{"id":29696,"date":"2021-02-11T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=29696"},"modified":"2021-02-12T12:38:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T17:38:40","slug":"science-lawn-sign-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/11\/science-lawn-sign-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Science lawn sign idea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fair number of our neighbors seem to have invested in &#8220;In this house we believe&#8230; science is real&#8221; or &#8220;Science is not a liberal conspiracy&#8221; signs.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signsofjustice.com\/\">Signs of Justice<\/a> (TM) are ubiquitous:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31070\" width=\"506\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-4.png 1106w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-4-1024x780.png 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-4-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-4-768x585.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How about making some $$ with the following sign:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In this house we oppose science, because it was invented by the white patriarchy to enslave indigenous peoples, to enrich corporations that poison humanity with processed and genetically modified foods, to pollute our local environment, to destroy the Earth with climate change, and to kill millions of non-white people with nuclear weapons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Readers: Who can turn the above text into a fetching graphic design?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Don&#8217;t try to sell this in Florida. Lawn signs, bumper stickers, and other attempts to tell others how to think and what to believe were present at perhaps 1\/100th the rate of what we have here in Maskachusetts.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From a reader who wishes to remain anonymous, lest he\/she\/ze\/they be <a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/12\/would-gina-carano-still-have-a-job-at-disney-if-shed-showered-with-harvey-weinstein\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31199\">Gina Caranoed<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-18-1520x963.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31211\" width=\"511\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-18-1520x963.png 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-18-1024x649.png 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-18-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-18-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-18-1536x973.png 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-18.png 1671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fair number of our neighbors seem to have invested in &#8220;In this house we believe&#8230; science is real&#8221; or &#8220;Science is not a liberal conspiracy&#8221; signs. 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