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In the discussion thread: Rubio: Maybe Earth was created in 7 days because ‘I’m not a scientist, man’ [View all]

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 01:07 PM

caraher (3,646 posts)

18. What a great catch-all way to argue for the legitimacy of nonsense

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"Whether <myth> is true is one of the great mysteries in dispute among <purveyors of competing myths>. I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that because I'm not an expert in <relevant field of study>."

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149 replies	Author	Time	Post
Rubio: Maybe Earth was created in 7 days because ‘I’m not a scientist, man’ [View all]	trailmonkee	Nov 2012	OP
facepalm	sakabatou	Nov 2012	#1
Keep Rubio away from ANY political office. However, he	plethoro	Nov 2012	#133
It's a shame to see a coward in public like this.	PerceptionManagement	Nov 2012	#138
Oh dear Lord...it's only a mystery if you're a morAn...	Volaris	Nov 2012	#2
"The tides come in, the Tides go out...You can't explain this stuff"	AsahinaKimi	Nov 2012	#3
Everything they do is memeworthy.	ElboRuum	Nov 2012	#39
I can't wait for them to come out with the FOX SCIENCE network...	AsahinaKimi	Nov 2012	#43
Or a horror show	sakabatou	Nov 2012	#136
Don't forget "Constitutional Mustard"	arcane1	Nov 2012	#44
is that brown or yellow?	AsahinaKimi	Nov 2012	#47
Yellow, of course...	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2012	#105
Oh, fuck. When did this happen?!?!	ElboRuum	Nov 2012	#50
"The word is 'muster' Denny...."	66 dmhlt	Nov 2012	#129
I have a hard time passing Constitutional mustard.	ElboRuum	Nov 2012	#134
It's one of the great mysteries how a twerp like Rubio can gain power and be taken seriously	byeya	Nov 2012	#4
Well with that logic i guess he thinks the	lalalu	Nov 2012	#5
Have you ever lived in Florida? Or Illinois? Flat as bottom of an iron.	ChairmanAgnostic	Nov 2012	#27
LOL	lalalu	Nov 2012	#28
+1. I agree. Those pictures of earth taken from space were taken through circular lenses, so of	progree	Nov 2012	#36
space??????	rurallib	Nov 2012	#60
Tell me about it! The grade on the side of my place is 45+ degrees. I'm scared to death, I tell you!	freshwest	Nov 2012	#68
nyah nyah! My grades were always Cs. Okay, except for those Ds.	ChairmanAgnostic	Nov 2012	#76
lmfao	reusrename	Nov 2012	#82
yup, and all the evidence to the contrary is just God testing us	JI7	Nov 2012	#114
How do these nitwits get into a position of power or authority?	AtheistCrusader	Nov 2012	#6
they get elected by other people just like them	phantom power	Nov 2012	#22
This idiot or that other idiot in Louisiana, Jindal, are	Warren Stupidity	Nov 2012	#7
Remember the primaries?	reusrename	Nov 2012	#84
The Republican Primaries are 100% pure entertainment...	Moostache	Nov 2012	#102
These poo' bas tards	jonthebru	Nov 2012	#8
They, along with the Xtian Right, are responsible for the Idiocrazation of America. nt	valerief	Nov 2012	#11
Spelled "Rube-io" it seems!	NRaleighLiberal	Nov 2012	#9
Nor is he an expert on ANY of the bills on which he votes.	valerief	Nov 2012	#10
They didn't ask you how it was created, dumbfuck.	Iggo	Nov 2012	#12
Listen up, Americans. This idiot is in a position of power in your	LuckyLib	Nov 2012	#13
Unless he gets nailed	sulphurdunn	Nov 2012	#30
Obvious pandering is obvious	SpartanDem	Nov 2012	#14
Sure. Instead of teaching facts	colorado_ufo	Nov 2012	#15
Rubio may not think that he’s a scientist,...	DonViejo	Nov 2012	#16
So is that guy that said that the Big Bang Theory,	Rozlee	Nov 2012	#78
The GOP knows how to staff their committees! Losers,...	DonViejo	Nov 2012	#85
And that's scary!	LongTomH	Nov 2012	#107
So I guess they don't teach logic in law school	AldoLeopold	Nov 2012	#17
Or in Rubio-speak	caraher	Nov 2012	#20
What a great catch-all way to argue for the legitimacy of nonsense	caraher	Nov 2012	#18
republican template	SariesNightly	Nov 2012	#141
A revealing statement by the republican's pet minority.	iemitsu	Nov 2012	#19
Well frankly...	dropboss11	Nov 2012	#21
One of the issues facing us is the depletion of "fossil fuels"	jberryhill	Nov 2012	#83
His answers are very relevant	Lordquinton	Nov 2012	#86
well, frankly, it certainly does.	cali	Nov 2012	#112
You mention education as one of the topics Rubio ought to be answering questions about	iemitsu	Nov 2012	#139
Oh, not this shit again!	Suji to Seoul	Nov 2012	#23
He should be eliminated from the presidential race based on his dumbfuckery beliefs.	JRLeft	Nov 2012	#24
Tio Tomas. 'nuf said.	malachi	Nov 2012	#25
What an asshole.	jerseyjack	Nov 2012	#26
Sorry ---	jerseyjack	Nov 2012	#29
And this is what you say when you're afraid to lose your base.	truthisfreedom	Nov 2012	#31
It's possible that it was created in 7 days.	onehandle	Nov 2012	#32
Republicans -- The Juggalo Party(tm)	phantom power	Nov 2012	#33
This subthread shall be devoted to the explanation of magnets.	ElboRuum	Nov 2012	#40
First you need to plug it in......... nt	griloco	Nov 2012	#54
As one of their prophets taught us...	jtuck004	Nov 2012	#34
I had never seen that video before	AldoLeopold	Nov 2012	#69
Pls, Pls, Let Him get the Republican Nomination in 2016	dem in texas	Nov 2012	#35
Pandering four years early for the jesus vote.	sarcasmo	Nov 2012	#37
Oh my God	silhouete2	Nov 2012	#38
"a country where people should have the opportunity to teach them all."	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#41
We are the aliens man	Rambis	Nov 2012	#42
To me, the part of his statement that is the most unnerving is	eyewall	Nov 2012	#45
+1	villager	Nov 2012	#58
Republicans don't get it. Reality trumps fairy tales and unicorns and wishful thinking. Period.	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#46
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the GOP's candidate for 2016. n/t	eggplant	Nov 2012	#48
Does anyone give a shit at the lunacy of some...	santamargarita	Nov 2012	#49
"I’m not a scientist, man"	CheapShotArtist	Nov 2012	#51
"I'm not a scientist, man"	liberalmuse	Nov 2012	#52
Well I'm not a scientist but I KNOW the earth WASN'T created in 7 days!	Auntie Bush	Nov 2012	#53
They should've asked him if the Earth is flat. nt	CJCRANE	Nov 2012	#55
I’m not a scientist, man - But I DID stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!!!!!	benld74	Nov 2012	#56
Parents should be able to teach their children nitwit ideas without interference.	olegramps	Nov 2012	#57
"I’m not a scientist, man"	handmade34	Nov 2012	#59
These people are to stupid to be allowed to reproduce	Marrah_G	Nov 2012	#61
I'm not a sicentist either, man	Mz Pip	Nov 2012	#62
He's right, he's not a scientist...he's a panderer. Rubio, stop using that credit card for personal	louslobbs	Nov 2012	#63
Carbon dating, baby.	Fantastic Anarchist	Nov 2012	#64
Now that is a problem....	WCGreen	Nov 2012	#95
Where will it end? Won't anyone think of the children???	CaliforniaPeggy	Nov 2012	#96
No one ever thinks of the children...	WCGreen	Nov 2012	#97
LOL ...	Fantastic Anarchist	Nov 2012	#115
Not funny, scary.	Up2Late	Nov 2012	#65
Sounds like someone's trying to speak to the Republican base.	ck4829	Nov 2012	#66
The Rube shows his true colors...	SoapBox	Nov 2012	#67
It's the rubber bands that I just can't get my head around....	WCGreen	Nov 2012	#70
the humor never stops	SariesNightly	Nov 2012	#142
six days....	JustFiveMoreMinutes	Nov 2012	#71
Exactly	customerserviceguy	Nov 2012	#118
Rubio's a fucking Catholic	leftlibdem420	Nov 2012	#72
Are we even here?	DollarBillHines	Nov 2012	#73
I don't know, maaan.	ck4829	Nov 2012	#75
fucking magnets, how do they work?	frylock	Nov 2012	#74
shhhh.. magnets are magic tape sent as proof miracles do exist... velcro too	tomm2thumbs	Nov 2012	#91
Jesus! Don't tell him how the moon got here!	AlbertCat	Nov 2012	#77
St. Augustine said:	CreekDog	Nov 2012	#79
He's clearly wrong. By the 7th day, God (who looks like us, if you are a male) had already finished.	AnotherMcIntosh	Nov 2012	#80
....and played nine holes of golf!	LongTomH	Nov 2012	#109
NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME.	aquart	Nov 2012	#81
He doesn't want to take a position because he doesn't want to anger the base.	drm604	Nov 2012	#87
He's not a Senator, either, but he plays one in Congress......	lastlib	Nov 2012	#88
He'll have 3 years to assemble more of these winners ahead of his assumed run for Prez	tomm2thumbs	Nov 2012	#89
As Stephanie Miller says	Liberalynn	Nov 2012	#90
You don't have to be scientist to have common sense.	Third Doctor	Nov 2012	#92
He may not be a scientist but....	The Dude	Nov 2012	#93
What's even more a mystery is how rubio functions without a brain. nt	Javaman	Nov 2012	#94
2 plus 2 equals.....well, who knows? I'm not a mathematician	IDemo	Nov 2012	#98
Just because Rubio is not "a scientist".. does that have to make	Cha	Nov 2012	#99
Reads like some lines cut out of the script of "The Big Lebowski"	Blue_Tires	Nov 2012	#100
This isn't that bad.	Hosnon	Nov 2012	#101
You're also not a theologian, dude	Nonhlanhla	Nov 2012	#103
Thanks for this commentary	LongTomH	Nov 2012	#110
He's certainly no rocket scientist!	LeftishBrit	Nov 2012	#104
The real question...	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2012	#106
Gee whiz	wrath of medusa	Nov 2012	#108
And "germs" is just a theory, man.	ancianita	Nov 2012	#111
It is an indictment of our society	tabasco	Nov 2012	#113
"I don’t think I’m qualified to answer a question like that" <---Damn right.	Ash_F	Nov 2012	#116
He's just pandering, he's a Catholic and the RCC actually considers Creationism heretical.	Odin2005	Nov 2012	#117
well, believers mostly think God gave the example of what He did to form the galaxies, not sure it's	Divine Discontent	Nov 2012	#119
Earth was created in 7 days	PatrynXX	Nov 2012	#120
You're also not qualified to be a senator but that hasn't stopped you, has it? N/T	BlueStater	Nov 2012	#121
Arrogance: "People may never know, because I don't know."	Beartracks	Nov 2012	#122
Maybe we have gravity because the Earth sucks.	JohnnyRingo	Nov 2012	#123
They wear ignorance like a badge of honor.	gtar100	Nov 2012	#124
Rubio to English translation:	merrily	Nov 2012	#125
He's not a leader. A leader would support science, reality. He's a follower, corrupted by power. nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#126
A rube is a yokel, a dimwit. We can call him RUBEio from now on.	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#127
Wow! That's a hard veer to the Right isn't it?	lunatica	Nov 2012	#128
The dope calls himself a Catholic.	FlaGranny	Nov 2012	#130
Yipee Marco	BE10sCoach	Nov 2012	#131
He thinks scientific literacy has "nothing to do with the GDP or economic growth."	Overseas	Nov 2012	#132
He hasn't seen TROPIC THUNDER: "Never go full retard."	yurbud	Nov 2012	#135
Yep, He's Running for President Alright ....	YOHABLO	Nov 2012	#137
only in america	SariesNightly	Nov 2012	#140
Science is not a theology. Scientific truths, while contingent, are 'true' regardless of individual	Monk06	Nov 2012	#143
Who knows if the sun will rise tomorrow? I'm not a weatherman	ksecus	Nov 2012	#144
lol	Liberal_in_LA	Nov 2012	#145
I don't understand the problem. Pebbles and Bam-Bam had pet dinosaurs. Right??	retread	Nov 2012	#146
I suspect... and I could be wrong,	Quantess	Nov 2012	#147
My father's favourite (mocking) phrase...	rmarmion	Nov 2012	#148
Welcome to DU!	hrmjustin	Nov 2012	#149

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