Open debate is one of the hallmarks of a strong democracy because if people aren’t aware of all of the options they cannot make an informed decision. Unfortunately this has been hijacked to mean that every option no matter how discredited or downright silly stills need to accommodated despite its absurdity. This post in the Bad Astronomy Blog over at Slate is a wonderful piece of writing explaining why accommodation to clearly asinine stances is something that needs to cease.
It’s turtles all the way down.
