Seriously.
That was a magnificent rant. In fact, I think RL could retire now, now that it's all been said.
"Rapture monkeys". Gotta love it.
<pollyana_mode>To be brutally honest, we seem poised for a painfully direct demonstration of evolution in action. Respect and trust in science, and expertise and facts, is about to become a matter of far more than partisan bickering. It'll become a matter of life-or-death, and if something good is to come of this, maybe the surviving Trumpists and Rapture monkeys will see the light.</pollyana_mode>
Nah.