So, being that it is Friday, I’m going to take this opportunity to stand on my tiny soapbox and point out a rather hilarious bit of cognitive dissonance.
It has long been understood that the conservative element in America, for whatever reason, believes (or has a vested financial interest in everyone else believing) that any suggestion that the planet might be warming up is simply a hoax intended to…I don’t really know what they think the intent is. They’re fuzzy on that.
For example, yesterday, Rush Limbaugh (No, I’m not even linking to his ass.) latched on to the fact it snowed in Copenhagen during the climate talks. If you’ve got a strong stomach, watch the episode. If not, here’s the take away quote:
“So just when [Al] Gore and all these enviro-wacko Commies and phony scientists reach the height of deceit, God dumps a snowstorm on ‘em, all over this manmade fraud. … Denmark has not had a white Christmas for 14 years. All of a sudden, God, with his sense of humor, gives us a blizzard on loan from him, right in the middle of these wackos getting together for their little conference.”
I’m not even going to get into how tenuous a grasp on reality you’d need to suggest that a single snow storm disproves global warming. What I’m interested in is the contradiction that exists both within this very statement and within the right in general. Let’s look at the two generally held (religious) conservative beliefs we’re talking about here:
- Climate change is a complete scam that has no credible science behind it.
- There is an invisible, almighty, all-knowing God that directly interacts with people on a daily basis.
The obvious question here is, “When did you guys start caring about having credible science behind your views?”
Seriously, if you want me to take it on faith that Adam and Eve rode to church on dinosaurs six thousand years ago and that there’s a war between religious superheroes in space, you can’t in the same breath talk about anyone else’s scientific credibility. You just can’t.
On December 19th, 2009 at 3:31 am JJ Thayer said:
<3 I think my favorite take-away from this would be the imagined humor of said all-mighty being. It seems Rush has been watching a little too much of the Blue Collar tour. I wonder if aforementioned religious power also bowls strikes during thunderstorms and sneezes away trailer parks with tornadoes.