I need to get this out…. it’s driving me up a wall!
A friend of mine, KC, tagged likes to 3 facebook stories today. Of course they were critical of the new administration. A mutual ‘friend’ had to make comments to them. I made ‘light’ comments on two of them and managed (heavens only know how) to not to make any remarks on the third. KC was also at a complete loss of words and thought it wisest to just drop the conversation.
The willful ignorance is astounding. I’m almost tempted to think that RD is just yanking our chains. But, sadly, no, that’s what he really thinks.
This is what we are up against….
Topic 1
The Party of Reason and Progress (PORP)
January 23 at 10:18pm ·
Objective facts matter.
RD You mean like made up facts like 'global warming?'
KC “The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson
RD You don't 'believe' in science... A posited theory supported by empirical evidence determines what is 'true,' what is a 'fact.'
There is no empirical evidence supporting the theory of Global Warming. Just some speculative musings about the history of weather...
KC That simply isn't true, we have hard data to back up the theory and a consensus among scientists that climate change is real and caused by humans. I wish it wasn't the case but it is and now we have to deal with it.
RD I replied to this elsewhere... There is no hard data prior to 1914.
www.theguardian.com/...
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The question: Why do weather records only begin in 1914?
theguardian.com|By Emine Saner
KC We have enough data to convince the vast majority of experts that have dedicated their lives to the study of our climate. That should be more than enough proof.
RD So... We went from 'hard data' to just 'data...' You should know by now the power and attraction of a government grant. And the bandwagon effect. And being a bully.
leftexposed.org/...
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Michael E. Mann - Left Exposed
Michael E. Mann is an atmospheric science…
leftexposed.org|By Ron Arnold
KC But it's not just one country's government, plus who gains in that scenario?
RD How many countries thought Sadam Hussain has WMDs?
Real science does not have winners or losers - it just is...
KC There was clear gain there, oil and money for corporations.
RD That didn't happen...
JH RD The majority of scientists agree that it's likely that humans are causing global warming. Want to assume otherwise? I'd rather try and make changes, as much as practicable toward cleaner energy. Claiming bs because you have different ideas about this doesn't make climate change untrue. www.youtube.com/...
JH Neil deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye The Science Guy > Leftexposed.org
Left Exposed
The Left ... Exposed
leftexposed.org
RD There is no hard data prior to, if memory serves, 1914...
www.theguardian.com/...
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The question: Why do weather records only begin in 1914?
theguardian.com|By Emine Saner
Nchristine What about core samples? Is that not hard data?
RD No. The information still has to be interpreted. Hard data is going outside, looking at a thermometer, and reading the temperature...
Nchristine No, that's just an interpretation of what the thermometer is claiming
Topic 2
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National Parks Service just launched a 'resistance' Twitter account to bypass Trump's censorship
Administrators for National Parks Service Twitter accounts are refusing to be silenced, and are taking their resistance to Trump to a new account.
usuncut.com
RD You know what Trump's gonna do.
Wait for it...
Wait for it...
"You're fired! "
KC My guess is whoever is running the account either can't be fired by Trump or doesn't give a damn.
RD Probably the latter...
Nchristine Or is doing it on their own time, not 'company'.
KC Yeah that's right, the new account is on there free time. It's not an official government twitter.
KC2 I hope we see more of this--we can't let Trump perform a hostile takeover of the country like he wants. As Tommy Lee Jones said to Jim Carrey on the set of Batman Forever, "I cannot sanction your buffoonery."
Topic 3
KC shared Hicham Bennir's video.
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665,765 Views
RD What he has just done is demolished the Democrat Party's focus on Identity Politics.
When you focus on, and in some cases create, separate 'identities' for groups of people you are creating and enforcing a tribal identity...
And the Democrats have taken this further by setting these 'tribes' up to complete against each other for government largesse distributed by Democrat controlled Congress and government services.
We have an old school word for this. It is 'Balkanisation.'
en.m.wikipedia.org/...
Balkanization - Wikipedia
Balkanization, or Balkanisation, is a geopolitical term, originally used to describe the process of…
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KC Republicans are just as guilty if not more so of doing the same thing.
RD Prove it...
KC They demonize liberals, minorities and LGBTQ people all the time, basically anyone that isn't just like them.
RD You're describing the behavior of Democrats... It's all over the news!
KC Come on... you know both parties do it. It's human nature to fear the "other". We have to fight harder to be better than that though, but many of our politicians on both sides fall short.
RD Both parties don't do it...