TIL that people with the Tintin hairdo actually existed
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Little-known fact: evolution was just a smokescreen because they couldn't actually prosecute him for that hairdo.
This is the most convincing argument for creationism I've ever heard, and I grew up in a religious household.
This is mentioned briefly in both the articles, but wanted to highlight that the Scopes trials were initially initiated as a media stunt by the local coal company to bring money and attention to their town. They selected Scopes as the defendant, William Jennings Bryan as lead prosecutor, and, after H.G. Wells declined, Darrow as defense.
Civic groups testing the law to bring them to trial isn't an unusual practice, but it being led by local business to profit the town is.
This is the Again in MAGA.
Trying to roll back the renaissance too
he should have thought twice about teaching facts. We only observe made up bullshit in the US!
Make America the dark ages again
The trial transcript has some great verbal jousting between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. Bryan was a great orator, but Darrow was able to make him look foolish.
And considering news headlines in the US right now, where certain sections of science are being suppressed, while others are promoted mainly for profit.
That man is a hero. 🫡
Much like Rosa Parks, he volunteered to be the test case. They didn't mind losing because they wanted the issue decided before a higher court.
Interesting story yesterday:
https://apnews.com/article/scopes-monkey-trial-anniversary-play-9202e1df2c1325c939dc9c34e10d85f7
The Right learned the lesson, but they fabricate their bullshit grievance by purposely putting someone in a position and forcing bullshit actions so they can get it to the SC.
Christians, it's gonna happen again with this conservative government
we know, but 40% of us want this
Not me, and none of my brethren are interested in listening to me explain why this is SERIOUSLY bad for EVERYONE
They're just happy the people they dislike are suffering
Not very Christlike
Sorry, you said 40%, but that's about 60% of people who actually show up to vote. 40% of eligible voters stay home and cry about our unfair election system in the U.S . While feeling smug about letting unchecked fascism take over as a consequence.
40% of eligible voters stay home and cry about our unfair election system in the U.S . While feeling smug about letting unchecked fascism take over as a consequence.
Thankfully, they saved Palestine by not voting for Kamala Harris!
I was specifically referring to the 40% of the U.S. protestant Christian population that is conservative evangelical.
But don't let that stop your condescension by repeating me facts that I knew before reddit or lemmy even existed that don't actually address my point.
Classic lemmy
The Original Commenter (OC) of this post said this:
Christians, it's gonna happen again with this conservative government
There could be two groups to talk about and respond to: Christians, and Conservatives. There isn't complete overlap between the two.
You said:
we know, but 40% of us want this
You didn't specify whether you were referring to Christians or Conservatives, so someone corrected you.
Then, you go on to clarify after the fact:
I was specifically referring to the 40% of the U.S. protestant Christian population that is conservative evangelical
While calling out someone's correction as condescension, and at the same time being condescending yourself:
But don't let that stop your condescension by repeating me facts that I knew
Then, the fact that Speculator introduced is likely from the 2024 US General Election, but you said that this was knowable before reddit or Lemmy came into existence:
before reddit or lemmy even existed
Voter turnout has fluctuated from below 50% to about 2/3rds in 2020.
To know the outcome of the 2024 election before reddit and Lemmy came into existence, you'd have to be a clairvoyant because reddit was created in 2005 while Lemmy was created in 2019.
Very militant response imo which reminds me of reddit more than Lemmy tbh
To know the outcome of the 2024 election before reddit and Lemmy came into existence,
Ok so either you're a noob at U.S. politics or a bot but you seem to be unaware of the U.S.'s historically terrible voter turnout that has been fluctuating between 40% to 60% since the 1950s at the VERY least
Considering that was an inference problem, and you completely miffed it based on misunderstandings of timeframes, I'm more than sure you're a badly tuned LLM
you seem to be unaware of the U.S.'s historically terrible voter turnout
I just shared two sources that track voter turnout back to the turn of the century and I think 1975. Those sources back up my claim.
What evidence do you have to support your claim?
Besides, this is a straw man. You didn't clarify what you meant originally, and after someone tried to do that for you assuming 1 of 2 possibilities in the discussion, you castigated them. This behavior quite clearly shows that you can't handle criticism and must protect your ego. Why can't we stick to facts instead of imaginations?
you completely miffed it
And you are deflecting from your poor handling of this situation. You can't handle that someone called you out for being an asshole to someone that was just trying to set the record straight, so you're trying to undermine MY credibility by calling me a bot.
This is literally the most libshit behavior I have seen on Lemmy. Holy fucking god
I think this dude is awesome, but if they were going to arrest him for anything it should have been that hairstyle.
Old school cool. Despite all.
He also did the first 360 noscope in Call of Duty.
He was also said to be so frustrated with attempts to debunk his real science that he started snopes.com to combat misinformation. Unfortunately, scopes.com was already taken.
If people don't want other people hearing or learning about something, it's probably worth learning
Except for conspiracy theories.
Even conspiracies. Learn about where they come from and why they're wrong.
Flat earth 💯
/J
thats what the government wants you to think
So the conspiracy that you can bypass sleep by putting a fork in an electrical socket is worth trying? Thanks kind internet stranger
might as well bypass life itself /s
people who dont believe in evolution as part of thier identity, usually dont even make it past hs, or even CC, they often drop out very quickly once they have to answer quesitons in biology that contradicts with god.
I've seen lots of them graduate where I live. They typically argue with it and say "Scientists don't know everything" and continue being ignorant throughout the rest of their time in school
Chad