February 01, 2006Embracing ignorance in the U.S.
One of my co-workers here at the NCSE passed this around today-- note the Ted Nugent quote (snipped below). Jeebussss....
Tribal America defends the right to ignore facts
Chicago Tribune - January 29, 2006
A recent New York Times story described Nugent holding a bloody liver from a freshly killed deer and proclaiming: "Big bangs don't make this. God made that. Things banging don't make livers."
Forget for a moment that his outburst means nothing whatsoever. It's not the content that counts here, but the mood, which is angry and gets angrier as he proceeds: "Biodiversity is mine, environmentalism is mine. It doesn't belong to Pam Anderson."
Tribal America defends the right to ignore facts
Chicago Tribune - January 29, 2006
A recent New York Times story described Nugent holding a bloody liver from a freshly killed deer and proclaiming: "Big bangs don't make this. God made that. Things banging don't make livers."
Forget for a moment that his outburst means nothing whatsoever. It's not the content that counts here, but the mood, which is angry and gets angrier as he proceeds: "Biodiversity is mine, environmentalism is mine. It doesn't belong to Pam Anderson."
