Mark Small

Hostile take-over of one of the two “major” political parties by a minority embraces ignorance, bigotry and blind obedience to their concept of government. This is the greatest danger we face today: control of our government by those who extol stupidity. 2/16

1) Look at trump’s actions that have exacerbated COVID-19 crisis. From a post yesterday: fired scientists, called virus a hoax, said doctors & hospitals are lying, lied about urgency, stole tests & PPE for friends, had no plan, said stats & death counts are lies. 3/16

Brizzi says like trump “I know what it’s like when opponents use fake news and lies to advance their own careers.” Yes - be the origin of the “fake news” and lie about the lies you uttered only moments before. That’s trump. 4/16

2) We cannot allow this anti-science approach to problems to run our government. Polio, measles, and tuberculosis - to name only three - were largely eradicated in this country because we - hold on to your hats - vaccinated children. 5/16

Popular amongst those who have hijacked the GOP are views that are grounded in an odd and narrow set of beliefs, amongst which: Earth only is 6,000-some odd years old, evolution is “only” a theory. To say vaccines are bad fits right in. 6/16

People have a right to hold absurd beliefs, but (1) one cannot act on beliefs when such action harms others & (2) we can’t place in control of gov’t people who believe science is false and their interpretation of their religion must control gov’t. 7/16

Candidate Beckwith believes in dominionism: building society is exclusively Christian, and dependent specifically on the work of Christians, rather than based on a broader consensus. Barron, “Heaven on Earth,” 1992, p. 14. 8/16

In a video Beckwith shot in his car, he says only people with beliefs rooted in “scripture” can be moral, and specifically excludes atheists, agnostics, Hindus and Muslims. He also espouses a view that COVID-19 is part of a conspiracy by China. 9/16