There are some arguments that are so absurd on their face that the simple act of rebutting them rationally makes you feel a little dumber than you were when you started.
"If humans evolved from monkeys, then there wouldn't be any more monkeys."
"Government spending doesn't create jobs."
"Barack Obama's parents planted his birth announcement."
These are all preposterous statements. They are the kinds of assertions made by people who grew up on a diet of paint chips, mint paste, and quarry chub. When we hear them, we know we're in the company of someone truly special--someone capable of living with one foot in this Newtonian reality and the other foot in an alternate dimension entirely. We know not to trust such people with our children, or heavy machinery, or governments.
Wait, no, strike that last one. Apparently we do entrust our government to such people, as evidenced by the fact that 5 of 9 Supreme Court justices asserted earlier this year that in fact money is speech, and as such, campaign contributions are protected under the First Amendment.
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