Why is today's Left so anti-science?
The Aspen Beat,
by
Glenn Beaton
Original Article
Posted By: Big Bopper,
8/8/2020 8:57:53 AM
Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong hated people and killed tens of millions of them, but they didn’t hate science. So why have things deteriorated so badly, science-wise, with today’s left?
Consider some examples. Democrats believe in astrology by a two-to-one margin over Republicans. Same with fortune telling.
Other examples are more complicated but equally striking.
Like almost all other animals, humans exist in two distinct sexes: male and female.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Rob_NC 8/8/2020 9:06:47 AM (No. 503346)
Simple....doesn't fit their agenda.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
sanspeur 8/8/2020 9:43:08 AM (No. 503389)
public edumacating + disrespect for traditional Judeo/Christian traditions
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Catfur27 8/8/2020 9:49:55 AM (No. 503394)
...people who call themselves dem/libs ( sheep) don't believe ANYTHING unless they see it in the "mainstream media "
...problem is , the "mainstream media" ( which used to be "the free press") is dishonest and partisan....promoting its own agenda ...and censoring any points of view that dissent.
...and dem/libs ( sheep) NEVER seek out second sources/viewpoints ...like on FOX or talk radio or Lucianne.....so, they are very SURE of their opinions ...because it was on "network TV news "...
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
BarryNo 8/8/2020 10:15:44 AM (No. 503418)
They are anti-science, and always have been, when it doesn't aid them in gaining power. If it will aid them, they will still fudge and exaggerate the results for greater political impact. They cannot abide depending on truth.
Its not that they are anti-science, but that they are against anything that limits their power and for anything that might increase their power.
Science is merely a tool, as is astrology, and fortune telling. The latter two can almost always be tweaked with the right hints and application of cash.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Highlander 8/8/2020 10:18:00 AM (No. 503420)
Critical thinking and deductive reasoning is not a liberal trait. That is the answer to the question in the headline.
(I’m glad I proof read. I punched “s” instead of “d” for “deductive”)
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
seamusm 8/8/2020 10:28:11 AM (No. 503430)
Sorry, Mr. Beaton. That which is immoral should not be permitted. That is not the same as criminalizing it.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Delilah 8/8/2020 10:44:08 AM (No. 503453)
I live in an area that is mostly Democrat and I'd say they don't like science because they're too dumb to understand it.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
bamboozle 8/8/2020 10:45:27 AM (No. 503456)
Feel-goodery? I kind of like it.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Bluefindad 8/8/2020 10:47:04 AM (No. 503460)
Scientists are no longer scientists. In the good, old days, a scientist was one who was defined by his practice of the empirical, scientific method. Today, the definition of science and scientists form a tautological loop: "A scientist is one who practices science" and "Science is that which is practiced by scientists". What a scientist does is science because he has the distinctive title of scientist.
To the public at large, scientific facts are things that are asserted by scientists - when they agree with them. Objectivity is a thing of the past.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
jacksin5 8/8/2020 11:39:08 AM (No. 503515)
Because Science is Haaaaaaard!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 8/8/2020 12:25:59 PM (No. 503562)
I'm with #6. I was disappointed that Beaton took the easy out with abortion, "Although I think it’s morally wrong, I’m not prepared to make everything I think is morally wrong into a crime." I have heard this innumerable times from fellow Catholics who are legacy Democrats. It is a false argument. The criminal code is not based on one individual's moral decision, but the society's moral decision. How can a society come to a corporate decision if individual citizens refuse to take up the question? All our laws are based on this corporate understanding of basic right and wrong held by the majority. The abortionists were the first to advance this line of thinking so as to take advantage of the American ideal of freedom of thought and belief. They framed the question as "abortion rights" for the mother while ignoring the baby. When good people hide behind "I can't tell someone else what to do in a terrible situation" they enable evil.
He was correct in observing, "The left disagrees with my moral position, but goes further than mere disagreement. They deny the complexity of the issue. They say there’s not a moral issue at all, because the fetus is not alive." I'm just amazed he hasn't made the link between the Left's denial of the importance of an individual's morality and how they use that argument to silence people who find abortion repugnant.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
NYbob 8/8/2020 12:42:41 PM (No. 503577)
This can't be right. Leftzombies have signs in their yards saying they 'believe in science,' they can't send an email without dropping that smug quote, because they absolutely believe anyone who isn't a leftzombie is a knuckle dragging creationist. If you present them with actual science like the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine HCQ they dismiss it because they didn't read anything positive about in the NYT or hear Rachell Maddow talk about it as a cure. They appear to be normal people, but point them to any alternative to the hard left media and they react like vampires to holy water.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 8/8/2020 1:16:38 PM (No. 503611)
Poster #11, I have a good friend, a devout Catholic who thinks she is pro-life. She's not, she's one of those who 'would never have an abortion but can't tell others what to do with their life'. When the Kavanaugh hearings were going on, someone mentioned the 60 million abortions committed since 1973. My friend called me, shocked, she asked me if that was true. I told her it was. I also told her how African Americans have been targeted and that 40% of abortions are committed on Women of Color. I don't know if she has changed her mind but I sure hope so.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Pathcoin1 8/8/2020 4:00:46 PM (No. 503702)
They did not love science. They loved social (pseudo) science that could be twisted to support their theories. They loved Darwinian evolution as it could be twisted to support their theories. They loved technology.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 8/8/2020 5:23:15 PM (No. 503750)
Very simple. Science isn't leftist.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 8/9/2020 10:07:55 PM (No. 504759)
Because, in order to believe in Marxism, you MUST be stupid and must not understand human nature at all.
So, they don't understand ANYTHING.
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