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OKIsItJustMe

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6. The problem is that they're being manipulated upstream

Reply to jfz9580m (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 25, 2024, 12:53 PM

Sep 2024

In the intervening years, “Climate Science” has only become more definitive, and examples of its real world effects more dramatic, so, why have these people decided that it is bunk?

(For the same reason that they don’t trust their local election officials, because they have been lied to repeatedly and consistently.)

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Interesting stuff jfz9580m Sep 2024 #1

The problem is that they're being manipulated upstream OKIsItJustMe Sep 2024 #6

Yup jfz9580m Sep 2024 #7

Sadly, it's not because the topics are complex OKIsItJustMe Sep 2024 #8

American Psychological Association: Why we believe alternative facts OKIsItJustMe Sep 2024 #9

Interesting read jfz9580m Sep 2024 #11

You are absolutely correct jfz9580m Sep 2024 #10

I wonder if this is an indicator of the GOP's loss of people who identify as Republicans? OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2024 #2

Trump had his Roy Cohn Zambero Sep 2024 #3

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"driven predominantly by political factors" ThoughtCriminal Sep 2024 #5