Whoever was behind the intelligent design initiative was absolutely brilliant.
What better way to promote a sense of martyred solidarity among the faithful than to offer a seemingly 'reasonable' middle ground between creationism and evolutionism. One that was obviously laughable, ludicrous and offensive to the 'fact-based' scientific community.
Perhaps we were wrong to laugh them down so savagely, it seems to have only further polarized the country along creationist/evolutionist lines more than ever.
There isn't even room for debate any longer. People are on one team or another and they just don't talk about it... and it seems like more of this country is swallowing the 'ignorance is bliss' tainted kool-aid dished out by the likes of Glenn Beck and blow-hards like BillO'Reilly and the mega-churches of the religious right.
Who cares if you're right, as long as the mob is on your side. Speaking of mobs, what the hell is it with the "no public option" loonies? I have yet to find a single coherent logical argument AGAINST a single payer public option. I've looked. And Looked. No one can put it in terms that make any sense to me. Maybe I'm an idiot, how would I know?
Rant rant rant. Anyone want to help me understand the opposition a bit better? Please?
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Within the past few months Skeptics Magazine had a thing on Intelligent Design. The ID'ers come from a position of already "knowing" the truth and so all of their arguments have to fit within their world view. Their world view cannot accept anything except the stand that their Bronze Age myths are scientific fact and true history. So any data has to fit within their world view or they reject it out of hand.
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