Good news for people who don’t know shit about dick: You can now teach science in Tennessee!

Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill | Grist

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Good news for people who don’t know shit about dick: You can now teach science in Tennessee!

This cartoon is from 1925. Way to make progress, Tennessee! Good news for people who don’t know shit about dick: You can now teach science in Tennessee ! The state legislature has passed a bill saying that if “science” “teachers” don’t personally believe in evolution or climate change, they’re free to represent them to students as kooky conjecture. Because forcing teachers to teach science is a form of fascism! Or socialism! I don’t know the difference, I took political science in Tennessee. It’s possible that Tennessee legislators, who to be fair did take math in Tennessee, got confused and thought it was 1912, 13 years before the Scopes Trial in that very same state started the process of undermining laws against teaching evolution. Or maybe Tennessee is finally chafing under the yoke of science, and rebelling against the obligation to live in the same reality as the res...

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@DavidDowhaniuk » 24 Mar '12, 2pm
We are having a "normal" spring! Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill [link] via @zite
@massivhedwound » 24 Mar '12, 3am
RT @BarbDanielsen: Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill [link] via @zite
@jumperl » 23 Mar '12, 7pm
Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill... Dumb and Dumber?[link] via @grist
@reth1nk » 23 Mar '12, 2pm
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@edyssee » 23 Mar '12, 12pm
wieder mal Im-falschen-Film-Gefühl: Tennessee passes anti-climate,anti-evolution ‘education’ bill [link] via @langwitches
@bethanyvsmith » 23 Mar '12, 12pm
“@tomwhitby: Unbelievable! Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill [link] #Edchat” so scary!
@Mizgibson » 23 Mar '12, 12pm
Evidence that some of us are De-Volving.Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill [link]
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@sarahpmaxwell » 23 Mar '12, 10am
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Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill [link] #scichat #cpchat #edchat #isedchat #edreform
@Cooksphere » 23 Mar '12, 5am
Liberate yourself from fact in the United States! [link]
@BenCapozzi » 23 Mar '12, 4am
'Good news 4 people who don't know $#\+ about D/cK' | RT @grist: TN passes anti-climate anti-evolution ‘education’ bill [link]
@theLaurzor » 23 Mar '12, 2am
“@grist: Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill: [link]” That must be a joke, right?
@Intelevore » 23 Mar '12, 1am
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@FreeChildhood » 23 Mar '12, 1am
RT @grist: Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill: [link] Maybe they got confused&thought it was 1912.
@domesticarts » 23 Mar '12, 1am
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@grist » 23 Mar '12, 1am
Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill: [link] Maybe they got confused and thought it was 1912.
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@NoBigGovDuh » 23 Mar '12, 12am
Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill [link] via @grist #OWS #p2 #p2b
@greenmatters » 22 Mar '12, 11pm
@maddow Would love to hear you talk about this on your show! [link]
@j_perkel » 22 Mar '12, 9pm
The brilliant @j_zimms: "Good news for people who don't know shit about dick: You can now teach science in Tennessee!" [link]
@TomClarkeC4 » 22 Mar '12, 8pm
This just in from the deep south: [link] @ClimateDesk @Grist”
@Ntrod » 22 Mar '12, 8pm
Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill [link] via @zite
@Birdmischief » 22 Mar '12, 8pm
Almost-funny slam from @grist of Tennessee's newly passed and very unfunny anti-science education bill. [link]
@GordinMichael » 22 Mar '12, 8pm
RT @jdhamblin: Crass but hilarious first line. Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill [link] via @grist
@themartorana » 22 Mar '12, 8pm
"Science," "education" [link]
@deborahblum » 22 Mar '12, 8pm
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Breaking news: Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill [link]
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@prcote » 22 Mar '12, 6pm
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RT @katewarren: RT @grist: Good news for people who don’t know shit about dick: You can now teach science in Tennessee! [link]
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@treyshelton » 22 Mar '12, 5pm
Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution "edukation" bill. My peoples doing me proud. Ughh... [link]
@flynnzie » 22 Mar '12, 5pm
[link] The link says it all.
@aaronjorbin » 22 Mar '12, 5pm
QUICK, someone find Scopes' Monkey. Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill. [link] via @grist
@floatingatoll » 22 Mar '12, 5pm
Tennessee: “[if they don’t] believe in evolution or climate change[, then] free to represent them to students as kooky” [link]
@LaraEveDesigns » 22 Mar '12, 5pm
@LaraEveDesigns This quote makes me cry with laughter. Here's where I got that: [link]
@mammuthus » 22 Mar '12, 5pm
Fair summary RT @j_zimms Good news for people who don’t know shit about dick: You can now teach science in Tennessee! [link]
@ryanhoover » 22 Mar '12, 5pm
..and we wonder why our country's continues its free fall down the educational rankings: [link] #smh
@jdhamblin » 22 Mar '12, 5pm
Crass but hilarious first line. Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill [link] via @grist
@smoochyz » 22 Mar '12, 5pm
Maybe Lincoln should have let the south secede? [link]
@kristalswan » 22 Mar '12, 5pm
What is this world coming to? -> Tennessee passes anti-climate, anti-evolution ‘education’ bill [link] via @grist