In an interview with Vox, Bill Nye explains what he thinks it means to be patriotic.
You see, it’s science!
Bill Nye: Denying science is "unpatriotic" http://t.co/xB2qiPtpDk pic.twitter.com/sACNtaPuta
— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 24, 2015
And to back up this assertion, Bill Nye quotes the Constitution. For real:
When you have people denying this basic process, and how we all got here, it’s offensive to me intellectually. And I happen to think it’s unpatriotic. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution says the government shall “promote the progress of science and useful arts.” So if you’re a politician looking to derail the progress of science, I think you’re not doing your job.
Except that’s not really what Article I, Section 8 says. Notice what Nye left out of his quote:
To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
Now he’s Bill Nye the Constitutional Scholar Guy? What a clown. He’s using the section of the Constitution that is the basis for patent law to back up his assertion that questioning the science behind his climate alarmism is somehow unpatriotic.
And we really don’t need Bill Nye as the head of the patriotism police, thank you very much:
@voxdotcom The left is always the first to decry what is patriotism, then turns around and defines what is patriotism.
— Ex-GOP Greg (@Flying59Vette) May 24, 2015
Exactly.
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