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randr

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13. There is soon to come a time,
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 12:31 PM
Mar 2012

and it may be very close, when the climate deniers will be called to task. As rising sea levels, seasonal swings, record high and low temps, and all the associated disasters and costs make it more than apparent we are in for one hell of a ride. Global warming will become an undeniable fact of life. The causes will be moot. The solutions will be, hopefully, found in the nick of time. The costs will be the highest price humanity will have ever paid for continued existence on our planet.
We will come to see the predatory practices of the fossil fuel oligarchy as evil personified. People who have made a practice of denial will be called out as pariahs.
The "Earth First" movement will finally be acknowledged as the new loving principle we need to adopt to save our planet and the deniers will be seen in the same light as the perpetrators of the Inquisition and Facist movements of the past century's.
A hard rain is gonna fall!

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
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