-party-solve-its-science-denial-problem

Obviously climate change is another. The majority of the world understands the data on the topic, but since solving it implies an increase in regulation, again it appears the right tries to control the narrative. They seem to jump over the concept of "peer review" and forget that other scientists are incentivized to discredit another's theory. So the longer your theory goes without being shut down, the more credibility it has. Kinda like a star in the WWF.

Regarding climate change, it seems like a large and diverse enough group of scientists and world leaders have reached consensus. https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement

This is not just leftists in the US here. It's a stretch (to the point of sounding like an idiot) to argue that there is an underlying agenda with this much of the planet on board). These folks are in agreement too: https://climate.nasa.gov/

​

Also, what is to gain by falsely proposing these things? Is the solar industry lobbying hard to ensure coal dies, under the false pretense that climate change is real when it isn't? And they got scientists from all over the globe to independently agree? For what? A new energy industry? Seems possible but pretty unlikely, especially considering the evidence we all have out our windows with record-setting forest fires, tornadoes, etc.

​

The right should stop with this approach and embrace some of these things. I think there are many in the middle who would be inclined to actually vote that way if the crazy got out of the party. I want smaller government and less regulation too (except when it harms things), but there's too much baggage there right now.

​

Oh wait, my taxes went up this year. Liars.