Over in Oklahoma, state Representative John Bennett thinks that genocide is the appropriate Kool-Aid flavor when it comes to Muslims. At least if they’re living in the U.S.
Does he come out and say this? No. But his language implies it strongly when he said
You are really only getting in the team of the dense, obtuse, dopey, imperceptive, opaque, slow on the uptake, thick, and anti-Mormon guys. (That last one is for ignoring Barry Bickmore 
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Again, everyone should notice how inept you are at logic, since you did accept first that expertise should not apply to other fields then politicians and common folk should pay attention to what the related experts do say, but here you only certify that you have no clue what does accepting that implies; as Dr Seitz and others showed, they can still be great and good in a field like physics, for example, and it does not mean that the physics organization did have big issues or trouble with his related expertise when Seitz did lead their organization when he was an active researcher - This is very important to keep in mind as I have seen this misleading appeal to authority fallacy many times in the past when dealing with creationists and climate change deniers.
On top of that one should not give any credit to the ones that turn into stooges for the tobacco or fossil fuel companies.
You can even be a scientist who knows the scientific method and its importance, and still be way out of your depth in another field. William Shockley got a Nobel in physics for co-inventing the transistor, but his late-in-life fascination with eugenics and racism showed he should have stayed in the semiconductor lab. But at least he wasn’t a creationist like Carson.
I agree completely. But one who is smart can learn. Wasn’t that one of the reasons to vote for Barack Obama despite his lack of experience? “He’s just so smart!” He’s still brilliant, I guess. You just don’t see much of this brilliance in the job he’s doing. Maybe the same will be true of Carson. I would rather see him run for governor somewhere first. The Republicans tried to recruit him to run against Gary Peters in Michigan. But it could also just be that he wants the attention and will never really make a serious run.
But some people’s accomplishments are so great that even when they are wrong, I think it’s inappropriate for them to be in a thread about stupid Republicans. Carson is no idiot. I wouldn’t put nuclear physicist Rush Holt in the dumbass liberal thread either. I guess even smart people say idiotic things on occasion, especially when they speak on subjects they aren’t experts in. But if we acknowledge that we’re all human, that everyone says dumb things, then we can concentrate on people who establish a pattern of serial stupidity and bring political discourse down. LIke Michelle Bachmann.
As a politician, and as a Republican who’s being touted as presidential timber, yes, Carson is an idiot. And those who think he could be a decent President are idiots themselves.
Wait – does this mean you’re leaving?
Nice to see you following your principles, after I reminded you of them.
Look at the examples I provided; when we are dealing with Tea Party Republicans one has to realize that no, they can not learn.
The idiocy is on constantly avoiding avoiding what I posted; again, he would be still a genius in neurology, but that is most valid when he was an active researcher - This is very important to keep in mind as I have seen this misleading appeal to authority fallacy many times in the past when dealing with creationists and climate change deniers.
Heh. Not until my favorite board starts picking up the political discussion a bit. They’ve been more interested in talking about knitting and football and cats lately.
Part of the problem is that nearly all the liberals left because they are tired of defending the President, or maybe they just aren’t motivated to talk about politics because they aren’t angry about GWB anymore. But hey, the great thing about SDMB is that there’s no Democratic President that isn’t teh awesome. You guys’ll defend anything!
BTW, I’ve got to find a thread for you to bitch at me about my complaining about Obama throwing Clapper under the bus on ISIS. Classic Obama, that was.
And EVERYBODY ELSE doesn’t. Right?
Well, you know . . . at least there’d be healthcare all over the place. . .
Wouldn’t it be more straightforward to outlaw greed?
You think this thread is about ideas that stupid Republicans have? That’s weird.
I though it was about stupid ideas that Republicans have. Of course, there is a GREAT DEAL of overlap, so I suppose whichever of us is mistaken can be forgiven.
Judges? Can we get a ruling?
I’m imagining how long this thread would be if adaher discovered it a few years ago. 50,000 posts? 100,000?
You certainly are tho. Thanks for pointing that out to the rest of us in the quoted text, even tho it wasn’t really necessary.
I’m amazed at your ability to be wrong so often about so much. Scientists should study you so we can figure whether your DNA is bad or if you were just kicked in the head by a mule or something.
Ddamn you’re a fucking idiot.
Gawd, I hope not. I’m monitoring it in the hope that I get to make the Jean Valjean post.* I only saw Les Mis (the film) the first time last year, so I’m sure I wouldn’t have known to do it before then.
*24601. I’m pretty sure we’ll make it. Republicans have a LOT of stupid ideas.
And the stupidity of the Republicans continues:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/29/3573254/joni-ernst-science-climate/
The stupidity to me is the almost gleeful and wilful pride many Republicans have by remaining ignorant. And keeping others the same and to prevent any changes needed to deal with the issue.
Après nous, le déluge.
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I have not seen proven proof that [climate change] is entirely man-made.
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GAG.
Well, you got your provable proof, and then you got the other kind.