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Buckeye_Democrat

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4. Only about 6% of scientists...

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 14, 2020, 01:04 PM

Oct 2020

... identified themselves as Republicans in a 2009 Pew Research poll, and it wouldn't surprise me if that percentage has lowered even more in the interim.

For a staunch Republican who pretends to support truth, maybe even deluding themselves into thinking that's their motive, a mental escape for them is to declare modern scientists as influenced more by politics or "tax dollars".

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Not walking in front of a bus does not save your life it simply postpones your death [View all] Soph0571 Oct 2020 OP

Does she know Cosmo Blues Oct 2020 #1

As far as right wing newspaper columnists are concerned.... T_i_B Oct 2020 #3

Only about 6% of scientists... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #4

Yep... same as new are going for here. Zoonart Oct 2020 #2