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Speck Tater

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8. A waste of breath. He won't believe a single word of it.

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Original post)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 11:44 AM

Mar 2012

He will parrot back something he heard on Fox News and consider the matter closed.

And as an aside, I've found that calling somebody mean rarely works to recruit them to your side. That merely makes them even more entrenched in their own position. When people are attacked, oddly enough, they react to protect their own ego, which does not even remotely include the possibility of admitting they were wrong. By attacking you make it impossible for them to consider that they might be wrong. (Oh, and yes, I do realize the irony in the fact that by pointing this out to you I've pushed you into being even more entrenched in your own position concerning the matter at hand. You will reiterate why you believe that what you did was the right thing, and I will have done you a disservice by denying the chance to actually reconsider. My heartfelt apologies.)

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Letter to a Climate Change Denier [View all] Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 OP

Let us know how he responds. pscot Mar 2012 #1

The disasters you refer to are the longer term ones, more immediately xtraxritical Mar 2012 #21

Wonderful! Do you mind if I send this to some that I know? Arkansas Granny Mar 2012 #2

I want to tear my hair out when someone tells me this is all "normal" cyclical events riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #3

Well he seems to believe the scientists who say it's 'normal cyclical activity' lunatica Mar 2012 #6

yes he brings up the Ice Age, and the times during the medieval era as his proofs. riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #10

"the times during the medieval era" Ocean Raider Mar 2012 #18

Hi, sorry, I've been busy all day and just got back on and saw your question riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #25

My tea party neighbor parrots this, constantly. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #29

Yes! The person I work with accepts the view of only 2% of climate scientists who state Arkansas Granny Mar 2012 #14

Give it a try. Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #4

Well it seems they do rely on scientific evidence that climate does change cyclically lunatica Mar 2012 #7

You inspired me to send this as a followup to MFW: Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #9

Asking them to prove ice ages is a stroke of genius! lunatica Mar 2012 #11

Nice work...n/t Narkos Mar 2012 #5

A waste of breath. He won't believe a single word of it. Speck Tater Mar 2012 #8

I'm not going to defend my comment in terms of entrenchment-- Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #22

I just can't figure out why people don't yet realize... Speck Tater Mar 2012 #23

I just can't figure out why those people? don't yet realize that they ARE SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #30

So I got an answer from him & replied to it… Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #24

hehe. Well put. Speck Tater Mar 2012 #26

"One of the biggest problems with stupidity is that it doesn't recognize it's own limits." Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #32

hehe barbtries Mar 2012 #31

He's fairly bright but unread, and pretty much in a chronic rage state. Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #33

I'd take a different tack izquierdista Mar 2012 #12

There is soon to come a time, randr Mar 2012 #13

Who are the 5%? Ocean Raider Mar 2012 #15

Here is a place to start: Hissyspit Mar 2012 #28

I take a slightly different tack. Stonepounder Mar 2012 #16

i've found there's often a religion component to the denial. they believe KG Mar 2012 #17

"the times during the medieval era" Ocean Raider Mar 2012 #19

No, it's not a good point: Hissyspit Mar 2012 #27

Medieval Warming Crock: Boring Cooling: Interesting Ocean Raider Mar 2012 #34

K&R raouldukelives Mar 2012 #20