For Some, Scientific Illiteracy is a Marketing Brand

From this:

When it comes to dangerous misinformation about the pandemic, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is among the most ridiculous politicians in the country. It was just last week when the editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was pushed over the edge by Johnson’s hostility toward science, describing the Republican senator as “the most irresponsible representative of Wisconsin citizens since the infamous Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy in the 1950s,” and telling the people of Wisconsin that Johnson “is not fit to be your senator.”

But the GOP senator’s anti-science posture isn’t limited to COVID-19. CNN reported yesterday:  “I don’t know about you guys, but I think climate change is — as Lord Monckton said — bulls**t,” the Wisconsin Republican said, without uttering the expletive but mouthing it, and referring to British conservative climate change denier Lord Christopher Monckton. “By the way, it is.”

We need to understand that science denial is this guy’s brand. It’s what makes him newsworthy, and popular among ignorant Americans, of whom there are plenty.

Groucho Marx had a cigar. This ass**** makes asinine remarks.