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Environment & Energy

uppityperson

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11. Welcome to Du, in case you didn't know, Borowitz in the OP is satirist. The piece is satire.

Reply to fxstc (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 11:47 AM

Sep 2014

He is saying that of course idiots who won't change their minds based on proof also won't change their minds based on a large rally. Hence the use of "idiots" in every paragraph.

Borowitz is satire, as is The Onion, in case you run across articles from there also. Sometimes it can be difficult to tell.

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Borowitz: Largest Climate-Change March in History Unlikely to Convince Idiots [View all] GliderGuider Sep 2014 OP

need real proof fxstc Sep 2014 #1

The issue is not proof. GliderGuider Sep 2014 #3

I agree fxstc Sep 2014 #5

Welcome to Du, in case you didn't know, Borowitz in the OP is satirist. The piece is satire. uppityperson Sep 2014 #11

Don't waste your time uppity JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #13

I think if the United States alone could fix the problem yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #6

A common response pscot Sep 2014 #9

I don't argue that point at all yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #10

Willful ignorance rules Congress pscot Sep 2014 #12

I love good satire Gothmog Sep 2014 #2

The new meme: Unless other countries participate, nothing we do will merrily Sep 2014 #4

Yes, those other nations, brutally forcing us to pay 1/2 to 1/4 avg world fuel prices! hatrack Sep 2014 #7

"THINK" of the children? Bigmack Sep 2014 #8

The big question is, whose children do we think about? GliderGuider Sep 2014 #14