re: #483 Pie-onist Overlord

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In this presentation, we see “then” and “now” as though they are both “now.” We see this kind of juxtaposition from the right wing pretty frequently: blaming present day Democrats for Jeff Davis, for instance (even as they defend Davis elsewhere). I don’t see liberals throwing the Grant scandals at the present-day GOP.
This whole notion of chronology seems to be difficult for them, almost a signature characteristic. This in turn leads to a fundamental failure to understand cause and effect. I think their hostility toward science originates at a very basic level indeed, with their mental processes themselves.