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Today, nationwide, and also in our hometown, activists marched for science and against ignorance.And well they should have!However, these activists have an ignorant and virulent corruption in their own midst.

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Jennifer Jones 10:56 a.m. ET April 27, 2017

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Last week, nationwide, and also in our hometown, activists marched for science and against ignorance.

And well they should have!

However, these activists have an ignorant and virulent corruption in their own midst. It's called social darwinism, and with it, people in the STEM fields can justify granting and withholding scientific and medical advancements to their adherents.

The social darwinist STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) crowd should fight back against the anti-intellectual wave sweeping our nation. But the same crowd should also take a close look at their own, very visible enemy, Donald Trump, and also at everyone and everything else that has permitted his rise to power.

STEM social darwinists: Don't you approve? Aren't you pleased? Trump and his ilk are the epitome of everything many of you embrace. Born rich, recipient of family wealth, Trump is the poster-child of social darwinism. For who deserves more in our society than the children of the successful oligarchs? Is he not what you requested? Is he not magnificient? Is he not the flower of natural selection?

No?

Well then, perhaps you'd better second guess more than the Bible-thumping religious right!

Jennifer Jones

Greer

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