Mathew Ingram
The Scopes "Monkey Trial" started on this day 100 years ago. Clarence Darrow won, right? No he did not. He lost and then lost on appeal — all four challenges rejected. The case was dismissed on a technicality, and the law it was fighting existed for another 40 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_trial
Scopes trial - Wikipedia

Jul 10 at 10:37pmWeb
Show threadBill Seitz1d ago
@mathewi read the Mencken coverage
https://web.archive.org/web/20050204021900/http://www.positiveatheism.org/tochmenk.htm
"Such obscenities as the forthcoming trial of the Tennessee evolutionist, if they serve no other purpose, at least call attention dramatically to the fact that enlightenment, among mankind, is very narrowly dispersed. It is common to assume that human progress affects everyone...."
Great Historical Writings - H. L. Mencken

Show threadBill Seitz1d ago
@mathewi ".." but the great masses of men, even in this inspired republic, are precisely where the mob was at the dawn of history. They are ignorant, they are dishonest, they are cowardly, they are ignoble. They know little if anything that is worth knowing, and there is not the slightest sign of a natural desire among them to increase their knowledge."
Show threadnoplasticshower1d ago
@mathewi Tennessee remained backwards ass...I found a pair of shoes at 18 and escaped
Show threadJohn (he/him)1d ago
@mathewi Wow, I'd rather be in a country where there has been some progress over the last century.