conservatives have spent the last month on a global warming binge. ever since winter came about a month late like it has for the last three years, conservatives have used the seasonal temperature drop to
make you dumber "argue" that
the moon landing was faked global warming is a hoax so the u.n. can create a one-world government through the hollywood elite. in addition, the
stealing liberating of emails from a british university has set afire anyone who can't thoroughly read or research anything. this is the stupidest shit ever, especially since nasa can actually show you the data on worldwide average temperatures, sea level rises, and carbon dioxide concentrations and their rise. in a
widget for the mac. and i have yet to see sean hannity's explanation for
march-like temperatures in january in new york.
this leads to my point. in the last few years, conservatism has become dominated by conspiracy theories. global warming is a hoax.
evolution is a conspiracy by atheists to wipe out christianity. obama was really born in kenya. taxes are a plot to destroy innovation and punish the rich. mexican illegal immigrants will return the southwestern u.s. to mexico. there's a
nafta superhighway linking mexico and the u.s. and it somehow wipes out u.s. sovereignity. abortions cause breast cancer. the gays want to
provide safety for gay kids "recruit" your kids. the hollywood elite wants you to hate america. martin luther king was a communist. joe mccarthy was right, and was crucified by liberals. saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction, and syria helped hide them (or we found them). iran is definitely
developing nuclear weapons. valerie plame was not a covert agent, and scooter libby's prosecution was political. joe wilson was sent on a tantalizing junket to niger by his wife, valerie plame. the clintons killed vince foster. it seems these days that whatever the conservative position, there's a conspiracy theory that supports it.
it says something about a political movement when the
crap they take straight from their asses "facts" they use are not supported in peer-reviewed scientific journals, are flatly denied by investigators, have no evidence to support them, or rely on deliberately misunderstanding and misrepresenting others, notably scientists (see richard dawkins) and prominent liberals (see van jones). it says this political movement has no credibility. there comes a point where anyone in the conservative movement who still has a working brain and some desire to be an honest human being has to ask: is it us? when your
ignorant ranting "facts" have to come from a site that claims all other information is wrong, and only your site can be trusted, because the liberals have taken over everything else, then there's no reason why anyone should take your
retarded scribbles "facts" seriously. and if there's no reason to take your
fucking lies "facts" seriously, then why take your opinions seriously, or listen at all?
finally, my point. we seem, in this country, to have decided that all opinions are equal. but that's not really what freedom means. in this country, anyone is definitely allowed to hold any opinion they please. if you want to think nafta was a terrible treaty, that's fine. but if you base that opinion on a superhighway that doesn't exist, that's not a real reason. if someone dislikes nafta because it caused a loss of manufacturing jobs and can provide evidence of these job losses, that's a real reason. and that opinion is better than the opinion based on the conspiracy theory.
conservatives have complained that liberals tend to believe their opinions are "better" than conservatives' opinions. well, our opinions are based on peer-reviewed scientific research, investigative reports with source material, non-partisan fact-checking, non-partisan government watchdogs, confirmed journalists' reports, and confirmations from the state of hawaii. conservative opinions are based on firmly believing that the entire mass media is run by a cabal of liberals out to deny
creedence to ignorant bigots "the truth", and therefore only information sources run by their fellow travelers can be trusted and are the only source of
true stupidity "truth".
so excuse us if we pat ourselves on our backs for having done some fucking homework. excuse us for paying attention during the class on the scientific method and how it prevents or detects stupid mistakes and hoaxes. excuse us for using exhaustive investigations done by disinterested government officials or prosecutors. excuse us for insisting that reports by journalists be confirmed before ranting about them. if you could bother to do any of the above even for about five minutes, maybe one day i'll treat your opinions with a little respect. but only a little.
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