Saturday, of course, is not only Earth Day but the first-ever March for Science, and while TV host Bill Nye the Science Guy was overseeing things from his position as co-chair, Steve Milloy, editor of JunkScience.com, was keeping an eye on the proceedings from a more skeptical vantage point.
"Our lives are in every way improved by having clean water, reliability electricity, and access to electronic global information." @BillNye pic.twitter.com/nQB2ywVtUf
— March for Science (@MarchForScience) April 22, 2017
You can thank capitalism for all of this. #MarchForScience https://t.co/TnJ7MaIbBh
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) April 22, 2017
We haven’t yet spotted many signs thanking capitalism for its contribution to our quality of life, but we’ve heard a few chants about fascism mixed in with the science puns. Here’s a photo showing some of the suggested chants for Chicago’s march. We’re partial to the one rhyming “questions” with “source citations” and yet managing to sound vaguely revolutionary.
https://twitter.com/mmmmblondell/status/855800213205901313
Chanting is what cultists do… not scientists. #MarchForScience pic.twitter.com/eUPE6Q1ssp
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) April 22, 2017
Chanting might be what cultists do, but come on … how many days a year do scientists get to march the streets in their lab coats and use bullhorns like all the other protest groups do? Let’s cut ’em a bit of slack.
Out of lab and into the streets!! #MarchForScience #MarchForScienceSLO pic.twitter.com/NOyklYuY44
— March4Science SLO (@march4sciSLO) April 22, 2017
#MarchforScience protestors chant "Oceans are rising, so are we" #SOSLA #SOSPolitics pic.twitter.com/zDbX40GS1F
— SAC on Scene (@SAConScene) April 22, 2017
Swear someone just tried to start a chant involving mitochondria. It didn't take. #marchforscience
— Dave Levitan (@davelevitan) April 22, 2017
Cheat notes for revolutionaries. #AlinskyPlayBook
— R.A.M. Spacek (@ramspacek) April 22, 2017
Of course, plenty of revolutionaries turned out to make sure that they were represented at the March for Science; after all, even the least informed anti-fascist knows that the scientific method is under attack.
The beginning of our chant sheet for the #ScienceMarch! Tweet us your favorites! pic.twitter.com/0UWJCfHner
— Trump/Pence Must Go NOW—#OutNow (@RefuseFascism) April 21, 2017
These gals in downtown Los Angeles decided to leave the white coats back in the lab and go with coordinated T-shirts instead.
Marchers make their way up Hill Street during the #MarchforScience in DTLA on #EarthDay. pic.twitter.com/WwKBCZWcgN
— Genaro Molina (@GenaroMolina47) April 22, 2017
Chant of the day so far:
Best chant so far: "We're nerds, we're wet, we're really quite upset." #marchforscience pic.twitter.com/zMgsJHujPc
— Joseph White Jr. (@JGatlinWhite) April 22, 2017
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Related:
Fail! Tim Kaine’s #MarchForScience dictionary gets SHREDDED https://t.co/PSeTuc4NVq
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 22, 2017
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