Basically what I'm saying is that it's wrong to say that the people who make up a good portion of the Tea Party only represent a small fraction of conservatives. They don't represent all conservatives, but they do represent the base.
It's not that the Teabaggers are giving the Republicans a bad name. The right is known as often being particularly stupid. Not all right-leaning people are stupid, but many are. It's a well known fact. The Tea Party (at least the portion that supports Palin, as opposed to Ron Paul, which is apparently about half) represents the Republican base.
Definitely sci-fi. I have trouble really becoming engaged by fantasy. The more details that are given about most aspects of the fantasy world, the more I lose interest. It's all grounded on historic delusions or myths (ghosts, demons, whatever). Sci-fi, on the other hand, usually has a pretty strong basis in science. Even though the authors may break some rules or stretch the imagination, sci-fi is always more applicable to the real world, and the fact that it often attempts to portray our future, using scientific explanations to make predictions, makes it 1000x more interesting. Mass Effect vs. Dragon Age is a perfect example of that for me. Loved DA, great characters, etc. But ME could pull me right in.
edit: And I'm in no way saying that sci-fi should be used as a learning tool. But even if it's stretched from reality, things that are explained in terms of for instance genes, or in the context of the universe, are closer to actual learning and IMO more interesting than something that explains how the dead are summoned. They are not identical in their closeness to reality.
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