Backlash Over LA Times Piece Calling to 'Mock' Vaccine Opponents' COVID Deaths -- 'Disgraceful, Disgusting, and Evil'
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78% Very Conservative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
44% : "Serious yikes vibes from this @hiltzikm column, with the URL 'why shouldn't we dance on the graves of anti-vaxxers,'" wrote media personality Steve Krakauer.41% : Some noted the site's URL which still reads (in part) "Why Shouldn't We Dance On The Graves of Anti-Vaxxers?"
37% : Seeking to determine the "proper response to the deaths of anti-vaxxers or other determined foes of public health," he claimed mockery is "not necessarily the wrong reaction."
35% : "The original version was called 'Why Shouldn't We Dance On The Graves of Anti-Vaxxers?'" wrote conservative commentator Paul Joseph Watson.
33% : Regarding the "tenor" of the reactions to the deaths of "anti-vaxxers" online, Hiltzik claimed that some "who object to the tone of the commentary are merely voicing a variation on the 'civility' argument that was commonly raised against critics of the intemperate and inhumane policies of the Trump administration."
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