>The Dems are complicit because in about 25 years, they haven't bothered to come up with a simple, effective counterargument.
Because no counterargument, however simple, would be effective. Republicans mistrust "elites" and "academia" and "education" and "science" as a function of their own persecution complex and conspiratorial worldview. And yes, it does make them dumb - aggressively, proudly dumb. A lot of them want NOAA gone because they associate anything weather related with what they consider to be a vast left-wing climate change conspiracy. These are the same people who harass meteorologists because they think they control the weather. There's just no way to argue with that.
> Because no counterargument, however simple, would be effective.
Please pardon directness, but to get to the heart of the matter after years of these helpless arguments (and in reference to Democrat officials, not to the parent): What a bunch of losers.
This problem isn't even hard on the scale of life and politics. The #1 problem - possibly the only real problem - is their loser attitude. Who ever accomplished anything with that attitude. The GOP, in constrast, thinks the impossible is possible, never stops and barely slows down after each catastrophe, after Trump's loss, after Jan 6 ... and they have transformed the country and the world.
At least SV and HN should appreciate that. And IMHO, the constrast between the two is where much GOP support for their insanity comes from. Who supports whiny, ineffectual, helpless leaders? What's even the point? Imagine the support someone with courage, capability (including effective communication and charisma), and a plan to win would instantly garner.
Wow, I have never heard so many excuses, and never seen excuse-making so widely accepted. To make excuses was shameful in my experience - until recently!
Never give up, said Churchill, with the Nazi military controlling continential Europe and bombing London, and most of his fellow leaders thinking surrender inevitable. Washington led the US military through the darkness and utter despair of defeat, starvation and Valley Forge:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43022337
Now victimhood and powerlessness are everywhere and your enemies could not dream of better. You outnumber them, but you put down your arms and complain.
Because no counterargument, however simple, would be effective. Republicans mistrust "elites" and "academia" and "education" and "science" as a function of their own persecution complex and conspiratorial worldview. And yes, it does make them dumb - aggressively, proudly dumb. A lot of them want NOAA gone because they associate anything weather related with what they consider to be a vast left-wing climate change conspiracy. These are the same people who harass meteorologists because they think they control the weather. There's just no way to argue with that.