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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit: How Fucked the Climate Is in Two Photos (Updated) [View all]newfie11
(8,159 posts)15. Yep people poo pooed Rachael Carson
She was so far ahead and
This idiot
World should have listened!
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The language being used in the scientific community has shifted from prevention to mitigation.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2014
#1
"Like our big brain will get us out of this mess." Believe it or not, it can.
AverageJoe90
Sep 2014
#42
Climbed Kilimanjaro in 1984. The snow and ice were beautiful. Not so much today.
kairos12
Sep 2014
#11
hardly any Monarch butterflies on eastern Long Island. Haven't been many in last few years
KittyWampus
Sep 2014
#8
A lot of 50+ types saying all the models predict disaster after they're dead so they don't care.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#19
I'm part of the 50+ crowd and it's a FACT that many of them are products of the Reagan Era.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#26
I'm going to REVEAL what we're up against. Otherwise this place becomes a bubble.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#29
"I live in an area surrounded by 60+ year old organic gardeners and small farmers."
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#31
you're the one in the bubble, and you are broad brushing "us" from your bubble.
magical thyme
Sep 2014
#34
and I said that was painting a lot of people with a "broad brush." You also didn't cite
magical thyme
Sep 2014
#60
Oh FFS, now you've changed the subject again. First it was over 50s. Now it's white males
magical thyme
Sep 2014
#65
I'm too busy laughing that you thought I was including you to the point that you got insulted.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#66
BTW: Keep in mind that a majority of White Males voted for RMoney in the last election.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#59
LOL! You just can't accept that there are A LOT of RWers out there who don't care if earth fries.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#62
Americans as a whole care about it but not the ones who have the microphones....
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#25
I'm 52 and can only speak for myself. The unfolding climate disaster terrifies me.
lady lib
Sep 2014
#33
I'm mid 50s with no kids but I can visualize an extinction level event....
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#55
What gets me are the ones who think it's impossible for mere man to affect "God's creation".
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#81
I know that, but short of war, famine and pestilence, which is how we controlled populations in
Cleita
Sep 2014
#74
If something drastic isn't done global warming will mean the end of the world as we know it.
Louisiana1976
Sep 2014
#78