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{{data.pair|Text|“Setting out to debunk the idea that there really is a “[[war on science]]” coming from the right, these writers don’t bother engaging on the facts of the case at all. They don’t attempt to show that, say, [[conservative]] [[anti-Darwinism|anti-evolutionists]] are right, or that conservative [[global warming denial|global warming deniers]] know what they’re talking about. Instead, [[Yuval Levin|Levin]] and [[Michael Gerson|Gerson]] ignore, trivialize, and even mock the very serious argument that scientific information has been systematically mistreated under [[Bush II administration|this administration]] and by the American political right. Here’s Gerson: “There are few things in American politics more irrationally ideological, more fanatically faith-based, than the accusation that Republicans are conducting a ‘war on science.’” As for Levin: “Beneath these grave accusations, it turns out, are some remarkably flimsy grievances, most of which seem to amount to political disputes about policy questions in which science plays a role.” .. And that’s it for these authors—rather than taking apart the “war on science” argument, they simply assert with a [[handwaving|wave of the hand]] that we’re all confused, that the facts of science aren’t under attack from the right, it’s just that disagreements have occurred over ethics and policies.”</let> | {{data.pair|Text|“Setting out to debunk the idea that there really is a “[[war on science]]” coming from the right, these writers don’t bother engaging on the facts of the case at all. They don’t attempt to show that, say, [[conservative]] [[anti-Darwinism|anti-evolutionists]] are right, or that conservative [[global warming denial|global warming deniers]] know what they’re talking about. Instead, [[Yuval Levin|Levin]] and [[Michael Gerson|Gerson]] ignore, trivialize, and even mock the very serious argument that scientific information has been systematically mistreated under [[Bush II administration|this administration]] and by the American political right. Here’s Gerson: “There are few things in American politics more irrationally ideological, more fanatically faith-based, than the accusation that Republicans are conducting a ‘war on science.’” As for Levin: “Beneath these grave accusations, it turns out, are some remarkably flimsy grievances, most of which seem to amount to political disputes about policy questions in which science plays a role.” .. And that’s it for these authors—rather than taking apart the “war on science” argument, they simply assert with a [[handwaving|wave of the hand]] that we’re all confused, that the facts of science aren’t under attack from the right, it’s just that disagreements have occurred over ethics and policies.”</let> | ||
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