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Ben Stein and the Shoah

By jlynch on April 26, 2008.

From Evolved and Rational:

You only start to feel insulted when Ben Stein decides that the Holocaust is his "personal" reason for "investigating" evolution, and trust me, you feel really insulted. No, Ben Stein, your movie is not a personal crusade on behalf of your lost ancestors. No, Ben Stein, periodically putting your head in your hands while walking around Dachau at inappropriate points in a conversation does not endear you to an audience that you’ve already openly belittled, bored, and been dishonest with. NO, Ben Stein, you’re not poignantly reflecting on the dangers of pseudoscientific dogma. You, sir, are whoring out the horrific tragedies of the Holocaust in the name of your pet political agenda. I hope this is the first and last time the words "prostitute" and "Holocaust" can ever be associated by the same sentence, but so long as Intelligent Design marketers have seats to fill, that prospect seems dim.

Hat-tip to Jim Lippard.

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Intelligent Design

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