Josh Marshall unconsciously contradicts his own premise in his analysis of why people think what they think.
Do our beliefs form the basis of our partisan and ideological affiliations? Or is it vice versa?
There's been a lot of recent evidence not only that Republicans disproportionately disbelieve the evidence for man-made global warming but that their skepticism is growing. I think that trend is fairly classed under the general heading of Republican/conservative hostility to science.
This is a strange argument to make, given all the recent revelations of global warming believers' tampering with scientific evidence to achieve the results they desire. Surely, more than anything, that shows hostility to science.
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