Re:Good Lord!! (Score 5, Insightful)

Scientists should not use their status to give political affiliation a veneer of legitimacy, as our opinions are no more valid than truck drivers, shop assistants or lumberjacks.

Well, I hope truck drivers speak out on trucking, and so on. As scientists, we should speak out when the government handles science wrong, e.g., when an administration ignores scientific consensus for obviously political reasons, which has happened on numerous occasions with this administration.