Marjorie Taylor Greene craziness megathread

[Kingpoleon]

What percentage of her voters are Young Earth creationists, and maybe more importantly, is she a Young Earth creationist herself?

A majority of white Southerners are YECers, as are ~40% of Americans. I don’t think most Republicans have taking a stance on evolution because almost all of their voters believe in YEC. To compare such mainstream pseudo science to vigorously anti-Semitic conspiracy theories is insane.

[Kingpoleon]

I thought the mainstream creationist position was somewhere between Old Earth and intelligent design. When was the last time this was polled?

To the contrary. Having grown up in a majority evangelical state - almost all of whom are YECers - there is also some debate about the existence of dinosaurs.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/261680/americans-believe-creationism.aspx (40% agreeing is also among the smallest percentage in the last 50 years)

[Kingpoleon]

Not familiar with the Washington dude. Such candidates like the larouche types seem to be more of a random sh**thappens predominant drive in an actual left-wing counterpart to qanon

One of the best things ever is how LaRouche’s followers are so strongly committed to “scientific pitch.” Like, an actually important political issue to them is regulation of symphonies.

[Kingpoleon]

It's also a reason why we are not a "democracy", but a REPUBLIC.  Our Republic has, to be sure, democratic features, but we are not a "democracy".  The "Guaranty Clause" guarantees that each state will have a "republican form of government", and not a "democratic form of government".  The older I get the more appreciative of this principle I become.

Democracy does NOT equal direct democracy - hence why there are two different terms for the two. This sort of linguistic magic trick is meaningless. The only definition of a Republic is NOT having a monarchy - North Korea is a Republic. To pretend these terms mean something they don’t is an odd prank on the English language.

[Kingpoleon]

Maybe that is not the main reason the flag was put up, but that is the reason she gave on twitter for why the flag was put up.   Newman wanted to troll MTG in order to get attention, and it worked.

Well, yeah. Anyone in Congress with half a brain will pick a fight with MTG right now - shockingly, only three people in Congress seem to have half a brain.