The Darwinian Flying Circus Side Show

Back several years ago, before Darwin's Flying Monkeys™ were readily available to pa-troll the internet, people with deformities and disabilities were touted as "missing links" as evidence of evolution. One case was the use of Schitzie at sideshows in fairs and circuses.

State fair sideshow image (modified)

A good part of the sideshow attractions was for entertainment purposes — to make money. Those things had a reputation for trickery, but people paid anyway and the gullible were fooled. Schitzie was promoted as a "missing link" because he was deformed by microcephaly and had the mentality of a small child. Interestingly, he was apparently treated well and enjoyed his life. (He was bought and sold many times. I thought that was illegal, but it must have been okay because evolution and eugenics.) Even so, people were deceived by Darwinism and subtle rejection of the Creator. Today, the deception is couched in scientific trappings, but it's still a sideshow.

One way belief in human evolution is reinforced is through cultural saturation. Presentation of human evolution is common not only in science books and educational films but also in the popular media, and as this review shows, even in popular entertainment as far back as the early 1900s. One prime historic example is how claimed “evolutionary links” were featured in fairs, circuses, and especially circus sideshows for almost three-quarters of a century. One of the most popular “Darwin’s missing links” was Schlitzie, a microcephalic featured in freak shows throughout much of the Western world. What is known about his life and career was briefly reviewed, focusing on his caretakers’ and employers’ role in reinforcing the Darwinian belief in the evolution of man from some monkey-like ape.

To read the rest of this interesting account, click on "Schlitzie the “Missing Link” and Early Darwinian Sideshows".