From: hankkroll@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 7:22:12 AM UTC-8, It's A Big CONSPIRACEEEE!!!   
   wrote:   
   > Republicans Are Obviously Idiots.  Why Do They Hate Science?   
   >    
   > Why Do Republicans Hate Science?   
   >    
   > Conservatives display an open hostility to scientific evidence that is    
   > sometimes undeniable   
   >    
   > For any parent, teacher or attendee that is involved in a ‘Science   
   Fair,’ you    
   > immediately realize that this is not just an exercise as a lesson, but a    
   > complete commitment to understanding ‘scientific principles.’ It   
   includes a    
   > complete process from start to finish: hypothesis, repeated controlled    
   > experimentation, and results (right or wrong). There aren’t any prejudices   
   or    
   > influences involved, just pure science. This in itself, is the basis for    
   > progress and the reason that we have the discoveries that move humanity    
   > forward. That last statement is also the reason why Republicans hate   
   science,    
   > as they cannot seem to grasp any ideologies that aren’t wrapped around   
   their    
   > personal agendas.   
   > Conservatives have a long and complex history of disliking science because    
   > scientific results may counter their own religious beliefs or sometimes    
   > science goes against their commitment to corporate and personal profits. If    
   > there is one topic that exemplifies these statements, it is ‘climate    
   > change,’ and Republicans are now finding themselves completely alone in   
   the    
   > world as they desperately grasp onto the denial that it exists. An article   
   in    
   > Rolling Stone stated it best, “For the modern-day Republican Party,    
   > protecting fossil fuels wasn’t a pet issue; it was a religion. The Church   
   of    
   > Carbon.”   
   > But this is just one topic among many in the scientific realm and    
   > conservatives seem to not only reject them, but go out of their way to   
   spread    
   > misinformation so that their supporters bleat incorrect statements that are    
   > disguised as ‘data without a source.’ It is spread far and wide on their    
   > fellow conservative websites and social media and then they believe it as    
   > fact.   
   > One of the key aspects of science that conservatives can’t seem to accept    
   > includes any information that may slight their personal religion. From the    
   > Theory of Evolution to the age of the Earth, they seem to have a misguided    
   > view based on unproven ‘mysteries’ while rejecting the data at hand for    
   > science. They look at science as a method to undermine their core beliefs   
   and    
   > to them, it is a deliberate attempt to create a ‘Godless society.’   
   > The Good Thing About Science Is: It’s True, Whether You Believe it Or Not   
   > Republicans are almost the only ones left on the planet that refuse to not    
   > only accept climate change, but an array of other scientific discoveries.    
   > Their world is indeed crumbling as nation after nation joins together to    
   > attempt to reverse the damage that humans have done to our world and move    
   > forward with renewable/sustainable energy.   
   > Another quote from the same Rolling Stone article sums it up as the    
   > Republicans gathered together:   
   > “At this summer’s Republican National Convention, the party faithful   
   approved    
   > their official platform for the next four years. It reads like a denier’s    
   > Christmas wish list, with nearly every point receiving the full-throated    
   > support of the party nominee, Donald Trump: Build the Keystone XL pipeline,    
   > cancel the Clean Power Plan, neuter the EPA and ban it from regulating   
   carbon    
   > dioxide, outlaw a carbon tax, stop all fracking regulations. The broader the    
   > consensus outside Washington that climate change is real and man-made, the    
   > more elaborate Republicans get in refuting its existence. To hear Sen. Ted    
   > Cruz (R-Texas) tell it, climate change is a global conspiracy cooked up by    
   > liberals who want to institute “massive government control of the economy,    
   > the energy sector and every aspect of our lives.”   
   > In a strange twist in their rhetoric, Republicans are trying to reverse the    
   > truth of their own desires to support the very fossil fuels and companies    
   > that they are embedded with, coordinating a version that dictates that    
   > anything outside of those pocket-lining areas are an attempt to control the    
   > economy. Of course, their base supporters, who watch Fox and read Breitbart,    
   > believe every bit of it, while ignoring the billions of dollars that are    
   > involved in the fossil fuel industry and their lobbyists that love the    
   > Republicans.   
   > It appears that the Republican perception is a paranoid idea that science is    
   > some kind of ‘liberal conspiracy’ that threatens to destroy their rather    
   > bizarre set of standards. Instead of looking at science as a method to test    
   > and prove, they deny any results that they don’t like, as children putting    
   > their hands over their ears and yelling ‘la-la-la-la.’   
   > But beyond just financial subjects, science delves into their religion. It    
   > rejects anything that cannot be proven and in religion, it is all mystery   
   and    
   > stories, without solid data to back it up. This creates a dichotomy for    
   > conservatives, because their entire lives are based on their religious    
   > beliefs. It has been an historic problem for Republicans and they are in   
   fear    
   > of becoming extinct.   
   > Science Is Cool   
   > Let’s face facts and tell it like it is: those that are involved in   
   science    
   > as well as the liberals that support them, are cool. If you question that,    
   > ask yourself ‘when was the last time you saw a cool conservative?’   
   Exactly,    
   > they aren’t. Individuals like Bill Nye, the Science Guy and Neil deGrasse    
   > Tyson have become scientific celebrities that have enticed kids and adults    
   > into the realm of loving science. Of course, Carl Sagan should really be    
   > given credit for being the first to attract the attention on a social realm.    
   > His television show ‘Cosmos’ launched the interest of entire   
   generations, and    
   > Nye and Tyson are carrying that legacy forward.   
   > Each of these believers of science have not allowed any personal beliefs or    
   > agendas to color or taint the art of scientific study. They embrace the    
   > discoveries with open arms and eyes, adjusting when wrong, which in turn    
   > creates new platforms of research. This has been occurring throughout   
   history    
   > and is the basis for many of the standards and progress that we share in    
      
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