re: #558 hopperandadropper

I don’t think Charles has been kidnapped. He’s gone through a period of severe irritation at the irrational aspects of the fundamentalist wing of the Republican Party, exemplified by their creationist/intelligent design tendencies. I’m in complete agreement with him on this point, but I think it has colored his perception of a lot of other topics that aren’t directly related to this. I can see why he would lose respect for the judgment of Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, et al., who are tainted by this nonsense but (sadly) these guys are in many cases our only line of defense against the socialist agenda the Pelosibama Dems mean to shove down our throats without debate (or even reading the bills, really). Sopmetimes you just have to use the tools at hand, if the levee’s about to break.

No, you are 100% wrong. I’m perfectly capable of making reasoned judgments based on research and facts, and nothing has been “colored” by my irritation at the creationist wing of the GOP.

I’ve been researching the science of climate change fairly intensively for almost a year, and I simply can’t go along with many of the right wing talking points any more. There’s an enormous amount of deception and distortion coming from the anti-AGW side, and I’m not onboard with the blatant dishonesty of people like James Inhofe and the like.