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JHB

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34. Decades of training

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2014, 07:41 PM

Sep 2014

On the Evangelical side, they've believed that teaching evolution was part of a satanic socialist conspiracy to lure souls away from Real True Christianity. No trouble at all to add climate change to the list. Most of the denying tactics are the same.

More secular, but heavily overlapping, is the cultivation of the "don't trust the liberal media" mentality. Denial is real easy when it's "liberal scientists" on one side and trusted "I'm telling you the real deal that the liiiiiiiibbbbbbeerrrullls don't want you to hear" on the other.

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Why do Republicans so easily attribute despicable motives to climate scientists? [View all] Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 OP

Projection. NT Warpy Sep 2014 #1

Yup. (nt) Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #6

absolutely Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #17

Agreed Gothmog Sep 2014 #36

Exactly. arcane1 Sep 2014 #2

Sounds logical. kentuck Sep 2014 #3

The deniers have no other choice, really Bragi Sep 2014 #4

They're trying to protect the American Dream. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #5

Simple jamzrockz Sep 2014 #7

Their entire politics is based on projection villager Sep 2014 #8

Climate observance evokes cognative dissonance in "market fundamentalists." immoderate Sep 2014 #9

The Spelling Police have asked me to inform you Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #11

Uh-oh. If I correct it now, it will look like I "knuckled under." immoderate Sep 2014 #12

They say they'd have gone lighter on you, but it was your second offense Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #13

I once was a spellling champ, but since the spell checker was invented... immoderate Sep 2014 #15

Those who operate without a moral compass Cirque du So-What Sep 2014 #10

We see it every day. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #31

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #14

Very well said. greatlaurel Sep 2014 #16

Recommended. H2O Man Sep 2014 #18

You view the world through the filter of yourself. Half-Century Man Sep 2014 #19

If they didn't believe that Mariana Sep 2014 #20

I think that Upton Sinclair quote fits a lot of them.. logosoco Sep 2014 #21

It's worse than that Gman Sep 2014 #22

Actually, I'm in full agreement with you; I was mostly talking about the followers, Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #24

Projection! Exactly! MNBrewer Sep 2014 #23

Same reason many DUers stop at nothing to discredit negative marijuana research Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #25

It is to promote One World Government treestar Sep 2014 #26

Oh, yeah, that's right. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #28

In one word: greed. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #27

because their corporate masters tell them to? noiretextatique Sep 2014 #29

Kicked and recommended! You nailed it! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #30

One Thing that Frosts Me Dirty Socialist Sep 2014 #32

Some (mostly on the right) choose the policy first, then fit the acceptable "facts" to it. pampango Sep 2014 #33

Decades of training JHB Sep 2014 #34

That's it exactly. They blame others for who they are. applegrove Sep 2014 #35

Plausible denialbility gollygee Sep 2014 #37

Two reasons: One, projection (as noted earlier in the thread) hatrack Sep 2014 #38