The Unyielding Purity of Greens

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By Keith Kloor
Sep 15, 2009 8:01 AMNov 20, 2019 4:23 AM

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You won't find any "green" tributes to the father of the "green revolution." That's a shame, but not surprising. What's shocking are many of the comments from so-called progressives at the Huffington post. One disgusted reader scanning the mass display of moronic ignorance nails it:

Environmentalists attacking Borlaug's work are like creationists attacking Darwin's work, substituting their religion for scientific reality.

In remembrance, Ronald Baily re-posts an interview he did with Borlaug in 2000. For signs of intelligence about Borlaug's achievements, see many of the comments posted at the NY Times obit.

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