As Jeffrey Martini observed, we’ve reached a pretty pass when science and education are described as “liberal scams.”
And as I’ve noted before, I think what is really under assault in the U.S. these days is the philosophical and scientific superstructure of the Enlightenment.
The only part of that American right wingers don’t want to scrap is advanced weapons technology, which they plan to use to smite their millions of enemies.
Republicans may sneer at science in general, but they always remain eager to deploy its latest advances in service of those activities they truly value: Killing, torture, invasion, police intimidation and the mass surveillance of American citizens.
Oh, and they want to keep advanced medical technology for when they become seriously ill, revealing that they don't really believe in all the cant they spew about prayer.
It is reason itself that the Republicans really and finally oppose. They have met their enemy, and it is sanity.
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