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pampango

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2. Conservative elite to the base: "“Well, who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?”"

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun Jul 6, 2014, 10:02 AM

Jul 2014

My own eyes show rising ocean levels. They show the Arctic ice cap shrinking. They show massive beach erosion, homes toppling into the sea and meteorological records indicating steadily increasing temperatures. The Earth, our dear little planet, just had the hottest May on record.

It is a stunning thing, when you think about it — GOP conservatives adopting a position of studied ignorance or, to put it more humorously, a version of what Chico Marx said in “Duck Soup”: “Well, who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?”

http://bismarcktribune.com/news/columnists/believing-what-your-own-eyes-should-tell-you/article_393d10a0-0331-11e4-86cf-0019bb2963f4.html

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When Beliefs and Facts Collide [View all] malaise Jul 2014 OP

Belief gets in the way of thinking. hobbit709 Jul 2014 #1

Conservative elite to the base: "“Well, who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?”" pampango Jul 2014 #2

You made me laugh malaise Jul 2014 #4

"When you believe in things you don't understand then you suffer" - Stevie Wonder Bluenorthwest Jul 2014 #3