Re:Bill would ban the teaching of scientific theories in Mon...
by toss1 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @04:16PM
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>>missing the part where I'm defending it.
OK, 1) pointing out that both houses, the Gov, and Exec suite are all Repubs does not lead to the conclusion that it cannot pass, but increases it's liklihood (unless something unspecified and unusual is going on). 2) "MUS Board of Regents ... are doing the state a great disservice. And their behavior begets crap like this. That sounds an awful lot like "what skirt was she wearing"?
To your credit, you do also say "Which is also stupid and awful". But the whole thing is effectively excusing the existence of this bill, as if it were a trivial annoying response to some local/state issue, when it in fact is part o a global movement to install Christofascism and destroy science for all time.
Maybe you're not intending to defend it, but the result is that you certainly are at best, framing it as trivial rather than the serious issue that it is. and that amounts to at least a weak defense of a voice permitting it to continue to exist, rather than directly opposing it.
Evidence? I've been following this for years. Just type "antiscience aggression movement" into DDG and start scrolling. Here's a few of the first results [0,1,2,3].
We are already effectively in a hot war with global authoritarian movements, not only in Ukraine, but also in locally and foreign-pushed attempts to undermine the democracy at home.
A key component of democracy is the independence of all key institutions, the govt executive, legislative, and judicial branches, but also the academy, industry, religion, commerce, localities, charities, etc.
Under Authoritarianism, all of these institutions are coerced and/or corrupted to serve the will of the ruling executive or religion.
Ending science (which requires independent thought) and reigning in the Academy under the rule of the state are two of these components.
You may see this as just a local tempest in a teapot, just as people might see local gerrymandering as just a local issue.
But, make no mistake: both the anti-science bill and the corralling the university leadership moves are just part of this much larger goal of implementing and consolidating authoritarian power.
Your Regents are not playing offense, but defense, and your hot tempest is just one ember in the global fire.
OK, 1) pointing out that both houses, the Gov, and Exec suite are all Repubs does not lead to the conclusion that it cannot pass, but increases it's liklihood (unless something unspecified and unusual is going on). 2) "MUS Board of Regents ... are doing the state a great disservice. And their behavior begets crap like this. That sounds an awful lot like "what skirt was she wearing"?
To your credit, you do also say "Which is also stupid and awful". But the whole thing is effectively excusing the existence of this bill, as if it were a trivial annoying response to some local/state issue, when it in fact is part o a global movement to install Christofascism and destroy science for all time.
Maybe you're not intending to defend it, but the result is that you certainly are at best, framing it as trivial rather than the serious issue that it is. and that amounts to at least a weak defense of a voice permitting it to continue to exist, rather than directly opposing it.
Evidence? I've been following this for years. Just type "antiscience aggression movement" into DDG and start scrolling. Here's a few of the first results [0,1,2,3].
We are already effectively in a hot war with global authoritarian movements, not only in Ukraine, but also in locally and foreign-pushed attempts to undermine the democracy at home.
A key component of democracy is the independence of all key institutions, the govt executive, legislative, and judicial branches, but also the academy, industry, religion, commerce, localities, charities, etc.
Under Authoritarianism, all of these institutions are coerced and/or corrupted to serve the will of the ruling executive or religion.
Ending science (which requires independent thought) and reigning in the Academy under the rule of the state are two of these components.
You may see this as just a local tempest in a teapot, just as people might see local gerrymandering as just a local issue.
But, make no mistake: both the anti-science bill and the corralling the university leadership moves are just part of this much larger goal of implementing and consolidating authoritarian power.
Your Regents are not playing offense, but defense, and your hot tempest is just one ember in the global fire.
[0] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-antiscience-m...
[1] https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/10/what-caused-t...
[2] https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/jou...
[3] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antiscience-belie...