steinpratt:startenthousand:think-progress:Ted Cruz Compares Himself to Galileo, Calls Those Who Beli
steinpratt:startenthousand:think-progress:Ted Cruz Compares Himself to Galileo, Calls Those Who Believe In Climate Change ‘Flat-Earthers’A few days after accusing “global warming alarmists” like California Governor Jerry Brown (D) of ridiculing and insulting “anyone who actually looks at the real data” around climate change, newly-declared presidential candidate Ted Cruz (R-TX) upped his rhetoric against those who care about the issue. what the actual fuck#Ted Cruz #dear sir #that is exactly the opposite of how that works #also Galileo wasn’t the one who said the world was round #he was the one who found evidence that the Earth orbits the Sun #I can’t even #what (via startenthousand)Somehow, astonishingly, this is even more wrong than the nimrods who claim Columbus was the one who proved the Earth was round.(Protip, would-be historians: People have known the Earth is round[ish] for a really long time.) -- source link
#science#ted cruz#galileo#climate change#rampant fuckery