Are folks who oppose scientists creating and destroying human embryos "anti-science"?
Are folks who oppose federal courts intervening in local school curricula "anti-science"?
Are scientists who put out garbage like the Michael Fox ad in Missouri trying to dupe citizens into funding and constitutionally mandating human cloning "anti science"?
The anti-science people I refer to on FR are those arguing that crop circles are real, the moon landings were faked. There is a sub-culture of cranks who are lending fuel to the fire of anti-science suspicion on the part of conservatives. They are banging the anti-evolution drum and appealing to your sympathies. However, if you scratch beneath the surface of some of these people you find they are total nutball who believe the earth once orbited Saturn and gravity was much higher in the past, or the earth had a near miss with Venus flying in from outer space, or whatnot. Many of these cranks have been banned before and are sneaking back in under new nicks. As a long time poster who takes pride in having few posts pulled, it galls me to see people break the rules and get away with it.
Modern conservatism must be solidly pro-science and pro-reason or is will once again be the minority party. I have no problem understanding why some people believe embryonic stem cell research is contentious. What I am saying is to be on the lookout for anti-science kooks who believe that western medicine can't cure anything and that surgery is sinful. If you look around on what passes for science threads these days you are going to see a rather vocal group of people who do little but sow fear, uncertainty, and doubt upon the whole of science. What I am saying is don't buy into it. Don't let the Dems sieze the initiative as the party of science and reason. Don't lose the war for want of a horseshoe nail.