Yikes…talk about a headline that perfectly encapsulates my worst fears:

Can democracy survive hordes of willfully ignorant voters?

Money quote (writer is talking about flat-earthers, but you could just as easily substitute anti-vaxxers, climate deniers, YECs, etc):

One of the things that always irritated me about these kinds of clowns: they’re a form of social parasite. They get a full, free ride on the coattails of modern science and rational analysis while undermining it at every turn and mocking those of us who do the heavy lifting.