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> An American analogy would be if the National Academy of Science were taken over by Christian creationists, and the teaching of evolution were condemned as "hu
by InitialLastName 5y ago
> An American analogy would be if the National Academy of Science were taken over by Christian creationists, and the teaching of evolution were condemned as "hurtful" etc.
The subset of people in the US who would be willing to push that agenda are neither insubstantial nor marginalized from political power (in recent memory they've been within an unhealthy septuagenarian's heartbeat of the presidency).
- hw-guy 5y agoMaybe they are not marginalized from political power in the civic realm, but they are certainly considered outliers in the academic world (aside from a few evangelical colleges).