tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post507415603322253227..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: How Political Was The March For Science?Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-32517317821549832142017-04-23T15:27:34.524-04:002017-04-23T15:27:34.524-04:00Of course partisan politics is part of it. From cr...Of course partisan politics is part of it. From creationism to (as you mentioned) climate change denialism to a lack of even a basic understanding of science, or how it works. One party has truly become the enemy/antithesis of science, the Republicans (unless one of them has a disease or family member, etc). Plus it is the republicans who have repeatedly, repeatedly, slashed budget at the NIH andAahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045786882607525394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-20083045711112011502017-04-23T12:55:03.502-04:002017-04-23T12:55:03.502-04:00I would say there is evidence of partisan takeover...I would say there is evidence of partisan takeover: <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/04/memphis-two-marches-science/?mbid=social_twitter_onsiteshare" rel="nofollow">see this Wired piece</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-88518488138178152202017-04-23T12:49:51.965-04:002017-04-23T12:49:51.965-04:00Actual scientists--and not just climatologists --a...Actual scientists--and not just climatologists --are seriously pissed off about the claims of global warming as a 'hoax.' Messing with the clean water act is a big issue too. Groundwater pollution in particular is nearly irreversible. My father (a one-time Millicent Fenwick Republican--literally; I grew up in her district) will be going to his first protest *ever* next week, for the Pete Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675790226494153847noreply@blogger.com