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Chemisse

(30,829 posts)
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 09:38 AM Jun 2012

So what will the climate change deniers say when the globe warms and ice caps melt?

A tiny little article somewhere said the climate might be near the tipping point. So if we plummet into a warming cycle, complete with melting ice caps and engulfing oceans, what will the deniers say?

(No offense intended to our liberal Christians).


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Shucks! I guess we were wrong. Sorry 'bout that.
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No biggie. We're going to colonize the moon anyway.
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Science - schmmience. God is punishing us for Teh Gays.
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Wheee! Let's build an ark!
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Finally! I thought we were NEVER gonna fenangle this Rapture.
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It's all good. I always wanted ocean front property.
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Other - explain below
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So what will the climate change deniers say when the globe warms and ice caps melt? (Original Post) Chemisse Jun 2012 OP
glug, glug! hobbit709 Jun 2012 #1
It wasn't one of those things agent46 Jun 2012 #2
So what? We'll grow oranges in Alaska! Whatta ya think of that Obama? n/t brewens Jun 2012 #3
and it will make it easier for ships to transport oil - job opportunies of course!!! firehorse Jun 2012 #14
It's just part of the natural cycle, perfectly normal AndyA Jun 2012 #4
Bingo! daleanime Jun 2012 #5
yep justabob Jun 2012 #9
yep bluedave Jun 2012 #15
That's the one XemaSab Jun 2012 #33
they will blame the liberals! Johonny Jun 2012 #6
+1. It'll be "we were willing to discuss solutions, but the left obstructed the process petronius Jun 2012 #17
Bog science? Not familiar with this one. The study of wetlands? n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #21
They'll say the same things they're saying now. Arkansas Granny Jun 2012 #7
That the Democratic Party did nothing and....... Bonhomme Richard Jun 2012 #8
"When?" Fawke Em Jun 2012 #10
Apparently they are not satisfied with this 'propaganda.' Chemisse Jun 2012 #16
It's the fault of DenverDad Jun 2012 #11
"It's a natural cycle, not due to manmade actions" JHB Jun 2012 #12
Never would have happened IF turtlerescue1 Jun 2012 #13
Al Gore did it out of spite after being proved wrong. Scuba Jun 2012 #18
It's an al-Qaeda plot and/or socialism heating. Liberal Veteran Jun 2012 #19
It's normal, happens all the time, we have nothing to do with it. kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #20
Hey no problem, now we can open up the Arctic to drilling-for-dollars. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #22
What did the Iraq war cheerleaders say when there was no wmd? RagAss Jun 2012 #23
They'll just move on to another issue. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #24
In how many millions years will you be right? Puzzledtraveller Jun 2012 #25
They will say it was God's will. That he is bringing a second flood to destroy the wicked. Lint Head Jun 2012 #26
Exactly. You beat me to it. crazylikafox Jun 2012 #31
Check out my mutual fund statement! nt raouldukelives Jun 2012 #27
That it's not caused by human activities. drm604 Jun 2012 #28
Same as always bongbong Jun 2012 #29
I'm good--I will invent the Air Conditioned Umbrella! (As Seen On TV) librechik Jun 2012 #30
"God is punishing mankind for it's wickedness!!!" Odin2005 Jun 2012 #32
Obama's fault, obviously. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #34

justabob

(3,069 posts)
9. yep
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 10:01 AM
Jun 2012

Not caused by man.... normal cycles.... etc. For a lot of them it isn't exactly that they deny climate change, but that they deny that the actions of man have done anything to contribute to it, so restricting man's industry etc will not contribute to the solution.

Johonny

(20,982 posts)
6. they will blame the liberals!
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 09:59 AM
Jun 2012

If only those damn Democrat party hadn't lied to us and been in the pocket of bog science we could have had a clean honest debate and done something about this. The lesson is it is never their fault for anything because it is an ownership society and they try to own you any chance they can get.

petronius

(26,614 posts)
17. +1. It'll be "we were willing to discuss solutions, but the left obstructed the process
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 10:26 AM
Jun 2012

because they wanted to destroy Amercia with job-killing laws and socialism..."

Arkansas Granny

(31,545 posts)
7. They'll say the same things they're saying now.
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 09:59 AM
Jun 2012

"It's a natural cycle. The earth has been warmer than this before."

"There's nothing we can do about it."

"It's God's will and he'll fix it, if he wants to."

etc, etc, etc.

The will continue to deny that man has any adverse effect on our environment.

Chemisse

(30,829 posts)
16. Apparently they are not satisfied with this 'propaganda.'
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 10:21 AM
Jun 2012

After all, they have not seen this with their own eyes.

DenverDad

(353 posts)
11. It's the fault of
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 10:03 AM
Jun 2012

A. Immigrants and poor people.
B. Minorites
C. The proliferation of homosexuality.
D. Barack Obama's liberal, socialist, muslim policies.

Puzzledtraveller

(5,937 posts)
25. In how many millions years will you be right?
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 12:14 PM
Jun 2012

It's not going to happen due to anything we can do, but when the sun becomes a red giant, yeah, it will happen.

drm604

(16,230 posts)
28. That it's not caused by human activities.
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 12:45 PM
Jun 2012

They'll blame it on volcanoes or sunspots or some other thing not supported by scientific evidence.

Maybe they'll say it's because we're not burning enough fossil fuels!

librechik

(30,678 posts)
30. I'm good--I will invent the Air Conditioned Umbrella! (As Seen On TV)
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 12:56 PM
Jun 2012

with optional recycled body fluids mister attachment. Oops, now somebody else will invent it.

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All 50 of the remaining humans in Florida will own one.

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