How Right-Wingers Are Amping Up Their War on Science and Reality

[doxydad]

No longer content just to claim to be “skeptical” of scientific findings they find disagreeable, Republican politicians have moved on to a more alarming anti-science strategy: confuse the public about what science even is, claiming it’s just someone’s opinion and ignoring the importance of evidence.

http://www.alternet.org/belief/how-right-wingers-are-amping-their-war-science-and-reality

[newfie11]

1. Infuriating and scary

I guess they would be happy if we went back to the dark ages.

[ladjf]

2. They can only hold off the power of reality for a limited time. nt

[Orrex]

3. The "science is opinion" mantra gets a lot of play on DU, as well.

Sadly, it's all too easy a claim to make, and it's difficult to refute convincingly.