Newtonian physics were not “left behind”, they were improved upon. Newton’s laws were perfectly valid, and still are, within the limits of observable effects during his lifetime.
No, it wasn’t general knowledge. However, what the average person thinks does not constitute science. By the time ships started plying the oceans, every sea faring nation on Earth knew the world was round, since you cannot navigate large swaths of ocean without considering the Earth as a globe.
I grew up in Mississippi and know the difference between a Democrat and a Dixiecrat. The southern Democrats split with the rest of the Democrat party in outrage over the push for civil rights during the FDR administration and never came back. All the former KKK members eventually fled to the Republican party.
You do know that the vaccines dramatically reduce the odds of dying from Covid or suffering from lasting health damage? But you refuse to believe the worldwide medical community because you heard the “truth” from Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s boyfriend.
No one that I know is denying their existence, although they are not the organized “cell structure” you claim, and no one is apologizing for them. Their violence is no more justified than the violence coming from the right-wing terrorist movement growing in the US, which the FBI rightly points out is the largest threat to our national security. Antifa thugs have committed random acts of violence around the country, but they have not smashed their way into the capitol while injuring over 100 police officers in an effort to overthrow the government,
He says the defamation suit against him is a violation of his freedom of speech. How could a former lawyer not understand that defamation is not about freedom of speech, but about being held liable for the damage you do to someone’s reputation?
Antifa is a symbol of angry resistance (bordering on anarchy) to growing right wing authoritarianism. The Gadsden flag started out in the revolution but has been embraced by the Q crowd because they like to paint themselves as victims fighting back against some sort of oppression.
“debunked” and “improved” are very different.