{"id":19236,"date":"2015-04-03T10:50:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T16:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=19236"},"modified":"2015-04-03T10:58:45","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T16:58:45","slug":"are-portlanders-anti-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2015\/04\/are-portlanders-anti-science.html","title":{"rendered":"“Are Portlanders Anti-Science?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Portlandia\"<\/a>
Portland, Oregon
Perhaps they\u2019re actually all Republican Evangelicals just MASQUERADING as Progressives?
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But I thought it was only those loons on the political and religious Right<\/em> who hated and feared science!<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.portlandmonthlymag.com\/news-and-profiles\/science-and-technology\/articles\/are-portlanders-anti-science-march-2015<\/a><\/p>\n

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Oregon is one of the least religious states in the Union<\/a>, and Portland is one of America\u2019s least religious cities<\/a>. \u00a0Oregon is also, as it happens, one of America\u2019s most politically liberal\u00a0states<\/a>, and Portland is among the nation\u2019s most liberal cities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I think it\u2019s time \u2014 urgently, desperately<\/em>! \u2014 for some more mockery of the Republican and conservative Christian war against science.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m reminded, for some reason, of a J. Golden Kimball story. \u00a0He was apparently trying to stress the importance of people getting to know each other well before they marry. \u00a0It seems that\u00a0\u00a0a man fell in love with a girl\u2019s beautiful singing voice and decided to marry her on that basis, without knowing much about her at all. \u00a0So, in a short time, they were married. \u00a0The very first morning after their wedding,\u00a0he woke up and looked over at his new wife. \u00a0She had curlers in her hair, no make-up, and, frankly, looked really bad. \u00a0He gazed at her for a while, with mounting horror. \u00a0Then he cried out, \u201cSing, for hell\u2019s sake! \u00a0Sing!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now, I expect to be hammered for sexism and, of course, for misogyny because I posted that J. Golden story. \u00a0But it seems to me to fit the Portland situation\u00a0rather well, because I can imagine that at least a few of those who like to mock religious and political conservatives for their supposed hostility to science might be suffering from a bit of cognitive dissonance in the light of the link I\u2019ve given, and that they\u2019ll be crying out for reassurance.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a little piece of mockery directed at Progressive Portland that won\u2019t help them much:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ErRHJlE4PGI<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve shared it before, but it\u2019s a classic.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 But I thought it was only those loons on the political and religious Right who hated and feared science! \u00a0 http:\/\/www.portlandmonthlymag.com\/news-and-profiles\/science-and-technology\/articles\/are-portlanders-anti-science-march-2015 \u00a0 Oregon is one of the least religious states in the Union, and Portland is one of America\u2019s least religious cities. \u00a0Oregon is also, as it happens, one of America\u2019s most politically […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n"Are Portlanders Anti-Science?"<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"    But I thought it was only those loons on the political and religious Right who hated and feared science!  \" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2015\/04\/are-portlanders-anti-science.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\""Are Portlanders Anti-Science?"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"    But I thought it was only those loons on the political and religious Right who hated and feared science! 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