tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post662677598579591286..comments2024-03-29T07:00:27.146-04:00Comments on Encyclopedia of American Loons: #14: David BartonG.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-38422896543484221642014-07-19T19:56:31.954-04:002014-07-19T19:56:31.954-04:00The Arguement is over just look at the Presidency ...The Arguement is over just look at the Presidency of George Bush...WHATEVER THAT was:<br /><br />TOTALLY NOT<br /> WHAT THE FOUNDERS HAD IN MINDWorldWideWacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04340307067240379449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-60747880288052330972014-01-23T15:17:51.714-05:002014-01-23T15:17:51.714-05:00Barton continues to fight for (his own delusional ...Barton <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-second-amendment-guarantees-individual-right-own-tank-or-fighter-jet" rel="nofollow">continues to fight</a> for (his own delusional take on) the Second Amendment, claiming that it guarantees individuals the rights to own tanks or fighter jets. At least he seems to have given up the idea of running for senator, an idea that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/glenn-beck-can-barely-contain-himself-idea-senator-david-barton" rel="nofollow">made Glenn Beck all giddy</a>. Indeed, even hardcore conservatives should presumably be a bit worried by a senator who <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/david-bartons-choice-texas-attorney-general-seeks-turn-state-independent-nation" rel="nofollow">actively supports Texas secessionists</a>, even <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2014/01/16/barton-endorses-secessionist-for-texas-ag/" rel="nofollow">nominating them for the position of Texas attorney general</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.philipvickersfithian.com/2013/10/the-david-barton-dozen.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is more commentary on his fraudulent pseudo-history; of course, Barton doesn’t only lie about history to serve his political purposes; he also – blatantly – lies about the reception of his lies among those who actually know something about history. Those lies are probably related to his views on public schools, which are incoherent but at least seems to have something to do with <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/11/07/barton-something-something-babylonian-education/" rel="nofollow">”Babylonian education”</a>, whatever that is supposed to mean. He also <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/12/07/barton-lies-about-obamas-thanksgiving-proclamations/" rel="nofollow">lies some more about Obama</a>, and it is pretty clear that he just doesn’t care one bit that his claims are obviously false or that he knows that they are false. But that’s not unexpected.<br /><br />As for global warming, he has recently <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-its-not-global-warming-its-judgment-god" rel="nofollow">tried to argue</a> that “it’s not global warming; it’s <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/11/04/barton-global-warming-is-gods-judgment/" rel="nofollow">God’s judgment</a>. More precisely, Barton appears to believe that <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2013/11/05/abortion-and-david-bartons-theometeorology/" rel="nofollow">global temperatures are causally linked to the number of legal abortions</a>. <br /><br />He did, though, get some flak for his claims, with televangelist fraud Kenneth Copeland, that veterans can’t have real PTSD because the Bible says they are heroes and ministers of God. After taking a lot of heat, he <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/11/27/barton-defends-his-dangerous-ptsd-nonsense/" rel="nofollow">released a statement defending himself</a>. The defense amounted to claiming that the criticism of him comes from evil liberals and therefore is invalid.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-24558887159251409742013-09-09T12:24:50.684-04:002013-09-09T12:24:50.684-04:00At least Barton doesn’t need either religion or th...At least Barton <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/david-barton-doesnt-need-religion-or-bible-lie-about-gay-marriage" rel="nofollow">doesn’t need either religion or the Bible</a> to lie about gay marriage.<br /><br />And <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/david-barton-doesnt-understand-why-atheists-are-so-angry" rel="nofollow">here</a> he plays genuinely nonplussed about why his critics are so “angry”. Evidence of anger? They disagree with him.<br /><br />Otherwise, things go on as usual. Barton lies and tries to revise history. <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/rodda/2013/08/18/a-preview-of-the-next-volume-of-debunking-david-bartons-jefferson-lies/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a preview of the next volume of debunking Barton’s Jefferson lies. And <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-we-havent-had-global-warming-sixteen-years" rel="nofollow">here</a> he claims that there has been no global warming for the last 16 years, a claim so often refuted that it starts to become silly. Barton presumably <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/08/17/barton-lies-about-global-warming-too/" rel="nofollow">knows this</a>, but that’s the whole idea behind revisionism: that if you just keep repeating the point, it will become true. For instance his mainstay claim that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-atheism-religion-and-violation-separation-church-and-state" rel="nofollow">atheism is a religion and a violation of the separation of church and state</a>, the latter being a separation he does not believe in anyways. He even <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/07/26/barton-revises-history-of-his-own-revisionism/" rel="nofollow"> tries to revise the history of his own revisionism</a>. Despite the appalling lack of quality in his scholarship, however, Barton <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/does-david-bartons-sober-minded-scholarship-include-attacks-gays-native-americans-and-science" rel="nofollow">remains exceedingly popular</a> among the religious right, including rightwingers in Congress. <br /><br />As already shown, Barton on science is generally if not always a dismal affair, and he <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-being-good-scientist-or-mathematician-requires-proper-fear-lord" rel="nofollow">seems to have a rather faulty idea of how science works</a>. At least he baldly asserts that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-everything-bible-says-will-eventually-be-confirmed-science" rel="nofollow">everything the Bible says will eventually be confirmed by science</a>, which kinda reveals a rather unscientific attitude and at least shows (though it is not the most egregious thing the quote reveals) that Barton is quite happy that his beliefs at present are not scientifically based – contrary to what he seems to have claimed elsewhere.<br /><br />His <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/07/26/barton-beck-isnt-really-mormon/" rel="nofollow">attempt to argue that Glenn Beck isn’t really Mormon</a> is mostly funny, however.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-2518657265488782732013-07-02T17:18:59.145-04:002013-07-02T17:18:59.145-04:00Barton on why you can't drink Starbucks and be...Barton on <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-you-cant-drink-starbucks-and-be-biblically-right" rel="nofollow">why you can't drink Starbucks and be Biblically right</a>. <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/06/28/barton-can-lie-with-charts-too/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> he lies again, in a manner that suggests that he doesn't even try to hide that he is lying anymore.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-91654148213594934852013-05-15T18:29:52.355-04:002013-05-15T18:29:52.355-04:00Here is a portrait of a Barton supporter. Here is ...<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/dominionist-apostle-promotes-david-bartons-distorted-history" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a portrait of a Barton supporter. <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-right-wing-vote-rigging-scheme-gives-people-greater-voice" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is Barton trying to argue that rightwing vote rigging schemes actually give people a greater voice, presumably because they prevent the wrong people from voting.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-9741150568676058192013-05-01T14:34:58.821-04:002013-05-01T14:34:58.821-04:00Barton's been busy since the last update, part...Barton's been busy since the last update, particularly in just the last couple of weeks.<br /><br />Here is his claim that the game "Bioshock Infinite" is teaching kids to hate conservatives and Christians: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-bioshock-infinite-teaching-kids-hate-conservatives-and-christians<br /><br />Here, Barton claims that decent people find homosexuality disgusting: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-decent-people-find-homosexuality-absolutely-reprehensible-and-disgusting<br /><br />Here, Barton claims that the Democrats have Kermit Gosnell "wrapped around themselves": http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-democrats-have-wrapped-kermit-gosnell-around-themselves<br /><br />Here, Barton "explains" why gay marriage is Unconstitutional, and he also throws in a non sequitur about drugs just for good measure: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/david-barton-cogently-explains-why-gay-marriage-unconstitutional<br /><br />Here, Barton says that Congress should encourage more people to be religious instead of passing Obamacare: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-instead-passing-obamacare-congress-should-have-called-people-be-more-religious<br /><br />Here, Barton shatters every irony meter that ever existed: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-conspiracy-mentalities-are-bad-deal<br /><br />For extra head-scratching, try reading his take on the Indian Wars: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/david-barton-explains-just-war-theory-we-had-destroy-indian-tribes-until-they-became-civilizEvan Brehmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424728950910786281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-66839364908018830162013-02-18T16:10:16.942-05:002013-02-18T16:10:16.942-05:00Barton has got some attention recently for his cla...Barton has got some attention recently for his claim that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-there-were-no-gun-accidents-during-founding-era" rel="nofollow">there were no gun accidents during the found era</a>. More debunking <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/rodda/2013/02/13/david-barton-claims-that-gun-accidents-just-didnt-happen-in-the-founding-era-yeah-right/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />Now, after the Sandy Hook shootings a wide variety of measures have been suggested, some crazier than others. Barton's suggestion is in a class of its own, however. Barton's claims, apparently, that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-armed-school-children-prevent-school-shootings" rel="nofollow">armed school children prevent school shootings</a>, which I think even the dimmest fundie wingnut will recognize as probably not quite accurate.<br /><br />Staying with the same topic, Barton has also claimed that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-there-should-be-no-limits-second-amendment" rel="nofollow">there should be no limits to the second amendment</a>, meaning that as long as the government has access to nuclear arms, so should ordinary people.<br /><br />February is also Black history month. Barton's WallBuilders celebrate that by encouraging everyone to celebrate it buy purchasing a copy of David Barton's <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/celebrating-black-history-month-david-barton" rel="nofollow">absurdly biased DVD</a> "Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black & White". The scholarship is of course as rigorous as you'd expect from pseudohistorian Barton.<br /><br />There is a fine resource for debunking Barton's lies and pseudo history <a href="http://www.pfaw.org/media-center/publications/david-barton-propaganda-masquerading-history" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and some thorough debunking of Barton's book on the Second Amendment <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/rodda/2013/01/31/a-debunking-of-pseudo-historian-david-bartons-book-on-the-second-amendment/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-86177369511320841642013-01-11T19:23:40.173-05:002013-01-11T19:23:40.173-05:00This is what it looks like when Barton is arguing ...<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-hate-virtue-and-were-going-be-intolerant-liberalism" rel="nofollow">This</a> is what it looks like when Barton is arguing that liberalism destroys virtue. The point being that hate is a virtue while tolerance is a sin, and of course liberalism is opposed to hate and in favor of tolerance. As a consequence, Barton asserts that Christians have got to be “intolerant of liberalism”. Nice.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/math-and-reading-comprehension-lesson-david-barton" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a math and reading comprehension lesson for Barton.<br />G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-37166720856558270702012-12-21T13:58:08.970-05:002012-12-21T13:58:08.970-05:00Barton, in true, standard, conspiracy theorist vei...Barton, in true, standard, conspiracy theorist vein (think Jeff Rense), <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-administration-allowed-libya-attack-perfect-set-passing-laws-criminalize-criticism-is" rel="nofollow">thinks that the Obama administration allowed the Libya attacks in order to have an excuse to pass laws criminalizing criticism of Islam</a>. One sometimes wonders what it is like to be so fully disassociated from reality. <br /><br />Well, one thing that helps is to realize that Barton isn’t really misunderstanding reality so much as not caring – <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/11/09/more-barton-lies/" rel="nofollow">this one</a>, for instance, is a flat-out lie. And his <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/fifth-time-david-barton-falsely-claims-constitution-full-direct-quotations-out-bible" rel="nofollow">repeated, ridiculously and obviously untrue assertions that the Constitution is full of direct quotations from the Bible</a> are hardly anything but lies either.<br /><br />But OK. There is an element of complete lack of comprehension or ability to align one’s views with reality as well. Before the election, Barton was – like Beck and quite a number of wingnuts – pretty convinced that Mitt Romney was going to win in a landslide. Barton agreed, it seems, with Beck’s assertation that he would win in a landslide <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-barton-say-romney-will-win-because-we-are-repeating-all-steps-founders-took-create-nati" rel="nofollow">because the Tea Party and prayer rallies and conservative grassroots activism are all just like what the Founding Fathers did to create this nation</a>, so “we are repeating all of the steps that it took for use to be free around the time of the Declaration of Independence.” Indeed.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-66077997956896214122012-10-30T17:40:08.299-04:002012-10-30T17:40:08.299-04:00Here, shockingly, is Barton caught blatantly lying...<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-it-was-only-government-regulated-industries-had-be-bailed-out" rel="nofollow">Here</a>, shockingly, is Barton caught blatantly lying again (also <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/10/26/bartons-bizarre-biblical-economics/" rel="nofollow">here</a>). For some more examples of how Biblical principles are directly incorporated into the Constitution, see <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-offers-another-example-many-biblical-principles-directly-incorporated-constitution" rel="nofollow">here</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-26271318325317870312012-10-20T13:27:18.766-04:002012-10-20T13:27:18.766-04:00Here Barton makes scientific predictions based on ...<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-science-will-eventually-discover-salt-not-bad-people-because-bible-says-so" rel="nofollow">Here</a> Barton makes scientific predictions based on the Bible, while <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-obama-wont-even-acknowledge-god-traditional-ways-were-used-most-presidents-doing" rel="nofollow">lamenting Obama’s lack of Christian faith</a>. And as usual, the fact that people disagree with him is equivalent to <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-blames-pfaw-and-others-creating-toxic-environment-responsible-christian-persecution" rel="nofollow">Christians being persecuted</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-77493752401471543652012-10-05T13:50:41.450-04:002012-10-05T13:50:41.450-04:00If there is anything that would match Barton’s del...If there is anything that would match Barton’s delusional dishonesty (there are some insights into his research methodology <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/proof-texting-insight-how-david-barton-constructs-his-pseudo-history" rel="nofollow">here</a>) it must be his <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-criticism-my-work-just-when-god-and-satan-tested-job" rel="nofollow">delusions of grandeur</a>. G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-52882560808432207582012-10-03T19:44:08.033-04:002012-10-03T19:44:08.033-04:00More on Barton's new book here.More on Barton's new book <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-dna-evidence-biblical-concept" rel="nofollow">here</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-7238412555015356742012-10-02T14:53:53.193-04:002012-10-02T14:53:53.193-04:00Barton has a new book out. As expected, it is an e...Barton <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-4th-july-and-second-amendment-came-out-bible" rel="nofollow">has a new book out</a>. As expected, it is an exercise in motivated reasoning from another world.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-2536866416302373342012-08-15T20:06:53.270-04:002012-08-15T20:06:53.270-04:00Rightwingwatch has compiled the ten stupidest thin...Rightwingwatch has compiled the <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/08/15/david-bartons-10-dumbest-statements/" rel="nofollow">ten stupidest things said by David Barton</a>. They've got plenty to choose from.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-69923688651844359012012-06-25T18:26:07.847-04:002012-06-25T18:26:07.847-04:00Well, this man sure continues to astound us.Well, this man sure <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-christians-who-criticize-me-are-just-parroting-their-secular-professor" rel="nofollow">continues to astound us</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-60341122348147994762012-06-10T15:50:11.130-04:002012-06-10T15:50:11.130-04:00Barton continues his battle against reality, as ex...Barton <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/06/10/barton-people-are-poor-due-to-lack-of-christianity/" rel="nofollow">continues his battle against reality</a>, as expected.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-50274180207674821652012-05-14T19:09:40.311-04:002012-05-14T19:09:40.311-04:00A small sample of falsehoods from Barton's mos...<a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/rodda/2012/05/13/how-big-of-a-liar-is-david-barton-you-aint-even-gonna-believe-this-one/" rel="nofollow">A small sample of falsehoods</a> from Barton's most recent book.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-76086402770003491292012-04-23T22:57:45.204-04:002012-04-23T22:57:45.204-04:00This illustrates fairly well the danger a complete...<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-barton-will-receive-lot-credit-afterlife-saving-america" rel="nofollow">This</a> illustrates fairly well the danger a complete loon like Barton pose to civilization.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-46641150833630682832012-04-12T12:52:56.331-04:002012-04-12T12:52:56.331-04:00Barton is known to try to claim that it's not ...Barton is known to try to claim that it's not the religious right who is trying to institute a theocracy, but the liberals. His evidence, however, is <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-were-not-after-theocracy-they-are-its-secular-theocracy" rel="nofollow">more abysmally insane than you'd thought possible</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-37050334653986662232012-04-06T18:14:28.806-04:002012-04-06T18:14:28.806-04:00And here is Barton claiming that schools don't...And <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-schools-dont-teach-history-because-evolution" rel="nofollow">here</a> is Barton claiming that schools don't teach his version of history because of evolution. Which would, of course, be an argument against him if it were true, but Barton doesn't quite manage to see it that way.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-54746974958005639242012-04-03T10:54:43.055-04:002012-04-03T10:54:43.055-04:00Chris Rodda has started a new series debunking Bar...Chris Rodda has started a new series debunking Barton's newest book. You can read the first entry <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/rodda/2012/04/02/starting-to-debunk-david-bartons-new-book-the-jefferson-lies/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-7107866404188646832012-03-26T16:15:33.429-04:002012-03-26T16:15:33.429-04:00Here's Barton claiming that secular law leads ...<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/david-barton-twists-facts-claims-secular-law-leads-sharia" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> Barton claiming that secular law leads to sharia, because he doesn't know how words work, what expressions mean, what distinguishes reasoning from delusional ranting, or (even cursorily) how reality is put together.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-70765697953723286392012-03-16T15:40:30.661-04:002012-03-16T15:40:30.661-04:00Usual stuff.<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/another-false-news-friday-david-barton" rel="nofollow">Usual stuff</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-1170823420393619292012-02-23T20:02:13.084-05:002012-02-23T20:02:13.084-05:00Now, this must surely count as among the most ridi...Now, <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/barton-weve-never-been-colonialist-nation" rel="nofollow">this</a> must surely count as among the most ridiculous things Barton has ever said. At least he does not have the faintest clue about American history, and he props up his ignorance with the most ridiculous glassy-eyed, evangelical explanatory attempt we have yet to see.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.com