Well it is a perception that has worked very well then, For instance in the 70's the majority of scientists were republican, now according to surveys by the PEW Trust about 6%. http://www.people-press.org/2009/07/09/section-4-scientists-politics-and-religion/
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:365605 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
