The Worst of It

Confronting creationists and scriptural literalists, it’s hard not to rub it in. If you want to believe that the earth is four thousand years old or that angels hover over Knoxville on warm summer nights, God bless you, that’s what freedom’s for. But when Christian troglodytes obstruct education, vandalize basic science, and humiliate craven politicians already dancing like organ grinders’ monkeys to please Wall Street and its media, enough is enough, and it was enough in 1925. Some of us, without much luck, are trying to have a civilization here. It’s an uphill struggle, and a lot of you aren’t pulling your weight.

When the South is safe for Darwin, maybe that’s when we can begin to boast. (Read more here.)