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<p>Quite right Eric! You merely asked for critical thinking.</p>
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<p>This can sort this matter out quite quickly just by applying
critical thinking</p>
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<p>This QAnon stuff that it is based on has no basis in fact at
all. They are alleging that NABA. the North American BUTTERFLY
Association are using their center as a base for child sex
trafficking. This is not just nonsense, it is CRAZY.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/02/2022 20:24, Metzler, Eric H.
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I suggest I made no comments on politics. When I reread what I
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I suggested these events are simply signs of the times. My
politics (unstated in my comments) are neither to the left nor
to the right. I prefer no extremism, rather I hope for critical
thinking. I encourage us to engage in such thinking and to pass
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Thank you for the opportunity to further explain my point of
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Eric</div>
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Eric H. Metzler</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 6, 2022 11:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Metzler, Eric H. <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:MetzlerEH@si.edu"><MetzlerEH@si.edu></a>; Leps
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Leps-l] NYTimes article on the NABA
butterfly park</font>
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I think all this talking about Not Following the Science and
Science is the intellectual enemy only amounts to Extremist
Leftist Political Propagandizing for Leftist Political
Power. I find it very offensive and wish to not see it in
intelligent discussions of butterflies, their natural
habitats, and ways of life. Do you think we can cool this
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Sincerely,</div>
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Roger Kuhlman</div>
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Ann Arbor, Michigan</div>
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color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Leps-l
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Metzler, Eric H. <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:MetzlerEH@si.edu"><MetzlerEH@si.edu></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 6, 2022 7:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mike Quinn <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:entomike@gmail.com"><entomike@gmail.com></a>; Leps-L
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:leps-l@mailman.yale.edu"><leps-l@mailman.yale.edu></a>; TXBL
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:TX-BUTTERFLY@listserv.uh.edu"><TX-BUTTERFLY@listserv.uh.edu></a>; TXENTO
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Leps-l] NYTimes article on the NABA
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Roman",serif; font-size:large">I attribute this
situation to a weird association of butterflies and
science where science is the intellectual enemy.</span>
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<span style="font-family:Times,"Times New
Roman",serif">I suggest our educational system is
failing us by not ensuring students learn critical
thinking. The conspiracy theorists were always there
yet remained below the surface until emboldened by the
thinking of the administration between 2016 and 2020.
In my department back in the 1980s one of my
colleagues and close friends would return from
meetings with the folks who used our research and
accumulated knowledge to teach. He would return to his
office and always say "Fictitious but true." There are
facts and there is the truth. Each person must decide
based upon their education and indoctrination, at
home, at school, socially, and church if they attend
one. In our small city of 35,000 people, 2/3 are
right-wing well-meaning people, and less than 50% are
vaccinated. There is one very low wattage church chat
show. I regularly listen because I want to know what
the 2/3 right leaning people are hearing. The stuff
that is broadcast is scary. One so-called
news-on-the-hour broadcast said people should not get
vaccinated for COVID because every vaccinated person
dies. No doubt a true statement and reveals no
critical thinking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Times,"Times New
Roman",serif">I work hard to teach my students to
research and think. I touch so few students compared
to the thousands of people who join the masses of
conspiracy theorists. My former neighbor, a very nice
man, from across the street insisted planes from China
were flying overhead daily to spread the COVID virus.
Then in the next sentence he said COVID doesn't exist.
Critical thinking? I think not. I recently attended
his funeral after COVID caused his death.
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color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Leps-l
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Mike Quinn <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:entomike@gmail.com"><entomike@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 6, 2022 4:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Leps-L <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:leps-l@mailman.yale.edu"><leps-l@mailman.yale.edu></a>; TXBL
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:TX-BUTTERFLY@listserv.uh.edu"><TX-BUTTERFLY@listserv.uh.edu></a>; TXENTO
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<b>Subject:</b> [Leps-l] NYTimes article on the NABA
butterfly park</font>
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<div>How the National Butterfly Center Became the Center
of Online Lies - The New York Times
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https://nyti.ms/3otxXeB</a>
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