> They aren't against the vaccine, they are against the mandate!

It makes no sense, but the amount of people who conflate the two is shockingly high. I guess strawmans are easier to argue against than someone who holds nuanced views.

edit: one such example of someone who conflates the two https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30225017

It doesn’t help that they intentionally conflate the two issues by defining “anti-vaxxer” as anyone who “opposes regulations mandating vaccination”.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-vaxxer

FYI Merriam Webster is among the worst dictionaries. They are highly activist and have redefined words repeatedly to suit the progressive/far-left political platform.

A couple examples (but there are more):

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52993306

https://www.dailywire.com/news/merriam-webster-suddenly-alte...

They added systemic oppression of a racial group to the 3 definitions of racism they already had. Do you deny this is a common meaning?

LGBT people objected to sexual preference since the 1980s at least.[1]

[1] https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-07-23-860223...