In the Factfulness book which I'd earlier referred to in this forum plus this quiz: https://factfulnessquiz.com/ - (which I still think you should take in spite of your thoughts regarding Bill Gates and Obama (it should only take a few minutes)), the author described being at some conference with Al Gore. Al Gore wanted him to exaggerate the urgency of climate warming because that is the only way you can get the audience's attention enough for them to act. The author refused, sticking to his principles of just stating the facts with no embellishments.Xan wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:14 pmCorto,Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:02 pmpug,
You call that left wing propaganda. I submit that it is done on both sides, for whatever reasons.
It's been climate based scare tactics by the left side for quite a while. They do themselves a huge disservice by putting dates on this stuff. 12 years to go right? Why would anyone do that? You just gotta know the blow back you're going to get.
The right side seems to use more freedom/war/immigration based scare tactics.
--Mexicans are taking all your jobs
--They're coming for your guns
--Weapons of mass destruction
--They're a socialist
--Tax cuts pay for themselves
The topic here is "why don't these Republican idiots believe in science/reality", and pug's list of very specific and failed predictions is an excellent response to that question. This isn't about scare tactics; it's about whether or not those scientific predictions were correct.
Vinny