Posted on 04/28/2021 2:34:01 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
On a recent walk, I came across a neighborhood littered with the yard sign in this photo. It seems the provocative platitudes we’ve seen on bumper stickers for a century have now taken root in our yards.
And for the same reason: To tell the world that the sign-planter holds wonderful beliefs that he’s willing to impose upon and attribute to the rest of his family. It’s surely not because the sign-planter thinks he’s persuading anyone of the rightness of his position, as if the neighbors reading the sign will say to themselves, “Gee, ‘Democracy dies in darkness’ is a great point. I’d never thought of it that way.”
OK, people preen. And leftists impose their beliefs on others. It’s what they do. But this one is stupid.
First, “Science is Real” is gibberish. The issue is not whether science is real or fake. The issue is whether enough data has been collected, sorted and analyzed correctly to arrive at a factual explanation for the particular subject under investigation. Science is not a thing, but a methodology. Science is the process of collecting data and rigorously analyzing it to understand a natural phenomenon.
To say “Science is Real” shows a fundamental lack of understanding about science. It’s like saying, “anthropology is real” or “chemistry is real.” I’ve known many scientists and not one has ever said, “Science is Real.”....
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No one bothers you because they don’t understand it.
The sign states blacks matter and it hates racism. Hmm, seeing a conflict there. No, sign guy, ALL lives matter. Stop with your racism.
I got into a serious beef with a local cottage industry “woke” org who distributed such yard signs under a “Christian” banner after I down voted them with a harsh criticism on FascistBook (back when I had an account.) they can be as fascist as they want, but drag Christ’s name into it and I’ll have something to say about it.
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