There’s nothing so satisfying as believing that everyone else is the problem. For those who are so inclined, the pandemic has provided ample opportunity to wallow in self-satisfaction.
A new dispatch in Axios provides some relief for those with both pandemic-related anxiety and an unsatisfied sense of superiority. Based on an analysis conducted by pollster Frank Luntz, the report posits that many of the headaches associated with those who are resistant to sheltering in place for the duration of the crisis can be ameliorated by rhetorical cleverness. It turns out, skeptics of harsh state-level mandates designed to mitigate the threat of pathogens can be bamboozled by the clever use of synonyms. This is “particularly true for Republicans.”
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