The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
From Gore Vidal in the Independent:
Symbolically, it’s interesting that regions of the US are rejecting Darwin and evolution. I can see why. We have a substantial minority in the US that hasn’t advanced much beyond the baboon. These ignorant folk are full of hatred, which is why they are currently rejecting evolution and going back to the stone age with torture, killing innocent people, attacking countries that have done us no harm. This is insupportable.
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