There’s a modern-day children’s crusade on display. They’re
walking out of classrooms and protesting in the streets about climate
change. We’re supposed to take them
seriously.
I can’t. Not because
they’re still kids – well, to be honest that’s part of it; some of them are
still in elementary school. But the real
reason is it’s clear they’re simply repeating nonsense they’ve been programmed
to say by activists. Which is mostly bumper-sticker crap that’s laugh-out-loud
stupid about saving polar bears and the like.
Make no mistake: these kids are only at these rallies and
walkouts because they’re children – they’re there purely for the optics. The activists responsible for this should be
ashamed.
Most young people showing up in climate change
protests or for the latest “Green New Deal” don’t have a clue about what
they are rallying for or against. They
lack the basic facts to have an informed opinion, especially when it comes to
science. They have no conception of
history, either. They know essentially nothing about socialism, fascism,
communism, or capitalism. Or that most
of every Green New Deal is less about science than it is about enforced
socialism.
They’ve been told socialism is good because it helps
everyone, and that capitalism is bad because it allows the rich and greedy to
exploit the masses. In a truly Orwellian twist, they are promoting
authoritarianism and ceding personal liberties to an all-powerful government
because they claim to oppose fascists.
You can’t make this stuff up.
They only believe what they’ve been taught by their progressive
teachers and what they see on social media. Which isn’t all that reliable or
factual; it’s largely unfounded propaganda.
The ignorance of a lot of young people today is positively
medieval. Especially those who have embraced political activism on issues they
know next to nothing about. Like climate
change.
Their fervor over what they believe borders on religious
fanaticism. An Inconvenient Truth
is their scripture. The adult activists are their high priests. The media are
their choir, singing the righteousness of their cause and their bravery to
speak truth to power.
They know everything. Just ask them.
But don’t probe too deeply. That’s unfair.
In a way they remind me of the Jesus Freaks in my
generation. You know, the ones that said
everyone had to accept Jesus as their savior or they’d burn in Hell, no
exceptions But when you asked about all
the people born and died before Jesus, like Abraham or Moses, or lived a good
life but never heard of Jesus – would they all go to Hell? – they got pissed
off.
Mainly because their dogma couldn’t answer that question. How
dare you question the basis of their beliefs?
Remind anyone of Greta Thunberg? Anyone?
Like the Jesus Freaks with their inflexible dogma, our new
zealots have all the “facts” they need; there’s nothing more to consider. They
have their “faith.” Merely asking a question is a sign of heresy – they know
the truth. Or all the truth they need to
know.
They really do prefer “truth over facts.” While many of us
laughed out loud when Biden said that recently, I suspect his crowd nodded in
agreement. Particularly the kids.
The real problem is most of their “truth” is bullshit. That’s what you call ideas that have no basis
in facts. Faith is one thing; bullshit
is quite another.
Is the world going to end from climate change in 10-12
years? Can we immediately replace all our current energy needs
with solar panels and other renewables? Can we stop using fossil fuels
altogether in a few years? Can the U.S. alone cut carbon and CO2 emissions enough to offset
emissions from all the other countries in the world? Will making everyone in America become
vegetarians save the planet?
Of course not. It’s all nonsense.
Climate change is real.
The planet warms and cools periodically. Then it warms and cools
again. It repeats that pattern over and
over.
Nobody is really sure why it was cooling a few decades ago,
and now seems to be in a warming cycle. Humans were around back then and are
around now – so it’s not just because of humans. Or our cars. Or because of
greenhouse gas. Or holes in the ozone layer.
In fact, the planet’s been warming and cooling
intermittently for millions of years.
It’s just what the planet does, all on its own. Real scientists know this. There are fossil
records to prove this. Blaming humans
and fossil fuels exclusively for recent climate change is ridiculous.
It's as ridiculous as claiming that if we as Americans get rid of
cows, combustion engines, and planes, and become vegetarians, we alone will somehow
dramatically affect the planet’s climate.
We won’t. If all the European
nations and Australia did the same as the U.S. it still wouldn’t make any significant difference.
Thinking that it would is hopelessly naïve – something you’d
expect a kid to say.
Which is why we shouldn’t be surprised they are saying stuff
like this.
It’s not entirely their fault. They honestly don’t know any
better.
But the people pushing them in front of the
cameras certainly do.
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