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   Message 95,764 of 95,770   
   Dawn Flood to Kenny McCormack   
   Re: Climate Denial   
   22 Feb 26 19:10:46   
   
   XPost: alt.global-warming, alt.atheism   
   From: Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/22/2026 5:20 AM, Kenny McCormack wrote:   
   > In article <10ndvrr$1r2er$1@dont-email.me>,   
   > Dawn Flood   wrote:   
   >> On 2/21/2026 6:52 PM, JTEM wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Look. If you're a Greta worshiper, if you think the   
   >>> mainstream media exists to inform you,   
   >   
   >> Honey, your disagreement is with the Universe, Reality, and not with me   
   >> or anyone else who believes in the "consensus" view regarding   
   >> anthropogenic climate change.   
   >   
   > JTEM is obviously a lost cause and I'm frankly surprised you are spending   
   > (wasting) as much time on him as you do.  You're trying to teach science to   
   > someone with a kindergarten level of education.  Can't be done.   
   >   
   > That said, this seems like as good a time as any for me to lay out (yet   
   > again) the truth about global warming (aka, climate change):   
   >   
   >      1) That it is real and is happening - obviously true.  Denying it is   
   >      akin to believing (and preaching) flat earth.  (But see below; it if   
   >      makes you feel better, why not?)   
   >   
   >      2) That we can do anything about it technologically.  Maybe, probably   
   not.   
   >   
   >      3) That we can do anything about it politically/socially/economically   
   >      (i.e., given realities of human nature and behavior).  Definitely not.   
   >   
   > Given #3, both #1 and #2 are ultimately irrelevant.  And so, as I've   
   > mentioned earlier, JTEM (and others of his ilk) are actually right to deny   
   > it if it makes them feel better.  It doesn't really hurt anything.   
   >   
      
   Yep.  I'm replying to him less & less (or, at least trying to.)   
      
   Dawn   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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