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One side has been running a coordinated disinformation campaign since the 1980’s in order to protect oil interests. Part of that strategy involved tying climate change to identity politics.

The other side has been stating it as a causal relationship for over 40 years. Their projections have proven correct over that timespan.

Also, your argument about rhetoric justifies voting immorally whenever one side is universally in the wrong. (Examples from history include women’s suffrage, slavery, locking ethnic groups in camps, etc.) I don’t find it to be a useful way of thinking about political issues.




What do you mean by “voting immorally?” Like, I vote for somebody to represent me. How can I vote immorally by choosing my own representative?


Not the parent, but one can vote immorally - democracy reflects the will of the people, not what is morally right. Look at Justin Trudeau.

The solution is a strong constitution and independent courts that enforce it, ie liberal democracy.




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