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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)After being heard on a hot mike calling a Republican senator a moron, Dr. Anthony Fauci defended his decision by saying that he was just following the science.
The esteemed virologist said that, in calling Senator Roger Marshall, of Kansas, a moron, I didnt mean to offend. I was just trying to be accurate from a scientific standpoint.
As a scientist, I believe its important to use the correct nomenclature, Fauci said. You need to call a virus a virus, and a bacterium a bacterium. In this same way, I am confident that I was correct in calling Senator Marshall a moron.
Fauci said that he does not use the word moron capriciously, but only after extensive scientific experimentation proves that it applies.
Take Rand Paul, for example, Fauci said. I didnt determine that he was a moron until after forty-five seconds of hearing him speak.
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/fauci-defends-calling-gop-senator-a-moron-im-just-following-the-science
lame54
(35,267 posts)Has been peer reviewed and is a consensus
It didn't even require extensive scientific study.
lastlib
(23,163 posts)and I have concluded with 99.999% certainty that Rand Paul is indeed a moron, exhibiting all of the traits and genetic markers of morons of the genus repuglikanus.
Good work!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Some take offense with the literary borrowing of a medical term used as a pejorative, others write a monograph. Who will tackle a world monograph?
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L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)There are so many now, what are their breeding habits? So many questions, too few journals.
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Deuxcents
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(5,443 posts)ShazzieB
(16,284 posts)I love the way these pieces always hook me in with a title that sounds outrageous but not completely outide the realm of possibility. Then I start reading, and it g r a d u a l l y dawns on me!