Covid-idiot (noun)

co·vid \ ˈkō-vid \ - id·​i·​ot | \ ˈi-dē-ət \

plural: Covid-idiots

-not to be confused with the derogative slang word, 'covidiot'

Definition of Covid-idiot:

1. A person who believes whatever they are told by people they perceive to be in authority. They think “official sources” or “leading expert” are meaningful phrases and will not believe anything unless it is fed to them with attached official or expert approval.

2. A person who believes in scientific oxymorons. Terms like “scientific consensus” and “settled science” are popular among covid-idiots. They claim to venerate science, but never read any or think critically about it, and generally deny the scientific method. Their understanding of science is constructed entirely by the government and the main-stream media (MSM).

3. A person who thinks undertaking independent research or thinking for yourself is dangerous. They accept all statistics as reported to them by the MSM but rarely, if ever, go to the sources themselves and look at the statistics. They don't trust themselves to be able to think about them rationally.

4. A person whose world view is based upon reliance and trust. They are reliant upon officially approved information and reject any and all information that is not authorised. They no longer recognise the need to think for themselves. Rather they see themselves as the defenders of the official truth as they consider unquestioning obedience to authority to be the only rational position.

5. A person who doesn’t understand anything about the frequent abuse of political authority, has no comprehension of history or current affairs, and is unable to function in society without clear instructions.

6. A person who assumes moral superiority because they blindly accept everything they are told by corrupt members of government and the MSM.

7. A person who has abandoned any notion of protecting humanities inalienable rights and freedoms and demonstrates a total disregard for their ancestors who sacrificed all to win and protect those freedoms. Through their actions they are condemning this, and future generations, to tyranny and all because they are frightened. Nothing could be more selfish than that.

Etymology:

Derived in-part from the use, in Bolshevik Russia by the Communist Government, of the phrase "useful-idiot" to describe a person perceived as propagandizing for a cause without fully comprehending the cause's goals, and who is cynically used by the cause's leaders

Synonyms & Antonyms for *Covid Idiot:

Synonyms:

Non-player character (NPC), retard, zombie, airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dumbbell, dumbhead, dum-dum, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead [chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome [archaic], moron, mug [chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod [slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo

Antonyms:

'Covidiot' (derogrative, slang), genius, red-pilled (slang)

plagiarised from / inspired by: https://in-this-together.com/covidiot/