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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Honestly this kind of stuff doesn't help at all and if anything provokes and fuels the fire. It's my biggest issue with the pro-global warming/climate change people.
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I agree with you there, rejecting AGW doesn't necessarily say something about their intelligence. Science denial is rarely about understanding the facts, it's usually about much more basic beliefs.
But so what, someone wrote a comic. For every comic about AGW deniers, there's a comic about AGW accepters. For every comic about dumb Republicans, there's a comic about dumb Liberals.
Some comics their whole reason for existing is to evoke a response and to let people nod their heads and say "yeah, those that don't agree with me are stupid". That's a very human thing.
But accepting or rejecting science because some people act poorly doesn't make any sense. It's like rejecting religion because Westboro are jerks.
Each of us have a choice who to interact with. I can choose to watch the media, read political cartoons, read extreme responses on forums, and tell myself that those interfere with my ability to come to a reasoned position. Or I can ignore the noise and interact with those that promote a reasoned position. Read what the scientists actually say rather than what the media and political comics say they say.