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Grew up in Montana, now living in the Bay. Stories like this are a good reminder of the excesses perpetrated in our red hinterlands. The dog whistle in Emrich

Grew up in Montana, now living in the Bay. Stories like this are a good reminder of the excesses perpetrated in our red hinterlands. The dog whistle in Emrich's statement is how he talks about scientific facts and theories. He's aiming for Darwin and he's got a little Intelligent Design in his back pocket. These guys are nut jobs scoring points by attacking science class. And I'm not saying "trust science" here. I'm saying science is theory upon theory, and the best ones have a lot of support in fact. Emrich lacks the brains to grok that, or at least he pretends to.

willcipriano 4y ago
Nationally the "trust God" guys were kicking around a decade or two before the "believe Science" folks took hold. It's weird to see them coexisting together at the same time.
- vonnik 4y ago
  Co-existing is doing a lot of work there.
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cscurmudgeon 4y ago
Blue states have their own issues though: https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-california-2-2-4-may-be-thought-racist-11621876555 https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-california-2-2-4-may-be-thou... https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-leftists-try-to-cancel-math-class-11621355858?mod=article_inline https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-leftists-try-to-canc... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-st... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/california-math-curriculum-guidelines.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/california-math-curric...
- syspec 4y ago
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  - cscurmudgeon 4y ago
    Way to lower the standard of conversation while displaying your IQ for all. If you see past your comments, the sources are high standard left leaning ones.
    - domain8543 4y ago
      Ah yes, the left leaning wall street journal and new york times. Those are corporatist media. Left leaning media would be The Intercept
      - cscurmudgeon 4y ago
        You can't go around redefining "left" to win arguments. Good thing is I always reply with data. https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart WSJ is more neutral but NYT is left.
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throwawaylinux 4y ago
> The dog whistle in Emrich's statement is how he talks about scientific facts and theories. He's aiming for Darwin and he's got a little Intelligent Design in his back pocket. I don't really see how. Evolution is a "scientific fact" according to his definition, and creation is not. I would have guessed it is aimed at one or all of: the trans movement; federal politicians and bureaucrats declaring that they are the science or their policies are; and maybe global warming (which is observable and repeatable, but potentially easier to attack because of the nature of its predictions).
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willcipriano 4y ago

Nationally the "trust God" guys were kicking around a decade or two before the "believe Science" folks took hold. It's weird to see them coexisting together at the same time.

vonnik 4y ago
Co-existing is doing a lot of work there.
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cscurmudgeon 4y ago

Blue states have their own issues though: https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-california-2-2-4-may-be-thought-racist-11621876555 https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-california-2-2-4-may-be-thou... https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-leftists-try-to-cancel-math-class-11621355858?mod=article_inline https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-leftists-try-to-canc... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-st... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/california-math-curriculum-guidelines.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/california-math-curric...

syspec 4y ago
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- cscurmudgeon 4y ago
  Way to lower the standard of conversation while displaying your IQ for all. If you see past your comments, the sources are high standard left leaning ones.
  - domain8543 4y ago
    Ah yes, the left leaning wall street journal and new york times. Those are corporatist media. Left leaning media would be The Intercept
    - cscurmudgeon 4y ago
      You can't go around redefining "left" to win arguments. Good thing is I always reply with data. https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart WSJ is more neutral but NYT is left.
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throwawaylinux 4y ago

> The dog whistle in Emrich's statement is how he talks about scientific facts and theories. He's aiming for Darwin and he's got a little Intelligent Design in his back pocket. I don't really see how. Evolution is a "scientific fact" according to his definition, and creation is not. I would have guessed it is aimed at one or all of: the trans movement; federal politicians and bureaucrats declaring that they are the science or their policies are; and maybe global warming (which is observable and repeatable, but potentially easier to attack because of the nature of its predictions).

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