▪️This meme was shared a couple years back as a quote attributed to David Attenborough. Which was false, he never said it. Now, at least they removed his name, but it’s still false.
▪️As a parent whose kid is constantly collecting bugs and putting them in boxes, I can confirm ants will most definitely fight each other with no provocation or shaking. Or, if you prefer, the old AFP fact check which quotes an entomologist saying the same thing…
https://factcheck.afp.com/http%253A%252F%252Fdoc.afp.com%252F9QJ8QT-1
▪️Remember, these are the “I believe in science” folks. People who largely know nothing about the world, never collected bugs as kids or did any real science, so they actually believe different ant colonies would be peaceful in a jar. Btw, the quote likely derives from the Kurt Vonnegut novel Cat’s Cradle, which had a similar passage about shaking jars of bugs.
It’s just so wild to see these movements see saw, it feels like just yesterday that conservatives were boycotting Disney and the left was gloating.
Just incredible. After posting a meme blaming Charlie Kirk for his own murder, they post another a few hours later applauding Democrats for their civility.
Also, if you look at the Occupy Democrats timeline, their posts “denouncing political violence” were variations on “no one should be shot…BUT here’s a quote from Kirk showing he’s a terrible person.” Or sometimes they’d leave the first part out altogether and just attack him. There are no posts denouncing violence without qualifiers trying to gin up their base.
