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   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   
   today. The problem with conservatives is: they want to ‘cherry-pick’ what   
   fits within their personal dogma and that benefits their financial   
   approaches; rejecting all else.   
   Conservative values have long fought against much of the research that has   
   been brought forward. From their refusal to accept the fact that ‘acid rain’   
      
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