An expertly created transgender fantasyland

Despite a growing list of very public and catastrophic failures, experts are still widely trusted by the vast majority of people, even by people who claim to distrust the expert class.

If you ask a group of people what they think of scientists at large, there’s a good chance that the answer will be one of distrust or at least some sort of skepticism. But if you ask them what they think of their doctors, it is likely to be one of trust.

The same goes for education. Republicans especially are prone to distrust the public education system, but when asked about their own children’s school and teachers, there is a much higher level of trust and comfortability. No matter what motivates the feelings of

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