<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:45 PM, James Clement <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clementlawyer@gmail.com" target="_blank">clementlawyer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Well, with quotes like this: "<span style="line-height:23.1875px">Numerically speaking, </span><a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/145286/four-americans-believe-strict-creationism.aspx" style="color:rgb(0,89,140);text-decoration:none;line-height:23.1875px" target="_blank">according to Gallup,</a><span style="line-height:23.1875px"> only a marginally higher percentage of Republicans <b>reject evolution completely</b> than do Democrats. Yes, an embarrassing <b>half of Republicans</b> believe the earth is only 10,000 years old—but so do more than <b>a third of Democrats</b>. And a slightly higher percentage of Democrats believe God was the guiding factor in evolution than Republicans," who cares whether one's talking about Democrats or Republicans, they both have far too many religious idiots!</span></font></div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Completely agreed, of course. But note that the article was not titled "The Republics Aren't Really Anti-Science". Instead the title and article helped correct the idea that all the problem lies in that party. Even some people on this list seem to have bought into that claim. Yes, it's appalling how scientifically ignorant (willfully or not) the majority of people in both major parties are.<br>
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<div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Max More <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:max@maxmore.com" target="_blank">max@maxmore.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">A bit of balance:<br><br><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/11/the-republican-party-isnt-really-the-anti-science-party/281219/" target="_blank">http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/11/the-republican-party-isnt-really-the-anti-science-party/281219/</a><span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">



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