Thursday, August 8, 2019

Seeking A Stronger Word Than "Evil"

NOAM CHOMSKY recently said that he is searching for a word in the English language to describe someone who is wealthy but willing to destroy the human race and all life on Earth to make a few extra dollars. "Evil" says the eminent scholar, doesn't even begin to suffice. Do people who deny climate change actually realize that its real, but deceive others and perhaps themselves by pretending not to? Either they do, are they are very stupid and ignorant of basic science. We see climate change all over the world, science confirms it, and yet, and his idiotic ilk, still deny it, thus placing the entire world in grave jeopardy. this describes most, if not nearly all Trump supporters. Trump's supporters are as fascinating, and frightening, as Trump. You never hear one condemning or even criticizing Trump for his torrent of outlandish lies, and all the rest of his abhorrent behavior, especially racism. The racism is obvious, and the statements by mass murderers crediting Trump for inspiring them are irrefutable. Trump supporters are digging themselves an ever deeper trap, now forced to pretend that Donald Trump does not cause mass murder in America. It is difficult to imagine a more morally undesirable position to be in, of feeling that you have to defend by ignoring the actions of a murderer, which of course make you an accessory to murder. Trump supporters are either incapable or unwilling to accept the reality that by ignoring trump's racism and incitements to violence, they, by supporting Trump, are complicit. this renders Trump supporters more than merely morally bankrupt; they have crossed over into the realm of the immoral. the only way of excusing this is by diagnosing it as criminally insane, thus relieving Trump supporters of responsibility for the behavior. And since they obviously do not want responsibility for their behavior, they must accept themselves as criminally insane. it is easy to understand the number of cars in the world, the amount of carbon which comes out of every car's emission system, and how much heat is absorbed by the carbon that cars, and many other things, put into the air. Easy. All so easy. Just basic science, and math. So, you've got to believe that climate change deniers understand climate change, but are pretending not to. and that, indisputably, is criminal insanity. Bear in mind that these tend to be the same people who think that gun violence can be eliminated by arming all good people, that all economic cooperation is sinful, and that Jesus Christ is going to return soon. So goes the criminal insanity of mainstream conservative Christianity, aka the Republican party, aka Trump supporters.

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