En el cambío climático.

[TeamsterDem]

174. You're so right, nadin

I mean here if the persons in charge of our weather services (there are several) were to simply discuss the science behind climate change some Republican - likely James Inhofe - would seek to censure him/her, and the stupid media would pretend as though both sides have a valid point of view (Chuck Todd would probably call it "political cat nip&quot . But in MANY other countries they report on it without incident because science hasn't (yet) been totally bought/politicized.

You know what I think it is, nadin? At least partially I think it's that many Americans seem to be unattached to outcomes. For example, I remember hearing a ton of people talk about "let's go to war" (with whatever country), meanwhile many of them had never served in the armed forces. Of course a non-veteran is allowed to have their opinions. But I'm referring more to the wily-nily nature of their statement as if going to war is just some little exercise, some unimportant endeavor. And in a strange way it was "unimportant" inasmuch as those people didn't have to go serve in the war for which they were advocating. It's easy to be wily-nily when your ass isn't on the line.

Same with climate change: To most people a degree here or there isn't a big deal. A few F-5 tornadoes are important but not really, not if it isn't your butt living in the affected area. A few earthquakes here and there aren't important if you weren't in the affected zone. And so on and so forth. I call it the "my ass is the only important ass" philosophy: If my ass isn't directly endangered there's no danger. It's the anecdotalization of facts: If I can't personally observe and be affected directly by the thing, then it ain't a thing. It's a "theory." And don't even get me started on what's happened to the definition of "scientific theory" as relates to evolution: These people confuse theory with something akin to a hunch.

So sad to see this stuff happen here.