I'm not sure Scott, given what some of the members on the difference science and technology committees have publicly stated have been dismally ignorant of even the most basic parts of biology for instance.
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think the perception of anti-science, etc at the national level is more > pandering than anything else. > > Who knows, maybe that is just wishful thinking. > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I'm not so sure you are correct about the elected Republicans at the > > national level. We've seen time and again that they put some of the most > > loudly anti-science folks in places of leadership, especially on science > > and technology committees. An individual representative might say that > they > > aren't anti-science, but if they are supporting a leadership structure > that > > regularly puts anti-science folks in charge of science committees, it > seems > > like those protestations ring hollow. Those actions would seem to > indicate > > a broad-based anti-science attitude. > > > > This obviously doesn't apply to rank-and-file Republicans but then I > start > > wondering why rank-and-file Republicans would keep electing anti-science > > representatives. I suppose that the answer is probably just that it > doesn't > > matter as much as other criteria, which is a shame. > > > > Cheers, > > Judah > > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't feel a majority of Republicans are truly anti-science, etc. > > > > > > However, I also do not feel that a majority of Republicans (elected and > > > part of constituency) do an adequate job of shutting down the (very) > > vocal > > > minority that are. By not standing up to the nut jobs and remaining > > silent, > > > it give the perception of approval. > > > > > > Not to mention, I think a lot of elected Republicans cater to the whims > > of > > > the (very) vocal minority to keep favor with 'the party' and campaign > > > contributors. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:365601 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
