I am Labeled a "Creationist Apologist"

Discover how 'Expelled' became a box office success, ranking among top political documentaries despite controversy.

Written byChris Mooney
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...by Greg Laden. Or as one of my own commenters put it, "Either you really are just fucking stupid, or you're a closet creationist in this blog group. Pick one." I won't be deleting that comment despite the profanity, because I want to have it all on the record--the record of what now happens at ScienceBlogs if you say certain thing that people don't want to hear. All this happened, I suppose, because I dared to point out the obvious: Expelled is a success. I mean, it's the eighth highest grossing political documentary of all time...after its first week. Randy Olson of course knows this, because he's, like, a filmmaker. But go ahead, ignore Olson. Keep on firing inward. Beat up on me. Call me (the author of The Republican War on Science) a creationist. This abuse will not stop me from continuing to call for serious introspection about the massive communication crisis we're facing in the science world.

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