Bashing Conservatives, With Facts

 FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS, the U.S. Department of Defense has identified man made climate change as the greatest single threat to American national security, with good reason. Climate change, if not addressed, will disrupt the American economy  severely by making much of the U.S. barely habitable. Climate change deniers are welcome to argue with the Pentagon, and the scientists upon whom its leaders rely. Good luck trying to do that. For expertise, one could do worse, much worse. than the D.O.D.. The vast majority of conservatives are climate change deniers, though the number is slowly decreasing, due to the annoying persistence of reality. A liberal conspiracy to advance socialism, they often call it. Self deluded conspiracy theorists are conservatives, all. It seems reasonable to assert that when a large group of people (conservatives) refuse to acknowledge the existence of the greatest threat to their nation's future security, thereby refusing to contribute to the fight against the threat, they are, in effect and in fact, traitors. Speaking of traitors,  about seventy percent of American conservatives indicate that they still consider the Capitol insurrection of January sixth to have been well intentioned, a good idea. That speaks volumes, about  conservative's true lack of devotion to law and order, and  to their country, and their true love of their criminal, traitorous cult leader. Also, their lack of concern about  national security. It speaks volumes about conservatism's utter lack of concern for the devastation to democracy caused by an attempt to overthrow their own government. Six months after the election, roughly seventy five million conservatives still insist that the election of 2020 was stolen from Trump, despite the lack of even a shred of supporting evidence for their false, irresponsible claim. That has to do with integrity, honor, and belief in American democracy, and their tragic lack thereof.  Every person who worked every precinct in America testifies that the election went smoothly and properly, as do the FBI and every law enforcement agency  in the country. Conservatives choose to ignore this inconvenient reality. Speaking of reality, the entire human genome, which includes every gene in every human being, and every gene's precise function, has been identified. It includes a gene for homosexuality, a genetic trait, like skin color. Gay people are gay because they are mandated by their genetic make up to be gay. And yet, a vast majority of conservatives insist, ignoring scientific reality, that being gay is a  "choice", a sickness, a sin, and are eager to torture people by brainwashing them, using "conversion therapy" to force them into heterosexuality. Obviously, conversion therapy never works, and leaves people seriously emotionally and psychologically injured. That concerns conservatives not. Conservatism in action. Science and reality denial know no limits among conservatives, most of whom refuse to accept the long confirmed fact that humans emerged on Earth through the process of evolution by natural and sexual selection. Most conservatives prefer an ancient, primitive, charming creation myth, according to which a sky god fashioned people out of mud. They read it in a book, a very primitive book, after all. Speaking of denial, most conservatives, including social security (a highly successful form of socialism) recipients, either deny the reality that the United States is very much a socialist country, or claim that socialism destroys freedom and has never worked anywhere, and never will, even as it works in their own country, in their own lives, even as they cash their social security checks, send their children to public, socialized schools, rely on public, socialized fire and police protection, and drive on public, socialized streets and highways, all examples of American socialism, working well. For the sake of preserving their false narrative, conservatives always omit mention of the successful and prosperous democratic socialist countries of Scandinavia and most of Europe, all more prosperous than the United States, all with thriving  business economies working together with socialism.  Their denial continues,, with regard to racism. Nonexistent, claim most conservatives. It ended when slavery ended, or maybe when MLK was killed,  whenever, whatever. Racism only exists when liberals talk about it, their delusional lie line goes, even as systemic racism permeates every institution in America, a proved fact. Racism is a forest, easily concealed by trees. I am surrounded by conservatives, nationally, locally. Its like living in a an intellectual and moral wasteland, or a landfill, the stench of deception always rising, always renewing itself, never abating. I consider it useless, based on long experience, to discuss anything substantive with them, with people who believe that climate change is a liberal conspiratorial hoax, and that Donald Trump is  a hero, a decent person, is anything other than a pathological liar, a criminal, and a traitor. Anyone who paid attention to the Trump administration, to its lies and hatred and ineptitude, and still supports Trump  post insurrection is beyond intellectual and moral redemption. It has been suggested that I publish essays only because I lack the courage to confront conservatives and address these issues directly, face to face. Anyone harboring this misconception I invite to approach me, face to face, with facts, or with whatever passes for facts in  the delusional land of Limbaugh, (may he rest in peace, and in silence.) Publishing essays provides people the choice of ignoring me,  which many conservatives simply cannot seem to do. By avoiding direct discussions with conservatives, I avoid conflict, and I avoid conservative blather. If they approach me, I respond to them., with facts, with facts they refuse to acknowledge. I much prefer, however, to waste no time talking to people who still support Donald Trump, post insurrection, for I consider them traitors, and forever will.