A pandemic is a major challenge to the right-libertarian ideology. Climate change is another one. Yet rather than taking a more nuanced approach that balances their "liberty" with the well being of others, they double down and become more and more rigid, fanatical, and anti-social. Like what happened to the idea that your freedom to swing your fist stops at my face? The modern right just wants to swing everywhere and until the whole world is battered and bruised. It reminds me of Islamic extremists getting more and more violent and unhinged as exposure the outside world challenges their bubble of dogma. The more they face cognitive dissonance, the more insane they become.