This reminds me of Dick Cheney's stance on homosexuality.
People will deny for myriad reasons, and are able to disassociate harm caused when that harm is borne by others. But the second it effects them? The tune changes quickly.
We have deniers in our families. The reasons seem to be "I want to be salty" more than anything real.
Edit: that said, I imagine most people behind Fox News and other right-wing news sources don't actually believe the vitriol they spit on anyone who says climate change is man-made... But it's bad for business, so whip up a bunch of people into a fury and make science a political issue, because $.
Edit 2: Wow. The down-votes came fast. Is it because I said Fox News was using people?
For every Dick Cheney there are probably a thousand parents who will ostracize or disown their gay children. And probably as many who will accept their children but don't change their views on homosexuality.
I'm not sure if the left means to praise Dick Cheney for changing his mind on homosexuality, or mock him for changing his mind because he's a right winger.
Neither. It stands on its own, that the right's de facto behind-the-scenes leader doesn't get behind homosexual discrimination almost entirely because his daughter is gay. It's not praise or put-down - instead it's an example.
Parents disowning their gay children is almost entirely religious-based. The Dick Cheney example is one of pure politics, which is a prime example of where the discriminatory views from the right become equally disgusting to people on the right when they're the victims of said discrimination.
Exactly, it's all just political games to scheme money. They shill the side that brings in the most lobbyist advert cash, fame and book deals. Most of the "journalists" on cable TV newstainment are ivy school educated and know they are peddling nonsense, unlikely any of them outside the studio believe their own climate science denial.
People will deny for myriad reasons, and are able to disassociate harm caused when that harm is borne by others. But the second it effects them? The tune changes quickly.
We have deniers in our families. The reasons seem to be "I want to be salty" more than anything real.
Edit: that said, I imagine most people behind Fox News and other right-wing news sources don't actually believe the vitriol they spit on anyone who says climate change is man-made... But it's bad for business, so whip up a bunch of people into a fury and make science a political issue, because $.
Edit 2: Wow. The down-votes came fast. Is it because I said Fox News was using people?