Bill Nye Wants To Punish People Who Have ‘Extra Kids’

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I don’t even know what to say about this. Bill Nye, formerly called “the Science Guy,” has just quit trying to say things that make sense. On his recent show, he said that people are having too many kids!

“Should we have policies that penalize people for having extra kids in the developed world?” he asked a panel on his show. A writer at the Federalist named Hollingsworth describes what happened next:

Extra kids. These d-mn people and their existence, am I right? Nye (who, again, decided we all needed to see that abomination from Bloom) is wise enough to set limits on humanity. This whole concept and the ease with which he discusses it is so frightening and evil that I am genuinely appalled at Netflix’s decision to air it.

Rieder says we should “at least consider” a form of punishment for people who have these Extra Kids (TM). Nye impatiently responds that “consider means do it.” Snow, to her credit, jumps in and takes issue with the idea that “we do anything to incentivize fewer children or more children.” Benfield notes the history of compulsory sterilization in America, a practice that was in place as recently as the 1970s. The issue was not come at from a position of justice in the past, she adds. But this time will be different, I guess?

So, if you’re scoring at home, that leaves China’s maternity laws and their recently ended one-child policy as the key points from this half hour of science televangelism. As Calandrelli says, it’s time for America to “catch up.” With China.

Of course, this is because Nye believes that climate change is worse than trying to play God by getting rid of all those pesky babies. (Yeah, he had an actual abortionist on his panel, naturally: Dr. Nerys Benfield.)

Netflix should NOT have aired this filth.