Florida Anti-Evolution Activist Sees Cousins Everywhere
He probably saw them frequently, perhaps as he and his parents gathered around the breakfast table each morning. But we’ll leave the incest jokes for a moment, as I urge you to watch at least the first minute and a half of the video below.
The backstory on this is that Florida’s Board of Ed just approved classroom materials containing the world ‘evolution’ for the first time. Previously, the ’science’ taught to Florida schoolchildren simply referred to ‘changes over time.’
When you think with quiet rage about what has been passing for education in Florida, the fact that right-wingers got the Board to refer to evolution simply as ‘a theory’ really doesn’t seem so bad. It’s like they’ve finally been given math - the fact that they aren’t learning calculus is small beans.
To clarify: there are generations of Floridians who apparently never heard the word ‘evolution’ during their K-12 schooling.
Anyway, the man above is clearly the product of such an excellent system. Even given the primary source material, he’s failed to grasp its salient points.
Ps - I love the look on the Board member’s face about eight seconds in. Rarely does one see ‘what the fuck?’ so honestly personified.
h/t to Wonkette and ThinkProgress
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