Idaho Republican: Listening to the medical experts is an elitist approach

[SouthernCal_Dem]

Republican legislators in Idaho warned of abuses of power and concerns about totalitarianism as they pushed to take away health districts’ ability to close schools due to the coronavirus, the Idaho Statesman reports.

Said state Sen. Steven Thayn (R): “Listening to the experts to set policy is an elitist approach. I’m fearful of an elitist approach. I am also fearful it leads to totalitarianism, especially when you say, ‘We are doing it for the public good.'”

https://politicalwire.com/2020/08/11/gop-lawmakers-look-to-strip-school-closure-authority/

[struggle4progress]

1. When a physicist advises you not to jump off the bridge, you don't have to listen!

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2. Actually, ignoring experts is the elitist approach.

Idiots insisting their "gut" is a source of better knowledge and advice than the considered recommendations of people who spent years training and studying and experimenting on the topic?

Can't get much more elitist than that.