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Originally Posted by arthursmedley
This is what interests me. Why has denial of climate change been turned into this symbol of rightwing virility? I'm puzzled by this phenomena.
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Seriously ? I thought the connection was obvious. If climate change is true then fixing it would require government intervention in the profit making activities of American business and this, according to Accepted Right Wing American Doctrine, equates to Socialism.
Hence for these people, climate change MUST be false, even before they look at a skeric of scientific data, and furthrmore it is un-American and even downright communist to support climate change.
Its actually important to realise the initial denial is political and Climate Change is deemed a false doctrine for political reasons before any consideration of the science ever takes place. In fact the only reason to look at the science at all is to find means to undermine or discredit it.
Look up the
George C. Marshall Institute if you want an example of how its done.