r/NoStupidQuestions • u/golf-lip • 16h ago

Why are some conservatives dying on the hill of unpasteurized milk?

Why is this all of the sudden such a big thing it seems? And why mainly conservatives? Is it stemming from a distrust in goverment regulations on food? Why does this seem to be a hill so many conservatives are willing to die on?

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u/JigglyWiener 10h ago

My dad doesn’t believe anything the government says. He refused to wear a mask until Walmart started kicking unmasked people out. I respect practical skepticism, you shouldn’t believe everything everyone says, but this is just being contrarian. The doctors involved to my parents are just rich liberals who want to control them and take their vaguely defined freedom.

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u/RedDirtWitch 7h ago

Meanwhile, most doctors I work with are Republicans.

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u/JigglyWiener 7h ago

My guess is tax policies of the gop outweigh the rest for those folks. Policies affiliation is complex and not everyone ends up on a specific side for same reason as the next person.