Oh, Ben Stein
May. 16th, 2012 05:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crowwitchThere was a point when I liked you. There really was. There was a time where I disagreed with you but still saw you as an intelligent, rational human being.
Then I saw your movie.
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.
Yes, scientists are "blacklisted" for saying that they believe in intelligent design. Just like a doctor would loose his license to practice medicine if he published a paper advocating drilling holes in people's skulls to let out evil spirits as a cure for bowel cancer.
This is not an infringement of freedom, or persecution of people with certain religious or political beliefs.
Just... GAH.
I had to turn it off.
Then I saw your movie.
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.
Yes, scientists are "blacklisted" for saying that they believe in intelligent design. Just like a doctor would loose his license to practice medicine if he published a paper advocating drilling holes in people's skulls to let out evil spirits as a cure for bowel cancer.
This is not an infringement of freedom, or persecution of people with certain religious or political beliefs.
Just... GAH.
I had to turn it off.
