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In reply to the discussion: My husband went to a scientific meeting last week. [View all]Cosmocat
(15,371 posts)33. It amplified it
I mean, the Tea Party was a like a gay pride parade for stupid people.
I am going to be 60 and have spent over 4 decades seeing this was where were headed.
Not DT specifically, but even as a very young person I knew that all the religious right, NRA, Rush Limbaughs ... all of it was bullshit with the flag waving and we are good christians, family values, etc. Then, 9-11 and how the right took advantage of that to further accrue power.
At the core of it was the evil liberal boogyman - the jews to the American Taliban.
It was slowish in the 90s / early 2000s, but once BHO got elected it really got rolling.
Covid made it a lot worse, but it was still headed this way.
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It's her excuse, not a valid reason. Smart and dedicated enough for a PHD? Smart enough to learn French.
Norrrm
15 hrs ago
#55
Most scientists, myself included, feel the same way. AAAS sends all these thinly veiled emails of "concern."
NNadir
Wednesday
#2
But don't forget all the disaster movies where the authorities always ignore the scientist hero.
Beartracks
22 hrs ago
#43
Plus we grew up with parents who wanted their kids to go to college even if they didn't.
redstatebluegirl
22 hrs ago
#42