Proof Yet Again That Conservatives Don’t Know What They’re Doing
New York Times story on how conservative ideology is interfering with health research and sex education.
Favorite ‘graphs:
“The spending had been vigorously opposed by the Traditional Values Coalition, a group that represents churches primarily. Andrea Lafferty, executive director of the coalition, said her group’s intention was to challenge research grants that “don’t pass the straight-face test.”
“There’s an arrogance in the scientific community that they know better than the average American,” Ms. Lafferty said.”
Well…they do. Scientists who spend years in their field of study do know better than “the average American” what needs to be researched. Am I crazy, or is that just beyond a no-brainer?
