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Originally Posted by finnbow
So, the wingnut argument concerning global warming is as follows:
1. Global warming is a hoax ( a Chinese hoax per your Dear Leader), so we should do nothing about it.
2. Since we haven't done enough about it in the past, it's too late to do anything now or in the future.
And you wonder why I call many of your arguments bad faith.  |
Caution, straw man construction zone.
You do this all the time, Finn, and then you suggest my arguments are in bad faith.
1) I never said global warming is a hoax. Never. I have said that I'm skeptical that man has the ability to impact the environment this much. I'm also skeptical about the "
consensus" claims. Science is about theory and proof, and skepticism and expanding knowledge. It's not about "consensus" and demonizing those who disagree with the "consensus".
Hell, you call yourselves progressives, yet you want to claim that the "debate is over" and silence those who disagree. That's the stuff the Church used to do in the dark ages. And while progressives don't burn those who disagree with the consensus at the stake like the Church used to do, you're not above destroying people's careers or labeling folks as "deniers" (the latter likely inspired by the sackcloth and ash garb forced on heretics).
2) You're easily confused, I guess. No, that's not a "wingnut" or conservative argument. These are the claims of the article that I posted from well-credentialled gov't climate scientists.