Best response to Herschel Walker's stupid comment on evolution:

[zuul]

Georgia GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker casts doubt on evolution: "At one time, science said man came from apes, did it not? ... If that is true, why are there still apes? Think about it.”

Response: If Christian Walker came from Herschel Walker, why is there still Herschel Walker?

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[XanaDUer2]

1. Deep Thoughts nt

[Caliman73]

4. Oh my goodness...

Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey

If God dwells inside us, like some people say, I sure hope He like enchiladas, because that's what He's getting!

I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.

[XanaDUer2]

5. ROFL!!!! NT

[dixiechiken1]

17. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! 🤣

[leftieNanner]

19. Oh, Phil Hartman

I thought of this too.

[SergeStorms]

23. I miss those.

The halcyon days of SNL.

[Biophilic]

2. Way too deep for Herschel Walker. Way too deep. nt

[Dial H For Hero]

3. Um...humans are apes.

[speak easy]

38. ...

[Clash City Rocker]

6. No, science doesn't say that man came from apes

It says that we share a common ancestor with apes, about ten million years ago, but evolved differently from there.

What a dumb thing to say.

[SergeStorms]

24. 100%....

of republicans agree with him. Let that sink in.

[DemocraticPatriot]

49. I am pretty sure that Republicans came from apes.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

40. Right. We Share A Common Ancestor. We Evolved ALONGSIDE Apes. Not FROM Them.

But that doesn't fit on a bumper sticker, so it's too complex for Republicans to grasp. They think in catchphrases and bumper stickers. So I prefer the much simpler, and much less scientifically accurate, "If adults evolved from babies, why are there still babies? Think about it."

[maxsolomon]

42. Further, WE ARE APES.

What Walker said is pretty standard Creationism. Scope Monkey Trial, all that. How can you embrace our Ape Nature when the Earth is only 6000 years old and Yahweh made Adam out of clay?

[Kaleva]

7. Reminds me of the NFL player who couldn't read but had a college degree

[Aristus]

10. Not to mention all the NFL players who could read at the start of their careers, but couldn't by the

end.

Like them, I think Mr. Walker took too many hits to the head...

[walkingman]

8. I feel for Georgians (even as a Texan) because Walker is the perfect candidate for

GOP voters. The damn stupider they are, the more attractive their constituents find them.

[SergeStorms]

25. They're going to LOVE Walker then!

nt

[Basic LA]

9. If the dog came from the wolf...

... why are there still WOLVES?
(my favorite reply)

[modrepub]

11. Didn't Listen in School

Plainly doesn't understanding what Evolution actually is. Apes and humans are descended from the same organism. They both evolved afterwards. Like a very distant cousins. The longer the time it takes to go back and reach a common starting point the more different the descendants are.

Not that pooh poohing Evolution does anything to you. Kind of like algebra and calculus. Not something that will cause you great harm on most days.

[wnylib]

18. But the fact that some people understand

evolution has real world, every day effects on us.

Knowing about genetic mutations and being able to trace viral mutations and variants makes it possible to prepare flu shots each year. Also makes it possible to trace covid variants, identify them when they reach a community, and prepare vaccines for them.

I have a hunch, though that people who deny evolution might also be the kind who deny the need for vaccination.

[modrepub]

41. Only In Rare Occasions

Under your scenario maybe it's enough to remove the non believers from the gene pool, but not typically. The last worldwide pandemic was in 1918. Most childhood vaccinations occur before folks have a full understanding of what a vaccine is, unless their parents are one of those, and to be honest it takes a lot of presumption to ignore your doctor face to face or your school district et cetera.

Unless there's something that removes the fools immediately, they can just ignore the science with no repercussions and that false sense of security. You'd have to be in a combat situation, where mistakes are generally fatal, before you'd maybe be able to convince the nonbelievers it's in their best interest to follow the rules.

[wnylib]

44. Whoa. I was not talking about

vaccines in terms of evolutionary survival.

I was just saying that there are every day applications to evolutionary knowledge.

[Caliman73]

12. In an ideal world...

Walker would have been laughed off stage and his candidacy would be over.

Unfortunately, this is a world where the Absolutely MOST challenged and tested AND VERIFIED scientific theory can be simply a matter of rhetoric to ignorant people who get a tingle in their spine from asinine "challenges" like what Walker said. I am positive there were people in that audience who were like, "Yeah... yeah, speak the truth Mr. Walker!!"

[JHB]

13. Ahhh, a graduate if the Ben Carson School of Archaeological and Paleontological Expertise

"My 'think about it' is better the than hundreds, even thousands, of people who learned about it, sorted through evidence, thought about it, and tested what they thought they knew for several generations. Way better!"

[regnaD kciN]

14. If evolution is true, why are there still Republicans...?

[Catherine Vincent]

15. LOL

[Escurumbele]

27. Best question of the day...

Now you changed my view on evolution...geez!

[Duppers]

48. 😂

Passing this on. Thanks.

[bringthePaine]

16. also, how much dog in a hot dog?🤨

[Farmer-Rick]

20. My parents came from Germany to this country

Then had me. My parents are long since dead and yet there are still Germans in Germany. Think about it.

[Hulk]

21. This dunce could be a 10 gallon bucket of hair gel....

...and i t would have the very same support of the gQp for a Senate seat in the US Senate.

How embarrassing....AND disgusting.

[somaticexperiencing]

22. oh, this is fuuuunnnny.

[Escurumbele]

26. Well, lets hope Christian Walker did not inherent his dad's brain.

[Thunderbeast]

28. I wish I had ANY confidence

that Georgia voters were smarter than this....

But one comment from Marjorie Taylor Green confirms my fears.

[BlueJac]

29. WTF....bizarre as hell.

He would fit right in with the GOP crazies!

[Harker]

30. It's amazing he can dress himself. n/t

[BlueIdaho]

33. I think you're giving him credit

Where credit isn’t due.

[Harker]

39. Very possible. n/t

[AZLD4Candidate]

31. Christians have said the same thing about Jews for centuries

Jesus was the messiah. . .if Christians came from Jews, why are there still Jews?

[Celerity]

32. Duncy bellend. Insane if this stooge is elected to the Senate.

[BlueIdaho]

34. Yeah... think out it Herschel... think about it.

[LiberatedUSA]

35. Oh he likes Mac's argument from It's Always Sunny.

Science is a liar….sometimes:

[frogmarch]

36. Dear Herschel Walker,

[KY_EnviroGuy]

37. Walker actually posed a reasonable question and provided a solution.

Somewhere out there, there's an answer if he will just.......

[struggle4progress]

43. If Walker comes to the Senate from Georgia, will there still be a Georgia?

[rownesheck]

45. You ever notice

how the people who believe in creationism look really un-evolved? "I believe god created me in 1 day!" Yeah, looks like he rushed it.

-- from one of the greatest comedic minds: Bill Hicks.

[sakabatou]

46. I mean, it's not like we're still apes... Oh, wait, we are!

All humans belong to the parvorder Catarrhini.

[Demovictory9]

47. lol... and why wasn't Christian more advanced than Herschel?