Bethany Mandel Discovers Science In Science Museums, History In History Museums, Is Outraged

[erronis]

https://www.wonkette.com/p/bethany-mandel-discovers-science
Robyn Pennacchia

Once upon a time, many internet years ago, a woman named Megan Fox (not that Megan Fox) took a video of her trip to Chicago’s Field Museum, whereupon she whined about the fact that the museum acknowledged the reality of evolution, instead of coddling her belief in creationism. Tragically, the full video appears to have been lost to time, but there are still a few clips available, for those of you who never got to witness its majesty.

She writes for PJMedia these days, by the way. Tragically, I missed her article last year about how Trump was making dating great again for MAGA women — after some liberal women said they would give up sex or divorce their husbands after he won, in the model of the 4B movement in Korea — because now they wouldn’t have to compete with liberal women with “high body counts and low morals” for men. It’s a fun one!

Following in her footsteps now is one Bethany Mandel, whom you may remember from the time she wrote an entire book about “woke” and then found herself unable to define the term “woke.”

Or from the time she ran for Montgomery County, Maryland, school board despite homeschooling her kids, and lost.

This week, Mandel published an editorial on Fox asking “Why are major museums pushing climate change instead of celebrating the spirit of America?” and describing her horror when she went to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History only to discover that instead of celebrating America, they kept going on about science.

The easy answer to this is “Because it’s a science museum, you strange little woman,” but Mandel was not looking for easy answers.

One exhibit states, “Since the last ice age, Earth’s climate has warmed. But now that warming is getting faster because of us.”

The message is clear: “Hope you liked the dinosaur bones, kids — because we might be next.”

Well … yes?

I understand that people like Mandel (and Fox before her) like to have their weird beliefs coddled and would love to go to a science museum that doesn’t even mention climate change. Or that tells them “Sure! We’re having crazy weather these days, like those floods in Texas that just killed a whole bunch of people, but that’s only because Democrats are manipulating the weather with chemtrails because they want you to feel bad about your SUV!” or, you know “Sure! We’re having crazy weather these days, like those floods in Texas that just killed a whole bunch of people, but that’s because God is mad about gay people and feminists!” depending on what flavor of right-wing lunacy one subscribes to.

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[Moostache]

1. Of anything that has EVER lived on Earth, 99.99% are already extinct...

Bcause of morans like her, Homo Sapiens will 100% certainly join that list eventually.

[Ping Tung]

2. "You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons,

"You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?"

Mark Twain

[GiqueCee]

3. Staggering ignorance like Bethany Mandel's...

... has always been a part of the American experience. But it went to afterburners over the last 50 years, because conservatives HATE an educated electorate. Education has been throttled, college has become unattainable for too many, and now we reap what we sowed, and must endure the malicious ignorance of Trump, and the room-temperature IQs that support him.
Happy now, you evil fucks?

[Snackshack]

4. Lincoln had an opinion on this...

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”

Attributed to Abraham Lincoln in Golden Book, Nov. 1931.

[Farmer-Rick]

5. Oh god, I could only take watching half of that

It was just so ignorant. No coherent arguments. No understanding of basic highschool biology or chemistry or geology or physics.

Just sound bites and ridicule. Yeah, let's base our understanding of the world on jiberjabber, derision and mockery. Later on frat girl maybe able to add some violence to our understanding of natural science. It worked for the dark ages and the Inquisition. That's always better than science.

[erronis]

7. I apologize for posting that. I also could only watch a small fraction - the grating self-righteous voice

triggers something. Never went to parochial school, but I'll bet some of the nuns were similar.

[YoshidaYui]

6. GEE I SURE HOPE SHE IS JOKING AROUND CAUSE IF SHE REALLY BELIEVES THIS SHIT

SHE IS DUMB AS A ROCK AND DOESN'T KNOW HOW SCIENCE WORKS AND OBVIOUSLY HAS NEVER WATCHED STAR TALK.

[erronis]

8. A wonderful explanation about science education in 4 minutes. Thanks!

[PatSeg]

9. How can someone open their mouth and talk endlessly,

but not really say any at all? Seriously, can she really be that stupid?

[erronis]

10. That seems to be the model that all of those people take - flap lips and flatulate.

And for some reason the dimwits love it. Maybe because they don't have to think too much?

[PatSeg]

11. I've known far too many people like that

It still blows my mind that the people who have the least to say can just keep talking and talking and talking. Trump is like that too. With a vocabulary of 400 words, he can create the most extraordinary, mindless word salads.

[pecosbob]

12. While we are being bombarded by extremist views it is helpful to remember that they are fringe beliefs.

Ninety percent of our fellow countrymen understand and acknowledge that climate change is real even though the fringe will never admit this. Those that want to tear down our government piece by piece (the oligarchy) will fill the air with BS such as this to keep us divided and discouraged.