climate change denial is worse than anti-vax movement

[Sava]

fact



discuss

[Ecthy]

A friend recently reported this denier's statement from a podium: "How bad can two degrees be? In Rome it's warmer than here [Berlin area, E.] and they managed to build an empire."

Although that guy supposedly wasn't just a denier but a local manufacturer of some sorts or something, so stupid, with an interest

[regexcellent]

no becuase global warming is probably a good thing and dying of smallpox is not.

[Sava]

no becuase global warming is probably a good thing and dying of smallpox is not.

Yeah, the massive refugee problem affecting more than half the people on the planet who live in areas that will be underwater... that will be a good thing.

[regexcellent]

Unrelated, I'll be at ohare for 3 hrs at 5:07pm today just fyi

[regexcellent]

chicago time

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Because the diseases the anti-vaxxers' children get and spread are primarily a danger to the children of the stupid anti-vaxers.

Everyone has to live on the same planet w/ weather wrecked extra thanks to climate deniers gumming up the process. When billions die early, no revenge will be adequate to their crimes.

[Guynemer]

Unrelated, I'll be at ohare for 3 hrs at 5:07pm today just fyi

O HO HO

You think so, do you?

Get comfy.

[Lorizael]

no becuase global warming is probably a good thing and dying of smallpox is not.

Warmer temperatures might be a good thing, but global warming is not. Ecosystems simply aren't built to adjust well to rapid change.

[The Mad Monk]

O HO HO

You think so, do you?

Get comfy.

I was at OHare for ten minutes this past Monday.

When the gate agent at C17 told me to ease down, I puffed, "Concourse B says hi!"

[The Mad Monk]

Warmer temperatures might be a good thing, but global warming is not. Ecosystems simply aren't built to adjust well to rapid change.

How many ecosystems have you studied?

[loinburger]

The majority of climate change deniers are going to cause little if any additional harm as a result of their beliefs, whereas there are a lot of anti-vaxxers who are going to harm or kill their children (or nieces/nephews etc) as a result of their beliefs.

[Lorizael]

How many ecosystems have you studied?

12"

[DaShi]

How many ecosystems have you studied?

******.


Sorry Lori, I know you hate that stuff, but there really is no more appropriate response to what he posted.

[loinburger]

If you compare the carbon footprint (or whatever yardstick you want to use) of the average climate change denier with the carbon footprint of the average climate change believer then I'll bet you'll find that they're about the same. In contrast, if you compare the quality of life / life expectancy of the children under the guardianship of the average anti-vaxxer I'll bet you'll find that it is significantly worse than that of the children under the guardianship of the average pro-vaxxer.