COVID denialism: Difference between revisions
imported>Veljanih They aren't villains, they just have got a different opinion. Am I a villain because I don't like SpongeBob but others like him? |
imported>Rangerkid51 Except COVID-19 is. It has been confirmed to be real. |
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{{EvilIdeology|Image=coronadenial.png|name=COVID denialism|known_variants=[[AIDS denialism]]|key_people=[[Donald Trump]]<br>[[Vernon Coleman]]|position=Far-right (mostly)|goals=Show that COVID-19 is a farce by world politicians <br>Spread that COVID-19 does not exist (all failed)|crimes=[[Hate speech]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>Riot<br>[[Terrorism]]}}{{Quote|COVID is just cold!|[[Masayuki Hiratsuka]]'s election poster}} | {{EvilIdeology|Image=coronadenial.png|name=COVID denialism|known_variants=[[AIDS denialism]]|key_people=[[Donald Trump]]<br>[[Vernon Coleman]]|position=Far-right (mostly)|goals=Show that COVID-19 is a farce by world politicians <br>Spread that COVID-19 does not exist (all failed)|crimes=[[Hate speech]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>Riot<br>[[Terrorism]]}}{{Quote|COVID is just cold!|[[Masayuki Hiratsuka]]'s election poster}} | ||
'''COVID denialism''' is an ideology generated by [[anti-vaxxers]] or by people who believe that COVID-19 either does not exist, is not as dangerous as experts say it is or was deliberately manmade. | '''COVID denialism''' is an ideology generated by [[anti-vaxxers]] or by people who believe that COVID-19 either does not exist, is not as dangerous as experts say it is or was deliberately manmade. | ||
Most believers are victims of the recession caused by COVID-19 or paranoid people who over-believe rumors. | Most believers are victims of the recession caused by COVID-19 or paranoid people who over-believe rumors. | ||
They believe that COVID-19 is a conspiracy theory (for example, "COVID is just cold", "COVID does not exist" and "COVID is a farce by government"), and are hated by various political groups and the majority of people. | They believe that COVID-19 is a conspiracy theory (for example, "COVID is just cold", "COVID does not exist" and "COVID is a farce by government"), and are hated by various political groups and the majority of people. Also some people, like Unplug, are hostile to health care workers, and they sabotage health care works. | ||
Although COVID denialism has no ideological boundaries, it most frequently crops up on the far-right, who also often utilize [[Asiaphobia|anti-Chinese]] [[racism]] as a part of COVID denialism, such as referring to COVID-19 as the "Chinese virus" or the "kung-flu" and spreading conspiracy theories that it was deliberately created by the Chinese government. | Although COVID denialism has no ideological boundaries, it most frequently crops up on the far-right, who also often utilize [[Asiaphobia|anti-Chinese]] [[racism]] as a part of COVID denialism, such as referring to COVID-19 as the "Chinese virus" or the "kung-flu" and spreading conspiracy theories that it was deliberately created by the Chinese government. |